Author: Pete Galati
Date: 15:59:13 09/09/99
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On September 09, 1999 at 14:00:53, Chris Carson wrote: >On September 09, 1999 at 13:51:56, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On September 09, 1999 at 13:15:34, Dann Corbit wrote: >> >>>On September 09, 1999 at 11:14:39, Chris Carson wrote: >>> >>>>Dann, >>>> >>>>I tried to build book.bin for Crafty 16.17 (and previous >>>>versions of crafty back to 16.6)using the hotties.pgn file. >>>> >>>>The book.bin will create, but on only the first move from >>>>the book is played (ie: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 out of book). >>>> >>>>I can provide a log file if needed. >>>That PGN file contains games with only two different openings. I don't think >>>you would want to use it for an opening book. >> >>If you don't want to use the gigantic pgn files on Crafty's ftp site then you >>could allways use the pgn files of GMs found at the Pitt Chess archives, great >>place: http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/index2.html >> >>Pete > >Thanks, I have downloaded from this site quite a bit. :) > >What would you recommend for creating a book.bin around 1Meg >(before zipping) that has a broad range of openings. I my favorite >players/openings already downloaded. I also use the TWIC files. >I just like to try different books when I travel with Crafty. > >Best Regards, >Chris Carson The file that I've used for most of a year now is 2,351,592 and when it compiles it comes out to 1081204. But I down't compile the book to go 60 ply deep, for me it's probably more like 20 (I haven't done it for a while). Actually I used to just use games by Tal, but I threw those out and I use games played by Chess programs since 1995 collected from various databases and combined with the Dos editor into a single pgn file. I'd be glad to pass on a copy of my pgn file if you'd like it, but I'm sure that Bob is better at selecting games for his books than I am. Pete
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