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Test Suites

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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 EPD test by Dann Corbit that is designed to help tune chess engines (2008)
Strategic Test Suite by Dann Corbit and Swaminathan
Win at Chess

Studies and famous Positions

Other Test Suites

Amundsen chess program | Testsuites collected by John Bergbom » Amundsen
Arasan Test Suite by Jon Dart » Arasan ^[1]
Big Book Of Combinations (long post) by Jouni Uski, CCC, September 17, 2001
BT-2450 at Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German), BT2450.zip
BT-2630 at Schachcomputer.info - Wiki (German), BT2630.zip
CCC-I test set by Ed Schröder, CCC, October 04, 1997
CCC-II test set by Ed Schröder, CCC, October 04, 1997
CCC-III (positional test) by Ed Schröder, CCC, October 06, 1997
Colditz test suite by Ferdinand Mosca, CCC, December 30, 2016
CSS WM-Test hosted by Steffen A. Jakob, css-wm.epd ^[2] ^[3] ^[4]
ECM.epd from Renze Steenhuisen's projects ^[5] ^[6]
Endgame testsuite - final version + pgn with comments by Sune Larsson, CCC, January 01, 2006
My Positional Test Suite by Tony Hedlund ^[7]
New Zugzwang Testsuite by Robert Allgeuer, CCC, October 14, 2004 » Zugzwang
Passed Pawn Suite by Howard Exner, CCC, February 24, 2000 » Passed Pawn
Quicktest by Michael Scheidl
Test by Kurt Utzinger
Test suites for chess software by Emil Vlasák
Test Suites from Hossa - A Chess Program by Steffen A. Jakob
Tests by Pierre Nolot from blitzchess.fr (French)
Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS - updated version and results of Fruit by Robert Allgeuer, CCC, October 19, 2004 ^[8] » Zugzwang

Opening Suites

Banks

Graham2014-1.cgb opening book for ChessGUI by Graham Banks, CCC, December 19, 2013 » ChessGUI

Hyatt

Lacrosse

Fast engine testing : the MLmfl test by Marc Lacrosse, January 08, 2007

Nebula

Test Sets - Nebula Chess by Dragan Zdravkovic

Noomen

Noomen Testsuites, Noomen Testsuite from Rybka - Free downloads by Jeroen Noomen ^[10] ^[11] ^[12]
New testsuite: UltraShort Lines by Jeroen Noomen, Rybka Forum, June 03, 2017
New testsuite: King's Indian Mar del Plata by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, June 22, 2017
Updated Mar del Plata testsuite, NEW Ruy Lopez testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 04, 2017
Mar del Plata II testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 08, 2017
New testsuite: Slav Defence (plus link to all my testsuites) by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, July 19, 2017
New: Noomen 2-move Testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, October 22, 2017 » TCEC Season 10

Nunn

Nunn openings by Jouni Uski, CCC, November 07, 2005 ^[13]
Nunn2 openings by Kurt Utzinger, CCC, November 07, 2005

Pohl

SALC V5 openings and books launched by Stefan Pohl, CCC, January 13, 2018

Silver

Openings Suites by Albert Silver

Silver Suite - Full (PGN) by Albert Silver, CCC, January 17, 2006
Silver Suite - Short (PGN) by Albert Silver, CCC, January 17, 2006
Silver.epd by Dann Corbit, CCC, January 18, 2006
Silver Openings Suite - Revised and Expanded by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
Silver Openings Suite - Full (50 positions) PGN by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
Silver Openings Suite - Short (25 positions) PGN by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
Silver Openings Suite - Short (balanced) by Albert Silver, CCC, February 01, 2006
NEW Silver Openings Suite by Albert Silver, CCC, February 11, 2010
NEW Silver Gambit Suite by Albert Silver, CCC, February 16, 2010
NEW Silver Gambit Suite - Expanded by Albert Silver, CCC, February 17, 2010
Test your engines – the Silver Openings Suite, ChessBase News, February 23, 2010

Publications

1950 ...

Fred Reinfeld (1958, 2001). Win at Chess. Dover Books on Chess » Win at Chess

1970 ...

F. Donald Bloss (1973). Rate your own Chess. Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.
Gary L. Ratliff (1979). Practical Rating Program. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 9, pp. 62 » Bloss
Frieder Schwenkel (1979). Berating the ratings system. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 11, pp. 77 » Ratliff, Bloss
John Shaposka (1979). "JS" Takes the Bloss Test. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 75 » Ratliff, Bloss
Editor (1979). Chess Ratings from Problem Solving. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 77 » CAPS II, Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies

1980 ...

