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Subject: Re: An idea to generate a new test suite that is not only tactics

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:06:38 01/15/01

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On January 15, 2001 at 13:01:39, Uri Blass wrote:

>On January 15, 2001 at 12:56:14, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On January 15, 2001 at 12:24:10, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>It is possible to use some games and a lot of computer time to genrate a test
>>>suite.
>>>
>>>The idea is to give some top programs to analyze all the positions in the games
>>>and to give them 24 hours per position.
>>>
>>>The test suite can include all the positions that there was an agreement between
>>>all the top programs about the best move after 24 hours of search when part of
>>>them needed more than 3 minutes to converge to the best move(otherwise the
>>>position is too easy).
>>>
>>>People can claim that the fact that all of the program converge to the same move
>>>is not a proof that it is the best move and I agree but I think that in
>>>more than 90% of the cases the solution will be correct.
>>
>>On the SSDF is a positional test suite similar to the one that you propose.
>
>I remember that the test suite of the ssdf give some options for every move when
>there is not only one move.
>
>It is impossible to give more than one option in my test.
>
>I also have doubts about the question if the solutions are correct.
>
>If I know that all top programs converge after 24 hours to the solution then I
>believe more in the test.

The reason that I mention that particular test is because it is very thoroughly
documented.

I refer (of course) to this one:

Given this search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=berkeley+sis

This is the 3rd listing:
http://home.interact.se/~w100107/fentest.htm



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