Author: blass uri
Date: 23:35:07 03/15/00
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On March 16, 2000 at 01:34:06, Jouni Uski wrote: >For me personally performance in test suites is more important, than playing >strength. Because I am not GM I can't play against them. So about 80% of my >computer use is test positions. And I removed even Junior 6 from my hard disk, >because it's too weak to find combinations or endgame moves... > >Jouni The fact that you are not GM does not say that you cannot play against them. You can see how many take backs you need in order to draw or win. You can also use top programs for correspondence games or for analysis of positions. Even if you are interested only in the tactical ability test positions and tactical ability may be different things because there is usually a sacrifice in test positions when there is often no sacrifice in tactical ideas and the program only need to see deep enough to find them. I think that it is better to do a tactical suite when the target is to avoid a tactical mistake(based on games of programs) and not to find a move. I belive that in most of the cases the best solvers are also best in tactics but that there are some exceptions. Uri
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