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'''[[Main Page|Home]] * [[Engine Testing]] * Test-Positions'''
There are several classical and new developed test-position suites available as
* [[Forsyth-Edwards Notation]] (FEN)
* [[Extended Position Description]] (EPD)
* [[Portable Game Notation]] (PGN)
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=Test Suites=
add more...
* [[Bratko-Kopec Test]] (BK-Test)
* [[CCR One Hour Test]] by [[Larry Kaufman]]
* [[Eigenmann Endgame Test]]
* [[Kaufman Test]]
* [[LCT II]]
* [[The Nolot Suite]]
* [[Null Move Test-Positions]]
* [[Silent but deadly]] an [[Extended Position Description|EPD]] test by [[Dann Corbit]] that is designed to help [[Automated Tuning|tune]] chess engines (2008)
* [[Strategic Test Suite]] by [[Dann Corbit]] and [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]]
* [[Win at Chess]]
=Studies and famous Positions=
* [[Behting Study]]
* [[Hans Secelle#DjajaStudy|Djaja Study]]
* [[Bill Gosper#HAKMEM70|HAKMEM 70]]
* [[Lasker-Reichhelm Position]] (Fine #70)
* [[Réti Endgame Study]]
* [[Chunker#SzenPosition|Szén Position]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saavedra_position Saavedra position]
=Other Test Suites=
* [http://www.bergbomconsulting.se/chess/testsuites.html Amundsen chess program | Testsuites] collected by [[John Bergbom]] » [[Amundsen]]
* [http://www.arasanchess.org/testsuite.shtml Arasan Test Suite] by [[Jon Dart]] » [[Arasan]] <ref> [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61186 Arasan test suite] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], August 22, 2016</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=189107 Big Book Of Combinations (long post)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2001
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/BT-2450 BT-2450] at [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German), [http://www.schachcomputer.info/Download/BT2450.zip BT2450.zip]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/BT-2630 BT-2630] at [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German), [http://www.schachcomputer.info/Download/BT2630.zip BT2630.zip]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10361 CCC-I test set] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 04, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10362 CCC-II test set] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 04, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10391 CCC-III (positional test)] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 06, 1997
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62659 Colditz test suite] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2016
* <span id="WMTEST"></span>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/testsuites/css-wm.html CSS WM-Test] hosted by [[Steffen A. Jakob]], [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/testsuites/css-wm.epd css-wm.epd] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=237643 WM test bugs] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2002</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369557 WM Test Position 1 - another solution found (GERMAN)] by Franz Hagra, [[CCC]], June 09, 2004</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=370457 CSS WM TEST - a technical view] by Franz Hagra, [[CCC]], June 15, 2004</ref>
* <span id="ECM"></span>[http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~renze/doc/TestSuites/ECM.epd ECM.epd] from [[Jan Renze Steenhuisen|Renze Steenhuisen's]] [http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~renze/projects.php projects] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Krogius Nikolai Krogius], [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4451033.A_Livsic A. Livsic], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Parma Bruno Parma], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Taimanov Mark Taimanov] ('''1980'''). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Chess-Middlegames-Nikolai-Krogius/dp/B000UNPDTA Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Informant Chess Informant]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=29329 And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], October 11, 1998</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476109 Endgame testsuite - final version + pgn with comments] by [[Sune Larsson]], [[CCC]], January 01, 2006
* [http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb432434/fentest.htm My Positional Test Suite] by [[Tony Hedlund]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64306 Tony's positional test suite] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2017</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=391553 New Zugzwang Testsuite] by [[Robert Allgeuer]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2004 » [[Zugzwang]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=98943 Passed Pawn Suite] by [[Howard Exner]], [[CCC]], February 24, 2000 » [[Passed Pawn]]
