Author: Ralph E. Carter
Date: 05:47:09 12/18/98
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On December 18, 1998 at 08:24:05, Tom Mitchell wrote: >I am wondering if it is possible to force a chess program to play a specific >opening against you. For example, if I were to play black and wanted to practice >the Modern Opening against d4, e4 or c4 openings, could I force the computer as >black to play those openings...or more specifically, could I force the computer >to play a specific ECO code whether it wanted to or not? Currently I own CM6000, >Extreme Chess (Fritz 4.01) and Power Chess. If these will do what I'm wanting to >do, I've yet to figure out how. Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you. I have CM6000. I know nothing about your other two programs. I'll give you a quick specific answer first: In CM6000, set the level as desired. Play 1.e4 After the computer moves for black, choose "Actions"..."Takeback", then "Actions"..."Switch sides". You will then be playing black against 1.e4. Here is a more powerful approach: CM6000 has an opening book editor. (It is NOT the best, but useable for your purposes.) I have never used it. Heres how I just did this: 1. Make a copy of cm6000.obk. Rename it. (mine.obk for example) 2. When you installed CM6000, you probably created a program group. In this group is an icon for the opening book editor. 3. Start the opening book editor, and load mine.obk to edit. 4. In the left window are the moves in the book. 5. Delete the ones you don't want. 6. Double click on one to advance to the next move. You could create a specialized book for white, and one for black, to make the computer have any repertoire you choose. P.S. There exist exceedingly powerful tools for this kind of research. But CM6000 should do just fine, until you need something better.
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