[STS v13.0] - "Pawn Play in the Center"

[Swaminathan]

Version 13 of the Strategic Test Suite series is now available for download.

* Consists of carefully selected 100 test positions on "Pawn Play in the center"

Information:

Pushing a pawn to the center of the board in early middle game to late middle game.

4 central squares (e4,d4,d5,e5) are the most important squares on the board. It's obvious one has to take control of them before their opponent does.

Tests engine's strength on Pawn structures, Defense, Piece Activity evaluation, King safety, Center Play and mobility.

Key Characteristics:

* Pawn Preponderance in the center.
* Idea is to have more influence in the center, which in turn yields better mobility.
* Pawn moves in center exerts pressure on other side by threatening to open up the file.
* Trying to open up the center reduces the amount of pressure on the flank, and divert's opponent's attention away from the king side especially when he's in the process of setting up an attack.

Download it! here:

https://sites.google.com/site/strategic ... home/sts13

Test Suite release time: 8th of October, 2010
Swaminathan and Dann Corbit

[Swaminathan]

Anyone is welcome to post the results from any engines.

It would be interesting to know how it rates in terms of difficulty relative to other EPD's.

[Swaminathan]

Updated:

Download ALL Epd's in One File:
https://sites.google.com/site/strategic ... PD%27s.rar

Download Piece-Specific EPD's (for tuning)
https://sites.google.com/site/strategic ... PD%27s.rar

Best wishes,
Swami