Floyd R. Kirk (1980). Bloss Flunks Test. Personal Computing, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 72 » Ratliff, Bloss
W. W. Foster (1980). Six Test Problems for Chess Playing Machines. 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. ICCA Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1
Kevin J. Lang, Warren D. Smith (1993). A Test Suite for Chess Programs. ps, ChessTest2.tar.Z ^[14]
Shawn Benn, Danny Kopec (1993). The Bratko-Kopec Test Recalibrated. ICCA Journal, Vol. 16, No. 3, pdf
Larry Kaufman (1994). The One-Hour CCR Test. Computer Chess Reports, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 25-30

Forum Posts

1997 ...

The new YAZGAC - test-suite by mclane, rgcc, April 15, 1997
ECM - first 100 problems summary by Don Dailey, CCC, February 01, 1998
Needed really good tactical test suite: here's one! by Jouni Uski, CCC, August 16, 1998
And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed) by Jouni Uski, CCC, October 11, 1998
Test suites - can they reliably predict ELO? by Tom King, CCC, December 11, 1999

2000 ...

The Scalable Search Test by Gian-Carlo Pascutto, CCC, June 18, 2000
Mate in 1 - but Fritz 6 needs 1 hour!!! by Christoph Fieberg from CCC, August 10, 2000
Pawn endgame test suite by Peter McKenzie, CCC, October 07, 2000 » Pawn Endgame
Stalemate trap(SOS-Delfi) by George Lyapko, Winboard Forum, December 18, 2001 » Stalemate, SOS, Delfi
STATIC EVAL TEST (provisional) by Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz, CCC, February 21, 2004 » Evaluation
Test Position = GM Tony Miles vs Deep Thought, 1989 [14...Bxh2!!] by José Antônio Fabiano Mendes, CCC, September 09, 2004 » Deep Thought

2005 ...

Trying to improve MES endgame suite by George Lyapko, Winboard Forum, September 30, 2005 ^[15]
Problem suite testing - how to extract a useful number by Don Dailey from CCC, May 25, 2008

2010 ...

Zugzwang Collection by kingliveson, OpenChess Forum, February 14, 2012 » Zugzwang
Arasan test suite additions by Jon Dart, CCC, December 20, 2012 » Arasan
Openings in PGN and EPD format by Adam Hair, CCC, December 24, 2013
A new testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, June 21, 2014
New testsuite available by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, November 13, 2014

2015 ...

Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches by Ed Schröder, CCC, May 31, 2015 » Opening Suites
Transposition table test positons by Robert Pope, CCC, September 11, 2015 » Transposition Table
Test positions for draw detection by Shawn Chidester, CCC, September 27, 2015 » Draw
Static evaluation test posistions by Shawn Chidester, CCC, November 25, 2015

Re: Static evaluation test posistions by Ferdinand Mosca, CCC, November 26, 2015 » Python

Test suites by Fabio Gobbato, CCC, December 04, 2015
Larsen EPD Test Suite by Marc Moisan, CCC, December 29, 2015 ^[16]

2016

king safety: hard positions for zurichess by Alexandru Mosoi, CCC, March 27, 2016 » King Safety, Zurichess
Good testsets for tablebases testing by Sergei S. Markoff, CCC, May 15, 2016 » Endgame Tablebases

EPD to test EGTB probe code by Sergei S. Markoff, CCC, May 24, 2016

13 hard test positions July 2016 by Vincent Lejeune, CCC, July 27, 2016
perpetual check position by Erin Dame, CCC, August 16, 2016 » Perpetual Check, Repetitions
Arasan test suite by Jon Dart, CCC, August 22, 2016 » Arasan
Nightmare II (Test-Set) by Walter Eigenmann, CCC, August 25, 2016
SAN test position by Matthew Lai, CCC, September 11, 2016 » SAN
"Poor Fish": very hard test suite by Marco Costalba, CCC, September 25, 2016
Opening performance of engines by Kai Laskos, CCC, October 28, 2016 » Opening
Colditz test suite by Ferdinand Mosca, CCC, December 30, 2016

