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Subject: Re: A few questions before I buy Genius 6

Author: Peter Kappler

Date: 10:59:14 03/16/99

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On March 16, 1999 at 05:00:19, Tord Romstad wrote:

>On March 15, 1999 at 23:47:53, Paulo Soares wrote:
>
>>	In summary, it's a Genius 5(engine), with a new and better book,
>
>A *better* book?  Are you joking?  The Genius 6 opening book is the worst
>I have ever seen in a chess program.  The book in Genius 5 (which was also
>not very good) was much better.  The opening book in Genius 6 seems to be
>compiled from some big database of human games, without _any_ kind of tuning.
>Even worse is the fact that even moves played in only _one_ game are
>included, up to 60 plies.
>
>Tord


If I use a plug-in engine like Shredder 3, is it forced to use the Genius book,
or does it load its own?

--Peter



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