Author: chandler yergin
Date: 20:39:19 12/03/05
All expressions of great Joy. "Eureka cried the ancient Philosopher! The religious have an Epiphany! I just had another Beer.. and it came to me! I finally understand.. (I think) what you guys are doing, and want to do better. (If I don't I'm sure you'll tell me. ;) You need a way to Test your Engines; and Tweak them and have irrefutable evidence of performance. In other words, a "Benchmark"; a Baseline for comparison purposes. Most of you use Test Positions! The problem there is, that every Engine will evaluate a poition differently. What is the one thing in Chess that will never change? What is the one Constant that will never change? The number of "possible" moves at various Ply Levels! Here they are: 0 1 ply 1 20 ply 2 400 ply 3 8890 ply 4 196812 ply 5 4838258 ply 6 118251225 ply 7 3162798012 ply 8 84029997363 ply 9 2403434332264 ply 10 68265214423776 ply 11 2058141026024096 Now you can start your Engines and check the times to Depth for various Hash Levels, etc. and see immediate results. This way Players & Programmers have the same Benchmark! I hope you find this to be a satisfactory solution. Best Wishes to all and Happy Evaluating! Chan
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