2017

Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions by Stuart Cracraft, CCC, March 19, 2017
Tony's positional test suite by Dann Corbit, CCC, June 16, 2017 ^[17]
Opening testing suites efficiency by Kai Laskos, CCC, June 21, 2017 » Engine Testing, Opening, Match Statistics
"IQ test" for engines by Marek Kwiatkowski, CCC, August 08, 2017
"IQ test" for engines (2) by Marek Kwiatkowski, CCC, October 21, 2017
AlphaZero: The 10 Top Shots by Walter Eigenmann, CCC, December 30, 2017 » AlphaZero

2018

Marcel Duchamp endgame "splits" engines / hash phenomenon by Kenneth Regan, CCC, February 19, 2018 » Chess Problems, Compositions and Studies, Marcel Duchamp, Transposition Table

Albert Silver's Test Positions

Test Positions by Albert Silver

Test Position: Brilliant endgame shot by Albert Silver, CCC, January 24, 2010
Test Position - The majority rule by Albert Silver, CCC, May 22, 2010
Test Position: Ribli - Lobron, Germany 1992 by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
Test Position: Lemming disease (avoid move) by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
Test Position: Poisoned pawn by Albert Silver, CCC, June 05, 2010
Test Position: Bring the bazooka by Albert Silver, CCC, June 06, 2010
Test Position: One-way street by Albert Silver, CCC, June 09, 2010
Test Position - Divide and conquer by Albert Silver, CCC, July 01, 2010
Test Position: Punishing the stubborn by Albert Silver, CCC, August 02, 2010
Test position: Inviting the fork by Albert Silver, CCC, November 13, 2010
Test Position: Shirov-Eljanov analysis by Albert Silver, CCC, November 13, 2010
Test Position: Mamedyarov-Wang Hao (32.g4!!) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 14, 2010
Test Position: Karjakin-Kramnik (analysis) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 14, 2010
Test Position: Ivanhoe-Rybka (brilliant knight sac) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 19, 2010
Test Position: Rybka-Scaramanga (b6!) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 29, 2010 » DOCCC 2010
Rook endgame: Wojtaszek-Navara by Albert Silver, CCC, January 16, 2011
Test position: GM attacking lessons by Albert Silver, CCC, February 10, 2011
Test position: Very tough and just tough by Albert Silver, CCC, April 01, 2011
Test position: One more for the humans (Kurnosov-Najer) by Albert Silver, CCC, April 25, 2011
Tough sac 19.Bg6!! (Hector-So) by Albert Silver, CCC, June 13, 2011
Test position: Locking the cage and throwing out the key by Albert Silver, CCC, April 21, 2012
Test position - Appearances are deceiving Nxd5!! by Albert Silver, CCC, June 23, 2012
Monster move: 1...Nc3+!! by Albert Silver, CCC, July 03, 2012
Test Position: Exchange or not (Javanbakht-Girish, 2012) by Albert Silver, CCC, November 15, 2012
Test position: Kasparov-Pribyl (1980) - very tough by Albert Silver, CCC, December 12, 2012
Test position: Kasparov-Yussupov (1981) by Albert Silver, CCC, December 18, 2012
Test position: Fridman-Naidistch (2013) - Very hard by Albert Silver, CCC, February 13, 2013