* [http://members.aon.at/computerschach/quick/quicke.htm Quicktest] by [[Michael Scheidl]]
* [http://www.utzingerk.com/test.htm Test] by [[Kurt Utzinger]]
* [http://www.volny.cz/evcomp/elotesty.htm Test suites for chess software] by [[Emil Vlasák]]
* [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/index.html Test Suites from Hossa - A Chess Program] by [[Steffen A. Jakob]]
* [http://www.blitzchess.fr/fr/tests/index.html Tests] by [[Pierre Nolot]] from [http://www.blitzchess.fr/ blitzchess.fr] (French)
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=392369 Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS - updated version and results of Fruit] by [[Robert Allgeuer]], [[CCC]], October 19, 2004 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51249 Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS by Robert Allgeuer] by Paul Henri, [[CCC]], February 12, 2014</ref> » [[Zugzwang]]
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=[[Opening|Opening Suites]]=
==[[Graham Banks|Banks]]==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50541 Graham2014-1.cgb opening book for ChessGUI] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], December 19, 2013 » [[ChessGUI]]
==[[Robert Hyatt|Hyatt]]==
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/engines/Hyatt_4000_openings.epd Hyatt_4000_openings.epd] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63491 Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2017</ref>
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/engines/Robert_Hyatt_testing_suite_2807_positions.epd Robert_Hyatt_testing_suite_2807_positions.epd]
==[[Marc Lacrosse|Lacrosse]]==
* [http://sites.google.com/site/chessbazaar/2007-01-2008-fast-engine-testing-the-mlmfl-test Fast engine testing : the MLmfl test] by [[Marc Lacrosse]], January 08, 2007
==Nebula==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/nebulachess/testsets Test Sets - Nebula Chess] by [[Dragan Zdravkovic]]
==[[Jeroen Noomen|Noomen]]==
* [http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Downloads Noomen Testsuites, Noomen Testsuite] from [[Rybka|Rybka - Free downloads]] by [[Jeroen Noomen]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52706 A new testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2014</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54328 New testsuite available] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], November 13, 2014</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56546 Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], May 31, 2015</ref>
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32149 New testsuite: UltraShort Lines] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], June 03, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64372 New testsuite: King's Indian Mar del Plata] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 22, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64513 Updated Mar del Plata testsuite, NEW Ruy Lopez testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64556 Mar del Plata II testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64653 New testsuite: Slav Defence (plus link to all my testsuites)] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 19, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65513 New: Noomen 2-move Testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], October 22, 2017 » [[TCEC Season 10]]
==<span id="Nunn"></span>[[John Nunn|Nunn]] ==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460363 Nunn openings] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], November 07, 2005 <ref> [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26903 Interesting statement from Ossi Weiner about Nunn test] by [[Moritz Berger]], [[CCC]], September 17, 1998 » [[Ossi Weiner]], [[Test-Positions#Nunn|Nunn openings]]</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460364 Nunn2 openings] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], November 07, 2005
==[[Stefan Pohl|Pohl]]==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66311 SALC V5 openings and books launched] by [[Stefan Pohl]], [[CCC]], January 13, 2018
==[[Albert Silver|Silver]]==
{{Silver Openings Suite}}
=Publications=
==1950 ...==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Reinfeld Fred Reinfeld] ('''1958, 2001'''). ''Win at Chess''. Dover Books on Chess » [[Win at Chess]]
==1970 ...==
* <span id="Bloss"></span>[http://what-when-how.com/earth-scientists/bloss-f-donald-earth-scientist/ F. Donald Bloss] ('''1973'''). ''[https://www.amazon.de/Rate-Your-Chess-F-Donald-Bloss/dp/0442008295 Rate your own Chess]''. Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.
