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Subject: Re: CM8000 opening book weak? Why?

Author: David Dahlem

Date: 17:59:10 02/19/01

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On February 19, 2001 at 15:24:37, John Merlino wrote:

>It has long been said that the opening book that the Chessmaster personality
>uses (and has used for the last several versions) is particularly weak. Some
>have called it horrible. The development team for the next version of
>Chessmaster (don't laugh) has already started the process of getting the book
>fixed/improved, and would like to hear your comments, if you have any.
>
>Does anybody have any concrete evidence of any data in the opening book that is
>incorrect or bad? Or of any knowledge holes in the book? If you DO have any
>specific instances of bad data in the book, please let me know by e-mail (or
>post here, if you aren't SURE that the moves are bad, and want your suspicions
>discussed).
>
>Many thanks,
>
>jm

Seems to me that the best way to create a good opening book would be to import a
pgn file with a collection of games between top quality engines that used good
books. A book learning feature would also help a lot.

Dave



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