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Subject: Re: Positions of known value?

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 13:53:53 07/25/00

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On July 25, 2000 at 14:12:46, Tom Kerrigan wrote:

>It would be nice to make a change to your evaluation function and get immediate,
>accurate feedback.
>
>So my idea is to get a huge collection of positions of known value (i.e., "white
>has a stronger position") and then see how well the known values correlate to
>the evaluation function's scores.
>
>Does anybody have any ideas for getting a high-quality collection of such
>positions? Or any comments on this approach in general?
>
>-Tom


I like the approach.  You might be able to gather a good suite of positions by
searching through various "how to play chess" books.

Would be fun to post the suite here, to see what kind of consensus can be
reached for each position.

--Peter







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