Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 07:46:56 03/07/04
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On March 07, 2004 at 10:06:23, Albert Silver wrote: >On March 07, 2004 at 09:48:59, Bob Durrett wrote: > >>On March 07, 2004 at 05:23:28, Sedat wrote: >> >>> >>>I created by myself 1120 nunn openings which contains almost all openings. >>> >>>Its available for downloading at: >>> >>> >>> >>>http://www.geocities.com/sedatchess/ >>> >>> >>>Sincerelly yours, >>>Sedat Canbaz >> >>I created a *ctg book in Chessbase using these 1120 openings. Now, what is this >>book good for? >> >>If the idea is to see whether or not an engine plays correctly from the end >>positions, then don't we need the "solutions"? >> >>Bob D. > >I don't think he meant the book Nunn's Chess Openings, but rather a series of >standard non-losing (as far as is known) opening positions to be used in >comp-comp matches. Nunn made a couple of series of positions so that the >programs could be properly tested without their opening books, with play >starting from these positions instead. > > Albert OK. That seems reasonable. Still, there is the question of how one knows whether or not the program being tested worked properly. What are the criteria used to say it "worked properly" or "didn't work properly" in the position immediately after exiting the opening book? For example, if the program being tested played improperly immediately after exiting this opening book, how would the programmer know it if the "solutions" are not provided? Just judging from the final outcome of the game would not be a good way, it seems to me. Bob D.
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