Author: Manfred Meiler
Date: 13:14:40 09/22/04
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On September 22, 2004 at 13:55:39, Albert Silver wrote: >This is old news to the engine programmers here, and I knew it in theory as >well, but it's a funny thing having to sacrifice some tactical acuity to get.... >better play. In my tinkering with the manifold switches Ed has put at the Pro >Deo users' disposition, I have managed to get a group of settings that clobbered >Manfred Meiler's WeltMeister Test in the King Attack part. The test consists of >100 positions covering King Attacks, Positional play, and Endings. The King >Attack part consists of 38 easy-to-tough positions and there is a large Excel >file with the results for a number of top amateurs and pretty much all of the >commercial programs. The best result, all on an Athlon 1400, has been 32 >positions found. Pro Deo had 26. And even though test suites are obviously not >the end-all of end-alls, they do help provide a minimum of guidance. (...) Hello Albert, just to clarify this: the test suite "Weltmeister-Test" (WM-Test) was not developed by me but by Dr. Michael Gurevich and Heinz-Josef Schumacher. I've only tested many (versions of) engines (276 so far) in this test suite on Athlon 1400 and included the detailed results in an Excel sheet - free download at http://www.computerschach.de/test/index.htm. BTW: The "Q3 - Tactical Engine" setting solved 32 (of 38) positions in King Attack part on my Athlon 1400; Pro Deo with default setting "rebel.eng" solved 26 positions. Best regards, Manfred
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