Author: john watson
Date: 12:33:16 08/12/00
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On August 12, 2000 at 15:08:50, pete wrote: >On August 12, 2000 at 14:48:09, john watson wrote: > >>On August 12, 2000 at 14:25:55, Winfred Craft wrote: >> >>>On August 12, 2000 at 14:17:46, john watson wrote: >>> >>>>On August 12, 2000 at 13:56:04, Jorge Pichard wrote: >>>> >>>>>On August 12, 2000 at 13:38:41, john watson wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>Does anybody have any idea how to quickly inflate Deep Junior's >>>>>>book from 2,900,000 to 3,000,000 positions ? >>>>>>I like round numbers, you see. >>>>>>Maybe by importing huge .pgn or .cbh files of unusual games ? >>>>>>The quality of the games is less important, as long they inflate the book it's >>>>>>OK with me. >>>>>>But from where can such files be downloaded ? >>>>> >>>>>I once was told 10 years ago by a local GM friend of mine that the number of >>>>>openings which I was capable of remembering was not that important, but how good >>>>>I understood the position after the opening was over is really what count. >>>>>Therefore, the Quality of the opening lines whether it is 2,900,000 or just >>>>>59,000 good opening lines is better than having a larger opening lines as long >>>>>as those opening lines are free of errors and are the best for that particular >>>>>program. >>>>> >>>>>PS: If it take closed openings to defeat good programs like Fritz 6a or junior 6 >>>>>programmers should concentrate on programming those closed openings lines like >>>>>the stone wall defense used by Kramnik against Deep Junior, plus special ALS >>>>>Anti lock system in case other programmers apply the same technique in order >>>>>to make their programs perform better. >>>>> >>>>>Pichard. >>>> >>>>That's beside the point, I just want a 3,000,000 position opening book, >>>>that's all. >>> >>>I have a collection.pgn of games only between computers but it contains >>>nowhere near 3 million moves. >>>Winfred >> >> >>Well, if the size of your collection.pgn isn't over 6Mb, >>please send it to: j@watson.as > >Ok , after having read this whole thread I am sure I can help you with your >strange wish ;-) : > >Get the file > >2600.zip > >from Dann Corbitt's ftp-site at > >ftp://38.168.214.175/pub/ > >This is a high-quality pgn-file from games where both players were rated 2600 >and higher . > >This should > >1.) increase your booksize beyond the magic number you want to reach >2.) not hurt the quality of Junior's book too much. > >Have fun. > >pete Thanks Pete, but it got me only 68 new positions out of 27000 games. It's not a strange wish. If one has a predilection for round numbers and wants to reach 3,000,000 positions. Some have opening books of 5 or even 10 million positions.
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