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Subject: Re: Singular Extension Crafties

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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