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Subject: Re: Great position

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 13:58:54 02/13/00

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On February 13, 2000 at 10:46:41, Robert Hyatt wrote:

>This doesn't look like a great test position.  No smarts required.  Just very
>fast search.  If that is the goal, this is ok.  If the goal is to find which
>engine knows the most about chess, this is not 'it'.

I don't think that tactical test positions measure how much a program knows
about chess, unless it is knowing about chess to be able to efficiently prune
crap and extend promising lines.

I'll report my results here.  Mine finds this in 6 minutes on a Pentium Pro 200.

bruce



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