Kaufman test suite in SAN/FEN

[Steven J Edwards]

Larry Kaufman, the editor of ICD's _Computer Chess Reports_, has proposed
a 25 problem test suite for chessplaying programs. I took the data posted
in the rec.games.chess newsgroup by Robert Hyatt last month and converted
it into SAN/FEN format.

(Format details can be found at the ftp site chess.uoknor.edu in the
directory pub/chess/SAN_testsuites in the two documenation files SAN and
FEN. The total number of test positions in the directory (not counting the
WAC_orig.ci file) is 4295. Of these positions, 89 are duplicates and one
is a triplicate. All are adapted from Warren Smith's ChessTest.tar.Z from
the ftp site external.nj.nec.com.)

Note that problems 3 and 6 are avoidance problems; the idea is to avoid the
"solution" move given.

I am unsure of the details of Kaufman's rating formulae. Perhaps someone
with more information on this could post the exact procedure.

-- Steven (s...@world.std.com)

noop LK.ci: Larry Kaufman's 25 problem rating set
noop
noop Revised: 1993.11.27
noop
echo position 01
svfe 1rbq1rk1/p1b1nppp/1p2p3/8/1B1pN3/P2B4/1P3PPP/2RQ1R1K w - - 0 1
srch Nf6+
echo position 02
svfe 3r2k1/p2r1p1p/1p2p1p1/q4n2/3P4/PQ5P/1P1RNPP1/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
srch Nxd4
echo position 03 avoid
svfe 3r2k1/1p3ppp/2pq4/p1n5/P6P/1P6/1PB2QP1/1K2R3 w - - 0 1
srch Rd1
echo position 04
svfe r1b1r1k1/1ppn1p1p/3pnqp1/8/p1P1P3/5P2/PbNQNBPP/1R2RB1K w - - 0 1
srch Rxb2
echo position 05
svfe 2r4k/pB4bp/1p4p1/6q1/1P1n4/2N5/P4PPP/2R1Q1K1 b - - 0 1
srch Qxc1
echo position 06 avoid
svfe r5k1/3n1ppp/1p6/3p1p2/3P1B2/r3P2P/PR3PP1/2R3K1 b - - 0 1
srch Rxa2
echo position 07
svfe 2r2rk1/1bqnbpp1/1p1ppn1p/pP6/N1P1P3/P2B1N1P/1B2QPP1/R2R2K1 b - - 0 1
srch Bxe4
echo position 08
svfe 5r1k/6pp/1n2Q3/4p3/8/7P/PP4PK/R1B1q3 b - - 0 1
srch h6
echo position 09
svfe r3k2r/pbn2ppp/8/1P1pP3/P1qP4/5B2/3Q1PPP/R3K2R w KQkq - 0 1
srch Be2
echo position 10
svfe 3r2k1/ppq2pp1/4p2p/3n3P/3N2P1/2P5/PP2QP2/K2R4 b - - 0 1
srch Nxc3
echo position 11
svfe q3rn1k/2QR4/pp2pp2/8/P1P5/1P4N1/6n1/6K1 w - - 0 1
srch Nf5
echo position 12
svfe 6k1/p3q2p/1nr3pB/8/3Q1P2/6P1/PP5P/3R2K1 b - - 0 1
srch Rd6
echo position 13
svfe 1r4k1/7p/5np1/3p3n/8/2NB4/7P/3N1RK1 w - - 0 1
srch Nxd5
echo position 14
svfe 1r2r1k1/p4p1p/6pB/q7/8/3Q2P1/PbP2PKP/1R3R2 w - - 0 1
srch Rxb2
echo position 15
svfe r2q1r1k/pb3p1p/2n1p2Q/5p2/8/3B2N1/PP3PPP/R3R1K1 w - - 0 1
srch Bxf5
echo position 16
svfe 8/4p3/p2p4/2pP4/2P1P3/1P4k1/1P1K4/8 w - - 0 1
srch b4
echo position 17
svfe 1r1q1rk1/p1p2pbp/2pp1np1/6B1/4P3/2NQ4/PPP2PPP/3R1RK1 w - - 0 1
srch e5
echo position 18
svfe q4rk1/1n1Qbppp/2p5/1p2p3/1P2P3/2P4P/6P1/2B1NRK1 b - - 0 1
srch Qc8
echo position 19
svfe r2q1r1k/1b1nN2p/pp3pp1/8/Q7/PP5P/1BP2RPN/7K w - - 0 1
srch Qxd7
echo position 20
svfe 8/5p2/pk2p3/4P2p/2b1pP1P/P3P2B/8/7K w - - 0 1
srch Bg4
echo position 21
svfe 8/2k5/4p3/1nb2p2/2K5/8/6B1/8 w - - 0 1
srch Kxb5
echo position 22
svfe 1B1b4/7K/1p6/1k6/8/8/8/8 w - - 0 1
srch Ba7
echo position 23
svfe rn1q1rk1/1b2bppp/1pn1p3/p2pP3/3P4/P2BBN1P/1P1N1PP1/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 1
srch Ba6
echo position 24
svfe 8/p1ppk1p1/2n2p2/8/4B3/2P1KPP1/1P5P/8 w - - 0 1
srch Bxc6
echo position 25
svfe 8/3nk3/3pp3/1B6/8/3PPP2/4K3/8 w - - 0 1
srch Bxd7
rtrn