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Subject: Re: Amateur Blunder Check

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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