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Subject: Re: the tortoise and the hare: yace versus rybka in endgame test

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 07:11:27 01/01/06

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On January 01, 2006 at 07:38:42, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On January 01, 2006 at 07:14:42, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote:
>
>>>
>>>It is known that part of the positions are unbalanced so I do not understand why
>>>do you even try to do comprison between rating and results.
>>>
>>>Note also that even in case that the positions are balanced you can expect
>>>smaller difference relative to difference in real games because in most cases
>>>the weaker engine does not get equal endgames in real games.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>Yes, I realize this. I suppose rather than saying "its amazing" I should say " I
>>was amazed, or impressed by yace." I thought it was cool that a much older
>>engine could still be competitive.
>>
>>The only way to tell what constitutes a "big" or "small" difference would be to
>>run a massive endgame tournament. Then we could get some stats on whether, say,
>>a +7 score out of 40 is statistically unusual, etc.
>
>
> Yup - and thanks for the games! I wonder if there is any documentation about
> the Nunn endings. I haven't studied them much myself. Anyway - pos 1 is a draw
> with best play. The same for n:o 3 (in my suite), n:o 4 I think, and n:o 7.
> Maybe all are drawn with best play?
>
> /S

I did a search with Google, and this is all i found ...

Subject: Re: Nunn's endgame test.
From: Dann Corbit

On February 12, 1999, José de Jesús García Ruvalcaba wrote:

>Where can I find the Nunn's endgame test positions?

The explanations:
http://www.chessbase.com/products/fritz5/games/nunnmtch.htm


That old link is dead. :-)

Regards
Dave



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