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: > >>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? > > > > >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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