Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:28:43 01/18/98
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On January 18, 1998 at 11:29:29, Don Dailey wrote: >Hi Amir, > >I don't think it's easy at all. I hope there are a lot of problems >and it will take time to check them. Eventually the set will evolve >and people will discover that problems are cooked, have multiple >solutions or just plain wrong or unsuitable for various reasons. > >Someone (probably Bob Hyatt) should be the "editor" of the set and >make the deletions as people find and report the bad problems. There >should be a repository or simple way to get the latest version and at >some point we should pronounce it stable so it doesn't change forever! > >Also we should give the problem set a name to distinguish it. > >- Don > > I'd like to call it the CCC suite. sounds appropriate. :) or the ECM/CCC suite Or something similar... > > >On January 18, 1998 at 05:02:23, Amir Ban wrote: > >>On January 17, 1998 at 23:57:02, Don Dailey wrote: >> >>>Ok I'm running the problems tonight to cull the easy ones. The ones >>>my program cannot find in under 10 seconds must remain in the set >>>assuming they are not bad problems as we discussed. When we have >>>a final set I/we can test for multiple solutions. I can hack my >>>program to not include they key move in the root move list and look for >>>multiple solutions (near the same score.) Who is the third volunteer? >>> >>> >>>- Don >>> >> >>I can supply a log of a 20-sec run on P6/200, which also shows time to >>solve. >> >>This project may be a bit tougher than you guys think. In 10 seconds, on >>decent hardware, expect to get 500-580, depending on how good you are. I >>can say for sure for a few that they are wrong. For example, in one case >>I find differently and it's a mate. In another, it's WAC #210, but with >>a wrong key (Bb5). >> >>Still, if you don't solve, assume it's your own fault. There are some >>really tough ones there, including at least one from BS2830, one of >>those that you don't solve. There are also several draw assignments at >>the end, which are tactical, but depend on your point of view: If you >>are optimistic, you don't want the draw. >> >>Amir
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