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Subject: Re: Perft engines

Author: Daniel Clausen

Date: 00:52:34 11/26/02

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On November 25, 2002 at 22:12:07, Russell Reagan wrote:

>I'd like to know which free engines support the perft command, and more
>specifically, if any will work with illegal positions. For example, I'd like to
>do some testing of specific parts of my move generator, and so I'd like to be
>able to do something like perft on a position like:
>
>[D]8/8/5N2/8/3N4/8/8/8 w - - 0 1

I'd be surprised if you'd find a lot of engines (if at all) whose
perft-behaviour is the one you expect.

Anyway, I think it's time again to mention the very famous and incredibly
helpful kiwipete-position:
http://www.chessclub.com/cgi-bin/finger/finger.pl?handle=kiwipete

Sargon



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