Author: Michael Yee
Date: 06:12:00 04/24/05
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On April 24, 2005 at 07:13:15, Walter Eigenmann wrote: >Why are the "Freebies" so clearly worse than the *Commercials"? Where are the >amateur-engines >particularly susceptible? With which positional and tactical difficulties do >amateurs >at most have to fight? Where is their largest potential for improvements? > >I examined 20 of the best amateur programs, and I discovered >many *typical* errors in its play style. > >In this AMATEUR BLUNDER CHECK you will find the following engines: > >AnMon, Anaconda, Aristarch, Baron, Crafty, DanChess, >Frenzee, Fruit, Glaurung, Jonny, Movei, Naum, Pharaon, >ProDeo, Quark, SOS, SmarThink, Spike, Yace, Zappa. > >The three most problematic categories for the "Freebies" are: >a)Kings safety b)Endgame c)Tactical defense in difficult positions. > >So, the whole stuff is particularly interesting for programmers. > >You can download here all analyses/positions for free (cbh&epd): > >http://www.beepworld.de/members38/eigenmann/ > >Enjoy: Walter This looks like a nice test suite! Just a question: do you happen to have the "best" moves for these positions, too? (Maybe you generated these as a side effect of detecting the blunders?) Thanks, Michael
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