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Subject: Best Engine - Real Test :-)

Author: Ricardo Sant Ana

Date: 04:09:44 04/16/98


Hello All

    Well, yesterday I was talking a friend who really like chess and who
use computer programs for helping. At some point of our talking, when I
said I have most of the better programs (well, I would say I have all of
them), he pointed out that he would be the one who would give most
attention to chess engines, not to ssdf or search list programs(there
are lot of conflicts about the trust). So, I remember my friend about
John Nunn match idea (in chessbase page).But my friend pointed that
these positions would give fritz better chances, because chessbase set
the positions for fritz programs and so. I can't say that this is truth
or not.(and this is not the point) . So,I thought:  why don't we choose
the positions: there are specialists here, people who works with chess
programs. We could select some positions: not only one kind of position:
closed or open, but even strategical lost positions (then we could
select good defense programs, or even foind out if a program could win a
strategical winning game).I have other ideas for chess positions too,
but this is not the case now to talk about all these ideas (for now!).
Then after choosing this positions (which will take time , because I do
not believe that democracy came with discution - but of course we will
get a good solution: most of the programmers of best chess programas are
here...so they will help choosing positions too) we could choose
programs and hardwares, and make programs play each other HAND operated
( I am tired to listen that CASE in ssdf list) . I am developing a new
homepage, and I will put everything, everynews about this in there since
I get some time( maybe, just one more weekend).What do you think ? Ins't
this list about computer chess ? So, let's find out what is best engine
! (and not better book chess program) All we need now is people who have
chess programs and 2 computers at least (remember you can't use one
computer to run two chess programs) and I need tecnichal
assistance(because I have the programs and some people to help me, but I
need chess programmers to tell me what is right to do when playing
computer x computer) :-)
Well, I really would like people to discuss this idea! and give
suggestions. I will write more about it.
I would like people who answer this, asnwer me directly to my e-mail
too: Because sometimes I just can't access internet explorer but I can
read e-mails:
ricardo@aquarius.ime.eb.br

Thanks in advance,
Ricardo Sant'Ana
Psy (ICC)



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