Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 10:57:57 10/27/05
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On October 27, 2005 at 10:44:17, David Dahlem wrote: >On October 27, 2005 at 09:29:39, Jon Dart wrote: > >>On October 27, 2005 at 05:03:18, Thorsten Czub wrote: >> >>>the program i want to test has no EPD import but maybe it works >>>with FEN in PGN ?? >> >>Try Arena (http://www.playwitharena.com) - it can read EPD >>and drive the engine to analyze it. >> >>> >>>has anyone tough positions or knows how to get them into the prgram without >>>manually set up everything ? >> >>The positions I use are available at >>http://www.arasanchess.org/tests.zip >> >>--Jon > >Is there a test suite that will give an accurate and reliable estimate of engine >strength or improvement? My results on test suites has been very disappointing. >The version that scores best on suites always plays worse in actual games. :-) Test suites do not measure engine strength. They measure tactical ability. Hence, there is no sure correlation between test suite solving and game play. I would put it this way: Good tactical ability is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for chess engine excellence. Test suites are good for at least two important things: 1. Finding holes or errors in your evaluation 2. Ensuring that you have not introduced a serious bug. The only way to find out if the program plays stronger is to play lots and lots of games against a diverse crowd of opponents.
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