Author: Geoff
Date: 03:23:55 07/08/03
Hi
Q1
In some test suites I have seen moves with 'am' in front of it apart from the
usual 'bm'. I can't recall which test suite it was now to check.
Does this stand for 'alternate' good move or 'avoid' move ?
Q2
Is there a method or utility program to determine the absolute rating strength
of a chess program? After a quick peruse of the ELO rating system, it seems to
have 2 drawbacks. Firstly, it is reminiscent of a Nuclear physics equation,
secondly and more importantly it is a relative rating. I had a quick tinker with
ELOSTAT, this removes the awkwardness of the calculation but the result was
totally dependent on the quess I made for the start rating.
I am surprised no one seems to have written a utility to quesstimate a rating
maybe from how a program performs using test suites. Ok, I know it will be a
rough estimate at best, but at least it would be an absolute number.
Or maybe someone has done this, any pointers ?
Regards Geoff
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