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Subject: Re: positional/tactical rating

Author: Andrei P

Date: 12:22:07 05/20/04

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On May 20, 2004 at 14:34:36, Matthias Gemuh wrote:

>On May 20, 2004 at 13:12:50, Andrei P wrote:
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>>how to get positional and tactical rating (preferably in elo points) for a given
>>engine? is there a table with this kind of data for a large number of engines?
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>In a game without major blunders, a tactical shot is the result of a positional
>preparation. How then do you want to judge "positional vs.tactical" from end
>results ? Note that good positional play without some tactical exploitation
>will at most draw games.
>
>/Matthias.

ok, it is impossible to rate the engine based on the whole game. what about test
suites? if one takes a positional test suite and calibrates it by checking
againt human performance, then we have a way to assign "positional rating" to
the engines. of course, the "positional rating" we get is somewhat arbitrary but
should be a good measure of engine positional strength. the same approach can
provide a "tactical rating"



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