* <span id="Ratliff"></span>[[Gary L. Ratliff]] ('''1979'''). ''Practical Rating Program''. [[Personal Computing#3_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 9]], pp. 62 » [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* [[Frieder Schwenkel]] ('''1979'''). ''Berating the ratings system''. [[Personal Computing#3_11|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11]], pp. 77 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* [[John Shaposka]] ('''1979'''). ''"JS" Takes the Bloss Test''. [[Personal Computing#3_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12]], pp. 75 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* Editor ('''1979'''). ''Chess Ratings from Problem Solving''. [[Personal Computing#3_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12]], pp. 77 » [[CAPS|CAPS II]], [[Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies]]
==1980 ...==
* Floyd R. Kirk ('''1980'''). ''Bloss Flunks Test''. [[Personal Computing#4_8|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 8]], pp. 72 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* W. W. Foster ('''1980'''). ''Six Test Problems for Chess Playing Machines''. [[Personal Computing#4_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 10]], pp. 81
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1982'''). ''A Test for Comparison of Human and Computer Performance in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Tony Marsland]] ('''1990'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Revisited.'' [[ICGA Journal#13_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1]]
* [[Kevin J. Lang]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1993'''). ''A Test Suite for Chess Programs''. [http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/testpos.ps ps], [http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/ChessTest2.tar.Z ChessTest2.tar.Z] <ref>[http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/works.html Online list of Warren D. Smith's works]</ref>
* [[Shawn Benn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_11_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1994'''). ''The One-Hour CCR Test''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 25-30
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/1694d6d57fa74370 The new YAZGAC - test-suite] by [[Thorsten Czub|mclane]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 15, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14828 ECM - first 100 problems summary] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], February 01, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=24950 Needed really good tactical test suite: here's one!] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], August 16, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=29329 And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], October 11, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81949 Test suites - can they reliably predict ELO?] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 11, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=114915 The Scalable Search Test] by [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=123825 Mate in 1 - but Fritz 6 needs 1 hour!!!] by Christoph Fieberg from [[CCC]], August 10, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=131885 Pawn endgame test suite] by [[Peter McKenzie]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2000 » [[Pawn Endgame]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35352 Stalemate trap(SOS-Delfi)] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 18, 2001 » [[Stalemate]], [[SOS]], [[Delfi]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=350516 STATIC EVAL TEST (provisional)] by [[Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2004 » [[Evaluation]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=386936 Test Position = GM Tony Miles vs Deep Thought, 1989 [14...Bxh2!!]] by [[José Antônio Fabiano Mendes]], [[CCC]], September 09, 2004 » [[Deep Thought]]
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3589 Trying to improve MES endgame suite] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 30, 2005 <ref>[http://www.ebook3000.com/1234-Modern-End-Game-Studies_118820.html 1234 Modern End Game Studies - Free eBooks Download]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21348 Problem suite testing - how to extract a useful number] by [[Don Dailey]] from [[CCC]], May 25, 2008
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1856 Zugzwang Collection] by [[Franklin Titus|kingliveson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], February 14, 2012 » [[Zugzwang]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46500 Arasan test suite additions] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 20, 2012 » [[Arasan]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50619 Openings in PGN and EPD format] by [[Adam Hair]], [[CCC]], December 24, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52706 A new testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54328 New testsuite available] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], November 13, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56546 Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], May 31, 2015 » [[Test-Positions#OpeningSuites|Opening Suites]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57603 Transposition table test positons] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2015 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57772 Test positions for draw detection] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], September 27, 2015 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58359 Static evaluation test posistions] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], November 25, 2015
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58359&start=2 Re: Static evaluation test posistions] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2015 » [[Python]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58475 Test suites] by [[Fabio Gobbato]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58717 Larsen EPD Test Suite] by Marc Moisan, [[CCC]], December 29, 2015 <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1006129 Larsen's Selected Games] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_Larsen Bent Larsen]</ref>
'''2016'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59647 king safety: hard positions for zurichess] by [[Alexandru Mosoi]], [[CCC]], March 27, 2016 » [[King Safety]], [[Zurichess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60169 Good testsets for tablebases testing] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2016 » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60244 EPD to test EGTB probe code] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], May 24, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60953 13 hard test positions July 2016] by [[Vincent Lejeune]], [[CCC]], July 27, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61140 perpetual check position] by [[Erin Dame]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2016 » [[Check#Perpetual|Perpetual Check]], [[Repetitions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61186 Arasan test suite] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], August 22, 2016 » [[Arasan]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61226 Nightmare II (Test-Set)] by [[Walter Eigenmann]], [[CCC]], August 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61393 SAN test position] by [[Matthew Lai]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2016 » [[Algebraic Chess Notation#SAN|SAN]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61526 "Poor Fish": very hard test suite] by [[Marco Costalba]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61858 Opening performance of engines] by [[Kai Laskos]], [[CCC]], October 28, 2016 » [[Opening]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62659 Colditz test suite] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2016
'''2017'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63491 Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64306 Tony's positional test suite] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2017 <ref>[http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb432434/fentest.htm My Positional Test Suite] by [[Tony Hedlund]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64358 Opening testing suites efficiency] by [[Kai Laskos]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2017 » [[Engine Testing]], [[Opening]], [[Match Statistics]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64838 "IQ test" for engines] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65505 "IQ test" for engines (2)] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], October 21, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66184 AlphaZero: The 10 Top Shots] by [[Walter Eigenmann]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
'''2018'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66640 Marcel Duchamp endgame "splits" engines / hash phenomenon] by [[Kenneth Wingate Regan|Kenneth Regan]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2018 » [[Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies]], [[Arts#Duchamp|Marcel Duchamp]], [[Transposition Table]]
==Albert Silver's Test positions==
{{Albert Silver's Test positions}}
<span id="Leonid"></span>
==Leonid's Positions==
{{Leonid's Positions}}
=References=
<references />
'''[[Engine Testing|Up one Level]]'''
There are several classical and new developed test-position suites available as
* [[Forsyth-Edwards Notation]] (FEN)
* [[Extended Position Description]] (EPD)
* [[Portable Game Notation]] (PGN)
<span id="TestSuites"></span>
=Test Suites=
add more...
