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Subject: Re: Idea for an interesting experiment for WAC positions

Author: Les Fernandez

Date: 10:33:27 06/10/03

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On June 10, 2003 at 13:17:38, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>On June 10, 2003 at 12:22:44, Les Fernandez wrote:
>
>>On June 10, 2003 at 11:12:28, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>On June 10, 2003 at 03:34:27, Les Fernandez wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 09, 2003 at 21:46:43, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 06, 2003 at 11:27:27, Les Fernandez wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I have an experiment I would like to run using the entire set of WAC positions.
>>>>>>Can someone send me the epd strings for the entire set and then I was wondering
>>>>>>if when I am done with them if someone would be interested in running the entire
>>>>>>set.  I think we may find some interesting results when I am done with them.
>>>>>
>>>>>It's been done by many people, including myself
>>>>
>>>>Hi Dann,
>>>>I am aware that alot of work has been done with them but I am not aware of all
>>>>the tpyes of things that have been tried.
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Are you sure you want to reproduce that information again?
>>>>
>>>>Hmmm when you say reproduce it again Dann what exactly has been done?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>What time control are you interested in?
>>>>
>>>>I was going to ask you about the time setting Dann.  Perhaps if you can provide
>>>>me with some data that has already been generated that might help me decide on a
>>>>time.  Basically I would be interested to see the right number of solutions
>>>>(from the 300 set) with respect to time.  How is it done?  Does one set a total
>>>>time and then see how many of the 300 positions his engine can solve or is it
>>>>based on a constant set time per position?  Also Dann in your opinion which
>>>>engine seems to score well on the 300 positions and what kind of hardware was it
>>>>running on?
>>>>
>>>>Although I will have to give it some thought I am not necessarily interested in
>>>>the best engine.  I am more interested I think in finding a time somewhere in
>>>>between the best and the worst case scenarios. Will have to think about that.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Les
>>>
>>>
>>>I have a test run from an older version, 60 seconds per move, that got 300
>>>correct on a 21264 / 600mhz alpha.  Recent versions will not solve #230,
>>>but get the rest in under 60 seconds on my dual xeon 2.8.  Here is a run
>>>at 10 seconds per move on my dual 2.8 xeon:
>>
>>Hi Bob,
>>
>>First thx for the stats.  Let me ask you for your opinion about this test set.
>>I mentioned the WAC set since I know many people use it as a gauge to see how
>>their engines are performing.  When you mention that your engine solved 299 of
>>300 positions at 60 second time interval does that mean that each position was
>>subjected to 60 seconds or did some only use 30 seconds and some longer and then
>>you took an average or did you just give all positions 60 seconds.
>
>When I run such test sets, I give a time limit per position.  IE in the
>stuff I posted below, the time limit was 10 seconds per position.  If one
>is solved to a mate in 1 second, the search will terminate when that iteration
>is done, and the remainder of the 10 seconds is "lost"...
>
>>  What I would
>>like to do is see if the set that I create gets to some of the solutions faster
>>or slower.  Should I be working with the WAC set Bob?
>
>Personally, I think it is too easy with today's hardware speeds.  If I can get
>299/300 (and I miss the last one because I don't value the resulting pawn
>structure near high enough to make the rook sac look good) at 10 seconds per
>move, then I don't think it is very useful.  I would prefer a set of 300
>positions where I get say 100 right out of 300 at 10 seconds per move, as that
>gives me lots of stuff to look at.  WAC has easy positions, positions with many
>correct (winning) moves, etc.

Exactly Bob that would be an ideal set to work with.  Uri just posted basically
saying the same thing and I asked him for any idea as to what other sets exist
that may fit more closely to the model that you mention here.  Bob tihs would be
a much better set to work with.

Thanks,

Les

>
>
>> I mean when you ran this
>>set you probably set it at 60 seconds and once the test was over reviewed which
>>ones found the right answers.  Maybe what I need to work with is the pgn data
>>that was generated when you ran your test since that would show me, with a
>>timeline, just what was found and how long it took.  What are your thoughts Bob?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Les
>>
>
>The little summary I posted was produced by the Crafty "test" command.  It
>will take epd positions, run them for whatever time limit you specify, and
>count how many are right/wrong and print this when the test is finished.
>
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>>
>>>total positions searched..........         300
>>>number right......................         299
>>>number wrong......................           1
>>>percentage right..................          99
>>>percentage wrong..................           0
>>>total nodes searched..............   201494040
>>>average search depth..............         4.6
>>>nodes per second..................     2327527



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