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Subject: Re: Tony's positional test suite

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:22:02 01/17/01

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On January 17, 2001 at 11:09:27, David Dahlem wrote:

>
>On January 17, 2001 at 06:25:04, Uri Blass wrote:
>
>>On January 17, 2001 at 05:28:37, allan johnson wrote:
>>
>>>On January 16, 2001 at 20:09:53, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>Here are the remarks that describe the actual positions:
>>>>http://home.interact.se/~w100107/pos.htm
>>>>
>>>>It also gives the names of the annotators.
>>>
>>>Dann Any suggestions as to why Century3  did so badly [relatively] in
>>>the test suites?
>>>Allan
>>
>>Part of the people who analyzed the games are not close to be GM's.
>>
>>For example one of them Magnus holm has only 2198 fide rating(I searched his
>>name in the online database of chessbase).
>>
>>I think that it is a bad idea to trust this test.
>>
>>I do not trust even GM's.
>>
>>I prefer to see a test suite that was generated by chess programs because I
>>believe more in their moves.
>>
>>Uri
>>
>>Uri
>
>I agree. Why not use these  positions in your suggestion for top engines to
>analyze for 24 hours?

Better yet, analayze the entire trace of:
1.  The games actually played
2.  The suggested alternatives
3.  The moves the engines suggest

It would take about a month of effort with several computers to complete.  But
when finished, the results would be a worthy test suite.



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