* [[Bratko-Kopec Test]] (BK-Test)
* [[CCR One Hour Test]] by [[Larry Kaufman]]
* [[Eigenmann Endgame Test]]
* [[Kaufman Test]]
* [[LCT II]]
* [[The Nolot Suite]]
* [[Null Move Test-Positions]]
* [[Silent but deadly]] an [[Extended Position Description|EPD]] test by [[Dann Corbit]] that is designed to help [[Automated Tuning|tune]] chess engines (2008)
* [[Strategic Test Suite]] by [[Dann Corbit]] and [[Swaminathan Natarajan|Swaminathan]]
* [[Win at Chess]]
=Studies and famous Positions=
* [[Behting Study]]
* [[Hans Secelle#DjajaStudy|Djaja Study]]
* [[Bill Gosper#HAKMEM70|HAKMEM 70]]
* [[Lasker-Reichhelm Position]] (Fine #70)
* [[Réti Endgame Study]]
* [[Chunker#SzenPosition|Szén Position]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saavedra_position Saavedra position]
=Other Test Suites=
* [http://www.bergbomconsulting.se/chess/testsuites.html Amundsen chess program | Testsuites] collected by [[John Bergbom]] » [[Amundsen]]
* [http://www.arasanchess.org/testsuite.shtml Arasan Test Suite] by [[Jon Dart]] » [[Arasan]] <ref> [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61186 Arasan test suite] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], August 22, 2016</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=189107 Big Book Of Combinations (long post)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], September 17, 2001
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/BT-2450 BT-2450] at [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German), [http://www.schachcomputer.info/Download/BT2450.zip BT2450.zip]
* [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/BT-2630 BT-2630] at [http://www.schach-computer.info/wiki/index.php/Hauptseite_En Schachcomputer.info - Wiki] (German), [http://www.schachcomputer.info/Download/BT2630.zip BT2630.zip]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10361 CCC-I test set] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 04, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10362 CCC-II test set] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 04, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=10391 CCC-III (positional test)] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], October 06, 1997
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62659 Colditz test suite] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2016
* <span id="WMTEST"></span>[http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/testsuites/css-wm.html CSS WM-Test] hosted by [[Steffen A. Jakob]], [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/testsuites/css-wm.epd css-wm.epd] <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=237643 WM test bugs] by [[Vincent Diepeveen]], [[CCC]], June 27, 2002</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=369557 WM Test Position 1 - another solution found (GERMAN)] by Franz Hagra, [[CCC]], June 09, 2004</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=370457 CSS WM TEST - a technical view] by Franz Hagra, [[CCC]], June 15, 2004</ref>
* <span id="ECM"></span>[http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~renze/doc/TestSuites/ECM.epd ECM.epd] from [[Jan Renze Steenhuisen|Renze Steenhuisen's]] [http://www.st.ewi.tudelft.nl/~renze/projects.php projects] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Krogius Nikolai Krogius], [http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4451033.A_Livsic A. Livsic], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Parma Bruno Parma], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Taimanov Mark Taimanov] ('''1980'''). ''[http://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Chess-Middlegames-Nikolai-Krogius/dp/B000UNPDTA Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames]''. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess_Informant Chess Informant]</ref> <ref>[https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=29329 And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], October 11, 1998</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=476109 Endgame testsuite - final version + pgn with comments] by [[Sune Larsson]], [[CCC]], January 01, 2006
* [http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb432434/fentest.htm My Positional Test Suite] by [[Tony Hedlund]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64306 Tony's positional test suite] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2017</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=391553 New Zugzwang Testsuite] by [[Robert Allgeuer]], [[CCC]], October 14, 2004 » [[Zugzwang]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=98943 Passed Pawn Suite] by [[Howard Exner]], [[CCC]], February 24, 2000 » [[Passed Pawn]]
