Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:04:31 09/11/01
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On September 11, 2001 at 08:34:53, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >On September 11, 2001 at 07:44:37, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: > >>On September 11, 2001 at 03:39:52, Bernhard Bauer wrote: >> >>>BTW testing with WAC will not lead to any progress! >> >>Yes and no. It is good for tuning extensions, as it's >>all simple tactics. >> >>-- >>GCP > >Yes it's mostly about simple tactics - mate in 3,4,5 moves. >Tuning your program for wac will not help for real live positions, >so it' worthless, but some programmers are so much used to it, they can't stop >it. And it's so fast. But it's useless. You'd better take 5 well known positions >and run your program against them. There are very few close checkmates. Programs that score 290+ in WAC at 5 seconds per position are all powerhouses Programs that score below 250 at 5 seconds all suck. Draw your own conclusions.
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