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What your opinion about this testing methodology?
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Fermin Serrano



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PostPost subject: Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology?    Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:56 am Reply to topic Reply with quote
Ferdy wrote:
Your methodology is favorable considering your goal. There is no point testing 1. b3 e5 positions if it is not in your engines repertoire. Only use test positions where you want your engine to be. Of course there are drawbacks, but that can be overcomed as you say using large number of selected positions.

Perhaps start from smaller number of positions, and as your engine able to improve from it, then add other positions, to be considered in its repertoire.

But I have a bad feeling about it, to me the engine should be able to handle all positions, it can be blocked, open, full of pinned pieces, etc.


I think you misunderstand my idea. The goal is not test only a limited set of opening positions, but a large and varied set of starting middle-game positions. The point is repeating always the same games with the same positions, but enought positions to say the engine is played a varied.
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What your opinion about this testing methodology? Fermin Serrano Tue Apr 17, 2012 5:28 pm
      Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Ferdinand Mosca Wed Apr 18, 2012 6:45 am
            Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Fermin Serrano Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:56 am
                  Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Sven Schüle Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:40 am
                        Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Lucas Braesch Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:41 am
                              Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Sven Schüle Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:52 am
                        Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Robert Hyatt Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:28 pm
                  Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Ferdinand Mosca Wed Apr 18, 2012 10:12 am
                  Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Vincent Diepeveen Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:51 am
      Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Mincho Georgiev Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:52 am
            Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Mincho Georgiev Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:46 am
      Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Don Dailey Wed Apr 18, 2012 5:05 pm
      Re: What your opinion about this testing methodology? Robert Hyatt Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:27 pm
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