Author: Stuart Cracraft
Date: 20:49:59 01/19/06
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On January 19, 2006 at 13:47:05, Dann Corbit wrote: >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 I notice you have an extremely large selection of test suites at http://cap.connx.com/EPD/ Are you saying that none of these has relatively accurate solutions so as to be usable in chess program testing?
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