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Subject: Re: Puzzled about testsuites

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:58:00 03/10/04

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On March 10, 2004 at 05:59:24, Michel Langeveld wrote:

>On March 09, 2004 at 14:03:36, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On March 09, 2004 at 11:28:16, Michel Langeveld wrote:
>>
>>>Last week I worked hard on Nullmover and the ecm-gcp testsuite in particulair.
>>>I thought this testsuite is a fast way to the tune middlegame knowledge, kick
>>>things out and get things back in and do multiple testruns.
>>
>>Uou are mixing apples and oranges.
>>
>>Most test positions are tactical.  Faster always is better there.
>
>And what about if I search until a predefined number of nodes?

Then any result changes are serendipitous...

just as unrelated eval changes will sometimes make you find a solution quicker,
or slower...



>
>> Ripping knowledge out will make you better tactically.  Unfortunately, the game of chess has tactics that are too deep to see most of the time, which is why you need evaluation...
>
>True



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