Hi Kurt,

From your question, I imagine that your thoughts are still around manual human tests made in mid 1990's were a computer if you were lucky reaches 10-12 ply and the human controled the destiny of the test through manual manipulation to suit the end result?

In my test I manipulate nothing. Every evaluated score is a formula that gives me the rating score and a second formula converts this to ELO so that it can be easier for someone to compare it to other lists.

As a result every test game follows 100% exactly the same formula's and I determine or manipulate nothing manually in any test game as each test game is done 100% exactly the same. No human opinions.

So unless the formula is wrong which I doubt as I am pretty good with this kind of stuff like spreadsheets and formulas... there is nothing here that could be questioned.

PS... I think if you were to just look at the tests and see scores like 29.4, or 3.6 or 0.6... etc for individual moves that a computer played you will quickly realize that these are formula drive scores.


Best regards