* [http://members.aon.at/computerschach/quick/quicke.htm Quicktest] by [[Michael Scheidl]]
* [http://www.utzingerk.com/test.htm Test] by [[Kurt Utzinger]]
* [http://www.volny.cz/evcomp/elotesty.htm Test suites for chess software] by [[Emil Vlasák]]
* [http://www.jakob.at/steffen/hossa/index.html Test Suites from Hossa - A Chess Program] by [[Steffen A. Jakob]]
* [http://www.blitzchess.fr/fr/tests/index.html Tests] by [[Pierre Nolot]] from [http://www.blitzchess.fr/ blitzchess.fr] (French)
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=392369 Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS - updated version and results of Fruit] by [[Robert Allgeuer]], [[CCC]], October 19, 2004 <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=51249 Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS by Robert Allgeuer] by Paul Henri, [[CCC]], February 12, 2014</ref> » [[Zugzwang]]
<span id="OpeningSuites"></span>
=[[Opening|Opening Suites]]=
==[[Graham Banks|Banks]]==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50541 Graham2014-1.cgb opening book for ChessGUI] by [[Graham Banks]], [[CCC]], December 19, 2013 » [[ChessGUI]]
==[[Robert Hyatt|Hyatt]]==
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/engines/Hyatt_4000_openings.epd Hyatt_4000_openings.epd] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63491 Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2017</ref>
* [http://www.computerchess.org.uk/engines/Robert_Hyatt_testing_suite_2807_positions.epd Robert_Hyatt_testing_suite_2807_positions.epd]
==[[Marc Lacrosse|Lacrosse]]==
* [http://sites.google.com/site/chessbazaar/2007-01-2008-fast-engine-testing-the-mlmfl-test Fast engine testing : the MLmfl test] by [[Marc Lacrosse]], January 08, 2007
==Nebula==
* [https://sites.google.com/site/nebulachess/testsets Test Sets - Nebula Chess] by [[Dragan Zdravkovic]]
==[[Jeroen Noomen|Noomen]]==
* [http://www.rybkachess.com/index.php?auswahl=Downloads Noomen Testsuites, Noomen Testsuite] from [[Rybka|Rybka - Free downloads]] by [[Jeroen Noomen]] <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52706 A new testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2014</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54328 New testsuite available] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], November 13, 2014</ref> <ref>[http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56546 Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], May 31, 2015</ref>
* [http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=32149 New testsuite: UltraShort Lines] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Rybka Forum]], June 03, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64372 New testsuite: King's Indian Mar del Plata] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 22, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64513 Updated Mar del Plata testsuite, NEW Ruy Lopez testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 04, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64556 Mar del Plata II testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 08, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64653 New testsuite: Slav Defence (plus link to all my testsuites)] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], July 19, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65513 New: Noomen 2-move Testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], October 22, 2017 » [[TCEC Season 10]]
==<span id="Nunn"></span>[[John Nunn|Nunn]] ==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460363 Nunn openings] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], November 07, 2005 <ref> [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=26903 Interesting statement from Ossi Weiner about Nunn test] by [[Moritz Berger]], [[CCC]], September 17, 1998 » [[Ossi Weiner]], [[Test-Positions#Nunn|Nunn openings]]</ref>
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=460364 Nunn2 openings] by [[Kurt Utzinger]], [[CCC]], November 07, 2005
==[[Stefan Pohl|Pohl]]==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66311 SALC V5 openings and books launched] by [[Stefan Pohl]], [[CCC]], January 13, 2018
==[[Albert Silver|Silver]]==
{{Silver Openings Suite}}
=Publications=
==1950 ...==
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Reinfeld Fred Reinfeld] ('''1958, 2001'''). ''Win at Chess''. Dover Books on Chess » [[Win at Chess]]
==1970 ...==
* <span id="Bloss"></span>[http://what-when-how.com/earth-scientists/bloss-f-donald-earth-scientist/ F. Donald Bloss] ('''1973'''). ''[https://www.amazon.de/Rate-Your-Chess-F-Donald-Bloss/dp/0442008295 Rate your own Chess]''. Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.
