Author: David Dahlem
Date: 13:00:08 06/15/04
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On June 15, 2004 at 15:54:23, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >On June 15, 2004 at 15:33:41, David Dahlem wrote: > >>One of the problems with the current method of testing engines with test suites >>(e.g. WM-Test) is the problem of proving that the proposed solution move is >>actually the best move, especially with positions of a positional nature. >>Perhaps a new method would avoid this problem, namely a suite of mate positions, >>with known, more easily proven solutions? Time to solution could be the criteria >>by which engines are evaluated. >> >>Just an idea. Any thoughts? Would this work? > >As long as the idea is to test matefinder speeds this is fine. > >Don't expect to get an indication to playing strength though. > >-- >GCP Well, this was just an idea, an unproven theory, but i would think some kind of formula could be developed, and i would also think stronger engines would score higher than weaker engines. :-) Regards Dave
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