Author: Amir Ban
Date: 12:21:51 04/13/98
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On April 13, 1998 at 10:42:39, Jeroen Noomen wrote: >50 testpositions to test playing strength of chess programs >=========================================== > >Position 1: Ruy Lopez (1) >------------------------------------- >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 >8. c3 0-0 9. h3 Bb7 > Jeroen, This part of your otherwise thoughtful post is 1) futile 2) dangerous. It's futile because for any fixed set of positions programmers will try to extend the lines with pre-calculated moves, both to save time, and to avoid mistakes. Just like we do now in the starting position. It's the natural thing to do, and you can do nothing about it. In Hong-Kong, I remember someone telling Dave Kittinger that there's talk that in the future we will play in events without books. Dave thought for a moment and said: "I can fake that". It's dangerous, because as I've recently learned, Ossi Weiner claims that John Nunn was paid by CB & CSS to create a dishonest group of positions that favours Fritz, and wants to sue. If you don't want to spend the rest of your life in prison, better stop inventing these test positions. I read a letter of Ossi Weiner to the SSDF where he recommends to them to consult a lawyer. I think we better all retire before the forces of justice reach us. Amir
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