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Subject: Re: Statistics of the 5 new openings in my ratinglist

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 09:42:26 12/17/05

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>A comment about test position scores:
>
>Ideally, I would aim for test positions that:
>
>(1) Score close to 50%.
>(2) Have a relatively low draw score (=interesting positions).
>
>In both instances, the point would be not to give "free" points to the weaker
>engine. In light of (2), you may want to provide statistics for the 1-0/½-½/0-1
>scores of the different positions.

I would like to compile my own custom opening testset. Is there a list somewhere
with the win/loss/draw stats for the various openings only for computer players,
not human players? If not, is there a software that will output these stats from
a large database of computer games?

Thanks
Dave


>
>I see no problem if black scores slightly better, positions are played from both
>sides anyway (so, in a sense, test positions are color neutral).
>
>Regards,
>Dagh Nielsen



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