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Subject: Re: test suites solicitation

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 10:47:05 01/19/06

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On January 19, 2006 at 12:23:51, Stuart Cracraft wrote:

>Hi - I have reached the limit of what I can test with Fred Reinfeld's
>Win-at-Chess suite of 300 positions. Not that I couldn't improve more
>points on it - but that many retests reach a plateau that does not
>change much.
>
>So, I want to expand to these suites:
>
>   WAC
>   1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices
>   1001 Brilliant Ways to Mate
>   ECO Middlegames
>   ECO Endgames
>
>and any others you think reasonable and prudent. My goal is a single
>overnight 8 hour test at a few seconds per position - folded into
>a single result with per-suite specifics as well.
>
>My issue is where to get the above in EPD format with the solution(s) included
>in each EPD entry.
>
>I think with the larger set plus my current adding of chess knowledge to
>terminal nodes, I will be able to make new progress in new areas and
>not be "WAC-blind" to it.
>
>Thanks ahead if you know of where I can get the above or other (better)
>suites.

Most test suites are full of bugs.
Yuriy Lyapko has a bunch of carefully debugged ones.
You might ask him about it.
http://www.geocities.com/lyapko/index.html



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