Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 01:41:01 03/04/00
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I just want to verify that "granit" is a (proper) subset of this CrapBase 2.0. Dave On March 01, 2000 at 16:31:16, Dann Corbit wrote: >Many of you have already been collecting from my PGN collection at: >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/a-openings/ >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/b-openings/ >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/c-openings/ >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/d-openings/ >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/e-openings/ >for quite some time. Let's call that collection Crapbase 1.0. It never had a >name, but I think that one is as good as any. Since the games are gathered from >public sources, the headers are frequently misspelled, and they have many other >oddities like that. That collection contained a measly 1.3 million games. The >new collection contains 2.3 million. > >The games are all reliable PGN and have passed through several different PGN >reading utilities to ensure that the contents are readable and accurate. > >I certainly would not recommend merging this stuff in with a good commercial >collection. But for those rare games you have been missing, or to see what >people or machines might do for a particular opening, you might have a look-see. > Mabye you are a poor college student and can't pay the cost of a real chess >database like Chess Assistant or the like. Well, at least you can get a *large* >game collection for nothing. (Surely, size is its best attribute). > >Also found at my ftp site are chess playing programs, chess position solver >programs, CAP data, and many other interesting chess artifacts. > >Special thanks to: >Derek Adair, Peter Herttrich, and especially Michel Langeveld for helping to to >collect the world's largest (and possibly crapiest) PGN collection. But it's >better than a sharp stick in the eye. > >I am also asking for something back. But that something would be fun if you >would like to participate. Of course, you can still get all the stuff at my FTP >site for free, but it would be *nice* if you would participate. I am organizing >a large Winboard tournament. The games are farmed out in sets of 4. We are >going to test about 50 Winboard engines with a very large round-robin >tournament. Anyone who wants to can help. If you have two machines, you can >play that way, or you can use FICS or ICC to pair against an opponent (as you >choose). You can learn more about the tournament by going here: >http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/ > >And reading the banter about the "Battle of the Crowns" tournament. It won't >start until April 1st, and I would appreciate any volunteers and/or input, >suggestions, etc. > >The games will be slow time control (probably game in one hour) so it would be a >four hour commitment. Of course, since the games will be playing using >Winboard, you won't really have to do anything except send in the PGN score when >a game completes. >-- >C-FAQ: http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html > "The C-FAQ Book" ISBN 0-201-84519-9 >C.A.P. Newsgroup http://www.dejanews.com/~c_a_p >C.A.P. FAQ: ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/Chess%20Analysis%20Project%20FAQ.htm
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