* <span id="Ratliff"></span>[[Gary L. Ratliff]] ('''1979'''). ''Practical Rating Program''. [[Personal Computing#3_9|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 9]], pp. 62 » [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* [[Frieder Schwenkel]] ('''1979'''). ''Berating the ratings system''. [[Personal Computing#3_11|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11]], pp. 77 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* [[John Shaposka]] ('''1979'''). ''"JS" Takes the Bloss Test''. [[Personal Computing#3_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12]], pp. 75 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* Editor ('''1979'''). ''Chess Ratings from Problem Solving''. [[Personal Computing#3_12|Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12]], pp. 77 » [[CAPS|CAPS II]], [[Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies]]
==1980 ...==
* Floyd R. Kirk ('''1980'''). ''Bloss Flunks Test''. [[Personal Computing#4_8|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 8]], pp. 72 » [[Test-Positions#Ratliff|Ratliff]], [[Test-Positions#Bloss|Bloss]]
* W. W. Foster ('''1980'''). ''Six Test Problems for Chess Playing Machines''. [[Personal Computing#4_10|Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 10]], pp. 81
* [[Ivan Bratko]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1982'''). ''A Test for Comparison of Human and Computer Performance in Chess''. [[Advances in Computer Chess 3]]
==1990 ...==
* [[Tony Marsland]] ('''1990'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Revisited.'' [[ICGA Journal#13_1|ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1]]
* [[Kevin J. Lang]], [[Warren D. Smith]] ('''1993'''). ''A Test Suite for Chess Programs''. [http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/testpos.ps ps], [http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/ChessTest2.tar.Z ChessTest2.tar.Z] <ref>[http://scorevoting.net/WarrenSmithPages/homepage/works.html Online list of Warren D. Smith's works]</ref>
* [[Shawn Benn]], [[Danny Kopec]] ('''1993'''). ''The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated.'' [[ICGA Journal#16_3|ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3]], [http://www.sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu/%7Ekopec/Publications/Publications/O_11_C.pdf pdf]
* [[Larry Kaufman]] ('''1994'''). ''The One-Hour CCR Test''. [[Computer Chess Reports]], Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 25-30
=Forum Posts=
==1997 ...==
* [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.chess.computer/browse_frm/thread/1694d6d57fa74370 The new YAZGAC - test-suite] by [[Thorsten Czub|mclane]], [[Computer Chess Forums|rgcc]], April 15, 1997
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=14828 ECM - first 100 problems summary] by [[Don Dailey]], [[CCC]], February 01, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=24950 Needed really good tactical test suite: here's one!] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], August 16, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=29329 And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed)] by [[Jouni Uski]], [[CCC]], October 11, 1998
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=81949 Test suites - can they reliably predict ELO?] by [[Tom King]], [[CCC]], December 11, 1999
==2000 ...==
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=114915 The Scalable Search Test] by [[Gian-Carlo Pascutto]], [[CCC]], June 18, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=123825 Mate in 1 - but Fritz 6 needs 1 hour!!!] by Christoph Fieberg from [[CCC]], August 10, 2000
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=131885 Pawn endgame test suite] by [[Peter McKenzie]], [[CCC]], October 07, 2000 » [[Pawn Endgame]]
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=35352 Stalemate trap(SOS-Delfi)] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], December 18, 2001 » [[Stalemate]], [[SOS]], [[Delfi]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=350516 STATIC EVAL TEST (provisional)] by [[Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz]], [[CCC]], February 21, 2004 » [[Evaluation]]
* [https://www.stmintz.com/ccc/index.php?id=386936 Test Position = GM Tony Miles vs Deep Thought, 1989 [14...Bxh2!!]] by [[José Antônio Fabiano Mendes]], [[CCC]], September 09, 2004 » [[Deep Thought]]
==2005 ...==
* [http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3589 Trying to improve MES endgame suite] by [[George Lyapko]], [[Computer Chess Forums|Winboard Forum]], September 30, 2005 <ref>[http://www.ebook3000.com/1234-Modern-End-Game-Studies_118820.html 1234 Modern End Game Studies - Free eBooks Download]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21348 Problem suite testing - how to extract a useful number] by [[Don Dailey]] from [[CCC]], May 25, 2008
==2010 ...==
* [http://www.open-chess.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1856 Zugzwang Collection] by [[Franklin Titus|kingliveson]], [[Computer Chess Forums|OpenChess Forum]], February 14, 2012 » [[Zugzwang]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46500 Arasan test suite additions] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], December 20, 2012 » [[Arasan]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50619 Openings in PGN and EPD format] by [[Adam Hair]], [[CCC]], December 24, 2013