Leonid's Positions

Positions by Leonid Liberman

Mate in ...? by Leonid, CCC, February 12, 2000
Two mate positions to solve by Leonid, CCC, September 02, 2000
Two mate position to solve by Leonid, CCC, September 06, 2000
What shortest mate that you can find for this position? by Leonid, CCC, January 17, 2001
If you like to find a mate... by Leonid, CCC, January 18, 2001
If you want solve one mate... by Leonid, CCC, January 21, 2001
One easy mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, January 22, 2001
One average mate position... by Leonid, CCC, January 23, 2001
If you like to solve easy forced mate... by Leonid, CCC, January 24, 2001
If you like to solve average mate position... by Leonid, CCC, January 25, 2001
If you like to solve real mate... by Leonid, CCC, January 27, 2001
If you like to solve mate from real game... by Leonid, CCC, January 28, 2001
If you like forced mate... by Leonid, CCC, January 30, 2001
Forced mate position to solve... by Leonid, CCC, January 31, 2001
If you like to solve a mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 01, 2001
Forced mate so solve... by Leonid, CCC, February 05, 2001
If you like to solve easy mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 08, 2001
If you like to solve a mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 09, 2001
If you like to crush easy mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 10, 2001
If you like to solve mate for light position... by Leonid, CCC, February 11, 2001
If you like to solve mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 14, 2001
If you like solving forced mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 15, 2001
If you like to solve one easy mate... by Leonid, CCC, February 16, 2001
Easy mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, March 04, 2001
If you like to sove a mate... by Leonid, CCC, March 10, 2001
If you are ready to solve one mate... by Leonid, CCC, April 11, 2001
If you like easy mate... by Leonid, CCC, April 12, 2001
If you want to solve one mate... by Leonid, CCC, April 14, 2001
If you enjoy like me solving mates... by Leonid, CCC, April 16, 2001
Mate that every program will solve... by Leonid, CCC, April 17, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, April 22, 2001
Mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, April 23, 2001
Mate that every program will find by Leonid, CCC, April 26, 2001
Mate to solve for champions... by Leonid, CCC, April 29, 2001
One mate to solve for fittest programs by Leonid, CCC, May 04, 2001
Very easy mate to solve by Leonid, CCC, May 05, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, May 06, 2001
Mate to solve in two flavous by Leonid, CCC, May 07, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, May 08, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, May 15, 2001
One very easy mate to solve by Leonid, CCC, May 21, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, May 30, 2001
One mate to solve... by Leonid, CCC, June 02, 2001
Mate to solve for good program by Leonid, CCC, June 07, 2001
One mate to solve for Champion! by Leonid, CCC, June 16, 2001
One mate to solve by Leonid, CCC, July 17, 2001
One mate to sove for Champions! by Leonid, CCC, September 02, 2001
One mate to solve for Champions! by Leonid, CCC, October 02, 2001
A mate for Leonid by Sven Reichard, CCC, October 10, 2001
Try this mate by Leonid, CCC, October 16, 2001
Try solve this mate by Leonid, CCC, October 21, 2001
Try this moderate mate by Leonid, CCC, October 27, 2001
One easy mate by Leonid, CCC, November 04, 2001
Very easy mate to solve by Leonid, CCC, December 22, 2001
Find a mate by Leonid, CCC, August 03, 2002
One mate in 10 to solve by Leonid, CCC, August 10, 2002
One mate in 11 by Leonid, CCC, September 07, 2002
Try to solve mate by Leonid, CCC, September 14, 2002
Mate slightly harder by Leonid, CCC, August 25, 2003
Mate that should be easy by Leonid, CCC, October 19, 2003
Heavy mate position but easy to solve by Leonid, CCC, October 20, 2003
Mate to torture by Leonid, CCC, November 02, 2003
Try very easy mate by Leonid, CCC, November 04, 2003
Try to solve very populated mate by Leonid, CCC, November 05, 2003
Very easy mate by Leonid, CCC, November 06, 2003

References

↑ Arasan test suite by Jon Dart, CCC, August 22, 2016
↑ WM test bugs by Vincent Diepeveen, CCC, June 27, 2002
↑ WM Test Position 1 - another solution found (GERMAN) by Franz Hagra, CCC, June 09, 2004
↑ CSS WM TEST - a technical view by Franz Hagra, CCC, June 15, 2004
↑ Nikolai Krogius, A. Livsic, Bruno Parma, Mark Taimanov (1980). Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames. Chess Informant
↑ And here is corrected ECM testsuite (15 wrong positions removed) by Jouni Uski, CCC, October 11, 1998
↑ Tony's positional test suite by Dann Corbit, CCC, June 16, 2017
↑ Zugzwang Test Suite ZPTS by Robert Allgeuer by Paul Henri, CCC, February 12, 2014
↑ Bob Hyatt's opening set of positions by Stuart Cracraft, CCC, March 19, 2017
↑ A new testsuite by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, June 21, 2014
↑ New testsuite available by Jeroen Noomen, CCC, November 13, 2014
↑ Noomen selected openings for eng-eng matches by Ed Schröder, CCC, May 31, 2015
↑ Interesting statement from Ossi Weiner about Nunn test by Moritz Berger, CCC, September 17, 1998 » Ossi Weiner, Nunn openings
↑ Online list of Warren D. Smith's works
↑ 1234 Modern End Game Studies - Free eBooks Download
↑ Larsen's Selected Games by Bent Larsen
↑ My Positional Test Suite by Tony Hedlund

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