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Subject: Re: Is Suffle Chess Better Than FRC For Testing Engines?

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 02:28:49 03/04/06

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On March 03, 2006 at 23:44:04, Swaminathan wrote:

>I wonder what exactly is wrong with shuffle chess?

Nothing.  And shuffle chess is not better (nor worse) than FRC
for testing engines.  They are simply two slightly different games,
and which game you prefer is a matter of taste.

What sort of game you should choose when testing engines
depend on what you want to test.  If you want to test how well
 the engines play chess, just play chess.  If you want to test
how well they play chess without their opening books, play chess,
but use some pre-defined set of opening positions like the Silver
or Noomen positions.  If you want to see how well they play FRC,
let them play FRC.

Tord



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