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Subject: Re: Good Test Position

Author: Dana Turnmire

Date: 17:15:43 12/07/02

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On December 07, 2002 at 17:10:21, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On December 07, 2002 at 16:14:34, Dana Turnmire wrote:
>
>>Solution:  Bh6 - leads to unstoppable mating threats by white.
>>
>>Chessmaster (default)  finds it in 2' 28" on an AMD 1800+
>>Genius 7 can't find it after a half hour
>>
>>[D] rnq2r2/3n1pbk/3P2p1/Ppp1P2p/1p4N1/4B1N1/1P1Q2PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 1
>
>It's not a good test positions since Nf6+ wins anyway.

I'm beginning to think finding good test positions aren't as easy as one would
imagine.  There seems to be dozens of test suites floating around.  Is there any
one test set that stands out from among the many?



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