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Subject: Re: Engine testing: Who do you play?

Author: Stuart Cracraft

Date: 07:52:08 08/28/04

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On August 28, 2004 at 04:31:06, Volker Böhm wrote:

>
>I agree to the two earlier posts. Don´t test agains the older version of the
>same engine. Usually you do not get good results.
>
>Test against some other engines. I suggest you select:
>
>1. One Engine that plays a very safe style
>2. One Engine that plays a very positional style
>3. One "Average" Engine
>4. One Engine that outsearches you
>5. One Engine that you are outsearching but that is not (much) weaker than
>yourself
>
>Greetings Volker

With this said, I would say that using previous versions to determine
only if a new feature is better or worse, but not by how much, makes
sense.

Choose which features to then test further in other ways.

Stuart



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