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Subject: Re: A Positional Testsuite

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 20:21:20 07/31/02

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On July 31, 2002 at 17:18:18, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 31, 2002 at 17:10:13, Will Singleton wrote:
>
>>On July 31, 2002 at 14:42:24, Kolss wrote:
>>
>>>On July 31, 2002 at 13:48:34, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>
>>>>Interesting, I'll have to add all that eval in the next version. ;)
>>>>
>>>>Amateur -
>>>>found= 6  missed= 24  seconds= 30
>>>>Avg n/s= 315840  Avg depth= 11.4
>>>>
>>>>Will
>>>
>>>What hardware did you use (Processor, HT size, possibly TB used)? That is a
>>>crucial piece of information that should *never* be omitted - without it solving
>>>times or scores on test suites are void.
>>>Actually this is not solely addressed to you, but to the many others who show
>>>good will by posting results, but forget to include these important details.
>>>
>>>Best regards, Munjong.
>>
>>amd 1.6ghz... but in positional suites, it hardly matters.
>>
>>Will
>
>I know that more time help programs to find better positional moves because
>after a short time they can only see a positional advantage that they do not
>understand and searching deeper may help them to find a position with positional
>advantage that they understand.
>
>Uri

Sure, but these positions you either get right away or not at all.  See Tim's
post.

Will



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