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Subject: Re: Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS - updated version and results of Fruit

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:21:01 10/20/04

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On October 20, 2004 at 02:58:35, Robert Allgeuer wrote:

>On October 19, 2004 at 17:39:24, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>
>>It is clear that verified search always gives a significant boost in tactical
>>strength for zugzwang positions.  The other interesting question would be how do
>>these settings affect game play?
>
>Yes, my intention with this was testing the test suite, i.e. showing that the
>test suite can demonstrate this difference. It would be no good test if all 3
>had roughly the same score.
>
>In this particular case after 400 games (Nunn):
>no verification search at all is about 20 points stronger than the other two,
>which are pretty much at the same level.
>However, this was with resign on at 700 millipawns.

Is that millipawns or centipawns?  .7 pawns is not much, but 7 pawns is very
hard to overcome.

>I assume that the version
>without verification search will in reality not be able to indeed win all those
>won positions where the opponent has resigned, so that in practice this setting
>is probably not a good choice.
>
>Robert



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