My hard test suite 2008

[Vinvin]

I uploaded the latest version (beta 2)
Changes :
I remove 1 position pointed by George Tsavdaris (pawns endgames)
I added 1, the previous move in "Matous, 1975" (1. Qc8)
I sorted positions by themes (and added some themes)

http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/h ... -beta2.pgn

I think to remove this one (it seems too easy) 1.g8=N+
8/2B2pPb/7k/4K3/3p2P1/8/8/8 w - -

Enjoy the beauty of chess !

Vincent

[jdart]

I am in the process of converting this to EPD.

I think pos 7 (Bronstein-Kholmov, Kiev 1964) has the wrong position - the solution move given (e5) is illegal.

I have the game in ChessBase and think the position should be:

[d] r1b2r1k/4qp1p/p1nppb1Q/5P2/1p2P3/2N5/PPP4P/2KR1BR1 w - - 0 19

[jdart]

I have turned this into EPD (using a combination of Perl + emacs) and uploaded it here:

http://www.arasanchess.org/lj.epd

Note: this has the same tests as vincent's beta2 version, except I have dropped 3 of them that don't have a clear first "bm" or "am" move. I am afraid the sort order is the same as the beta 1 test suite, not the beta 2 version. Also I have renumbered the tests 1 to 80. Some of those in the original PGN had test numbers (like "Pos 16") but many just said "Pos" and also the numbers weren't in order.

This isn't intended to be any kind of definitive version - I'd still look to Vincent for that. But it's much easier for me and others to handle EPD vs. PGN. I hope if there's a final version that you'll keep it in EPD (maybe + also PGN to show the variations).

--Jon

[jdart]

Ah, never mind - I see the key move is supposed to be Nc6. So the position is right I think.

[Dann Corbit]

I have turned this into EPD (using a combination of Perl + emacs) and uploaded it here:

http://www.arasanchess.org/lj.epd

Note: this has the same tests as vincent's beta2 version, except I have dropped 3 of them that don't have a clear first "bm" or "am" move. I am afraid the sort order is the same as the beta 1 test suite, not the beta 2 version. Also I have renumbered the tests 1 to 80. Some of those in the original PGN had test numbers (like "Pos 16") but many just said "Pos" and also the numbers weren't in order.

This isn't intended to be any kind of definitive version - I'd still look to Vincent for that. But it's much easier for me and others to handle EPD vs. PGN. I hope if there's a final version that you'll keep it in EPD (maybe + also PGN to show the variations).

--Jon

Here is the same thing with each move of the pv turned into a bm:
http://cap.connx.com/EPD/hccc.epd.bz2

[Vinvin]

I have turned this into EPD (using a combination of Perl + emacs) and uploaded it here:

http://www.arasanchess.org/lj.epd

Note: this has the same tests as vincent's beta2 version, except I have dropped 3 of them that don't have a clear first "bm" or "am" move. I am afraid the sort order is the same as the beta 1 test suite, not the beta 2 version. Also I have renumbered the tests 1 to 80. Some of those in the original PGN had test numbers (like "Pos 16") but many just said "Pos" and also the numbers weren't in order.

This isn't intended to be any kind of definitive version - I'd still look to Vincent for that. But it's much easier for me and others to handle EPD vs. PGN. I hope if there's a final version that you'll keep it in EPD (maybe + also PGN to show the variations).

--Jon

OK
I found and removed 1 duplicate (Kf8, the endgame QvsNN)
I uploaded the last file in : http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/h ... -beta3.pgn

I produce a PGN file with only the first move (note that position n°11 have a clear alternate solution) , if you want to make an EPD from this one (3 positions with no move was removed) :
http://home.scarlet.be/vincentlejeune/h ... -1move.pgn

My best,
Vincent

[jdart]

It would be helpful if you put a unique id of some kind in each test (some use "Pos" some have "Pos + number").

[jdart]

latest (beta 3) EPD is now here:

http://www.arasanchess.org/lj-beta3.epd

FYI this is the perl script I used to make it (almost worked perfectly but needed a manual cleanup on pos #32):

if (@ARGV) {
open(DATA,@ARGV[0]) || die "Can't open file " . $_;
$id = ""; $com = ""; $com2 = "";
$num = 1; $skip = 0;
while (<DATA>)
{
if (/FEN/) {
@parts = split ('\"');
$parts[1] =~ s/[0-9]+ [0-9]+$//;
print $parts[1];
print "id \"Vincent Lejeune - hard CCC 2008 - Pos " . $num . "\";";
$num = $num + 1;
}
if (/Black/) {
@parts = split ('\"');
$com = $parts[1];
$skip = 0;
}
if (/{(.+)}/) {
$com2 = $1;
$com2 =~ s/^"(.*)"$/$1/
}
if (/[0-9]+[ \.]+ ([^ ]+)/) {
if ($skip == 0) {
print " bm " . $1 . ";";
if (length($com)>0) {
print " c0 \"" . $com . "\";";
}
if ($com ne "") {
if ($com2 ne "") {
print " c1 \"" . $com2 . "\";";
}
}
else {
print " c0 \"" . $com2 . "\";";
}
$com2 = ""; $com="";
print "\n";
$skip = 1; # ignore more matching lines until next pos
}
}
}
}