Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 04:29:32 07/08/03
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On July 08, 2003 at 06:23:55, Geoff wrote: >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 ? avoid move it is i think. Alternate moves are given as multiple bm. > >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 ? There are test suits for it. But none of them include enough positions (IMHO). Example: google for BS2830 , first result. Georg
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