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=52706 A new testsuite] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2014
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=54328 New testsuite available] by [[Jeroen Noomen]], [[CCC]], November 13, 2014
==2015 ...==
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56546 Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches] by [[Ed Schroder|Ed Schröder]], [[CCC]], May 31, 2015 » [[Test-Positions#OpeningSuites|Opening Suites]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57603 Transposition table test positons] by [[Robert Pope]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2015 » [[Transposition Table]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=57772 Test positions for draw detection] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], September 27, 2015 » [[Draw]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58359 Static evaluation test posistions] by [[Shawn Chidester]], [[CCC]], November 25, 2015
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58359&start=2 Re: Static evaluation test posistions] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], November 26, 2015 » [[Python]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58475 Test suites] by [[Fabio Gobbato]], [[CCC]], December 04, 2015
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58717 Larsen EPD Test Suite] by Marc Moisan, [[CCC]], December 29, 2015 <ref>[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1006129 Larsen's Selected Games] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_Larsen Bent Larsen]</ref>
'''2016'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59647 king safety: hard positions for zurichess] by [[Alexandru Mosoi]], [[CCC]], March 27, 2016 » [[King Safety]], [[Zurichess]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60169 Good testsets for tablebases testing] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], May 15, 2016 » [[Endgame Tablebases]]
: [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60244 EPD to test EGTB probe code] by [[Sergei Markoff|Sergei S. Markoff]], [[CCC]], May 24, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=60953 13 hard test positions July 2016] by [[Vincent Lejeune]], [[CCC]], July 27, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61140 perpetual check position] by [[Erin Dame]], [[CCC]], August 16, 2016 » [[Check#Perpetual|Perpetual Check]], [[Repetitions]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61186 Arasan test suite] by [[Jon Dart]], [[CCC]], August 22, 2016 » [[Arasan]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61226 Nightmare II (Test-Set)] by [[Walter Eigenmann]], [[CCC]], August 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61393 SAN test position] by [[Matthew Lai]], [[CCC]], September 11, 2016 » [[Algebraic Chess Notation#SAN|SAN]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61526 "Poor Fish": very hard test suite] by [[Marco Costalba]], [[CCC]], September 25, 2016
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=61858 Opening performance of engines] by [[Kai Laskos]], [[CCC]], October 28, 2016 » [[Opening]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=62659 Colditz test suite] by [[Ferdinand Mosca]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2016
'''2017'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63491 Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions] by [[Stuart Cracraft]], [[CCC]], March 19, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64306 Tony's positional test suite] by [[Dann Corbit]], [[CCC]], June 16, 2017 <ref>[http://privat.bahnhof.se/wb432434/fentest.htm My Positional Test Suite] by [[Tony Hedlund]]</ref>
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64358 Opening testing suites efficiency] by [[Kai Laskos]], [[CCC]], June 21, 2017 » [[Engine Testing]], [[Opening]], [[Match Statistics]]
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=64838 "IQ test" for engines] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], August 08, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65505 "IQ test" for engines (2)] by [[Marek Kwiatkowski]], [[CCC]], October 21, 2017
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66184 AlphaZero: The 10 Top Shots] by [[Walter Eigenmann]], [[CCC]], December 30, 2017 » [[AlphaZero]]
'''2018'''
* [http://www.talkchess.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=66640 Marcel Duchamp endgame "splits" engines / hash phenomenon] by [[Kenneth Wingate Regan|Kenneth Regan]], [[CCC]], February 19, 2018 » [[Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies]], [[Arts#Duchamp|Marcel Duchamp]], [[Transposition Table]]
==Albert Silver's Test positions==
{{Albert Silver's Test positions}}
<span id="Leonid"></span>
==Leonid's Positions==
{{Leonid's Positions}}
=References=
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'''[[Engine Testing|Up one Level]]'''
