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Subject: Re: Is it true that Junior6a mediocre on tactical & positional test suites?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 11:59:48 03/16/00

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On March 16, 2000 at 13:49:28, G. R. Morton wrote:

>If really true, can someone try to explain how can this can be with its highest
>rating against computers? Enrique Irazoqui at
>http://www.computerschach.de/tourn/cad00.htm calinmed that Junior6 showed
>superior positional understanding in actual play. Can someone enlighten?

Test suites are just one measure of a program's ability to play.

Little Goliath is a killer in test suites, but does not play as well as the very
best chess engines (but it's no slouch either).  Rebel can be tuned to play
strongly or to solve chess test suites strongly, and the settings are very
different.



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