Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 15:23:26 09/18/01
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On September 18, 2001 at 13:05:08, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >Like many others here, I use a standard testset >for testing improvements and doing regression >testing to my engine. > >So far WAC has been adequate, but as you all >know it has two annoying problems, namely that >over 2/3 of the problems are solved by 2 ply >searches and hence useless, and the level of >most of the others isn't very hard either with >nowadays CPU's. > >ECM could have been better, but it's very big >(over 800 positions) and contains a lot of garbage. > >Based on some parts of ECM I got from Dann's >ftp and a day with Goliath Light, Hiarcs and >my common sense I filtered 200 positions of >varying difficulty which have, as far as I could >tell and verify, correct solutions. >The suite is meant for relatively quick testing >of improvements and/or regressions. The recommended >time is 10 seconds per position. Running all >positions takes a little over half an hour. It >is what I currently use instead of WAC. > >I would appreciate feedback about the positions, >especially if you think there is an incorrect >or dual soltion. Performance data of other amateur >or professional programs is appreciated too. >My latest Sjeng gets 80/200 at 10s on an Athlon 1000. > >GCP Hmmm.. is it just me, or are there *201* positions? PostModernist gets 84 at 10s on an Athlon 1200. FYI, PM gets 59 at 5 seconds, and 26 at 1 second Quite a nice distribution at short times. I'll try overnight on 120 seconds. Regards Andrew [Test positions snipped; please see GCP's original message for the test set]
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