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Subject: Re: Still no answer. My question was:

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 16:06:38 06/20/04

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On June 20, 2004 at 18:55:08, Steve Glanzfeld wrote:

>What is the best way to test ANALYSIS QUALITY in your opinion?
>
>http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?371645
>
>Forget playing strength for a while. :) Imagine you want to select the engine of
>yours, with which you'll be able to ANALYSE the best. How do you find it?
>
>But pls remember :) Clever people have repeatedly explained that the gameplay
>strength of an engine has nothing to do with results from analysis of positions.
>So you need another method to select the best analysis engine, than just to look
>which engine wins most games...
>
>(Btw. analyzing a position isn't so much different from the testsuite concept
>considering the requirements, because you 'll always want an engine to find a
>single strong move when there is one, as quickly as possible.)
>
>To remind you :) the question is:
>
>What is the best way to test ANALYSIS QUALITY in your opinion?
>
>Steve

I chose to post on the subject of engine strength testing using test suites.
Just because you ask a question on a different subject doesn't mean you can
demand, and get an answer on a subject you choose.

Dave



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