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Subject: Re: New Tough Endgame Test Suite

Author: Pete Galati

Date: 12:12:29 05/27/00

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On May 27, 2000 at 13:12:25, Stephen Bigelow wrote:

>Here are some positions in FEN that are not often evaluated correctly by
>programs I have looked at. My apologies for not making the tests easier to run.
>It is partly because I have no experience writing the test files and because in
>most cases there is not a single move to look for, rather it is an idea that
>must be understood. For example in the first position below the game is dead
>drawn and I believe should be evaluated very close to 0.00. There is no way for
>white to make any progress.
>
>I am interested in knowing how various programs evaluate the positions and the
>best lines of play they give. Since I suspect that most programs will not
>understand the position regardless of the time allowed please set the time to
>infinite and report when the program has stabilized.
>
>Thank you all in advance for taking part in what has turned into an interesting
>experiment.
>
>Stephen

I didn't have anything to say, I just wanted to see the positions.

Pete
>
>[D]8/8/4k3/6p1/3P1p2/4pK2/p3P3/B7 w
>
>[D]7k/6p1/2q2p1p/1p4nP/1P6/3QR3/6P1/7K w
>
>[D]6k1/8/2P5/p6p/5bP1/7P/2B2K2/8 w
>
>[D]8/5pk1/p7/8/4Q2P/3p4/5r2/3K4 b
>
>[D]2b1k2r/R4pbp/2p1p3/1p3PP1/1p2P3/1P6/1PP4P/4KR2 w
>
>[D]8/5Np1/4kbP1/7p/8/4K3/8/8 w
>
>[D]7r/p3k3/2p5/1pPp4/3P4/PP4P1/3P1PB1/2K5 w
>
>[D]5k2/p1p4R/1pr5/3p1pP1/P2P1P2/2P2K2/8/8 w



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