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Subject: Re: ICC question (Tiger books)

Author: Chessfun

Date: 20:40:56 03/11/01

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On March 11, 2001 at 23:28:41, Eelco de Groot wrote:

>On March 11, 2001 at 23:10:23, John Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On March 11, 2001 at 20:13:50, Thomas Mayer wrote:
>>
>>>Hi Eelco,
>>>
>>>>Does anybody maybe know if the Chess Tiger accounts on ICC are still
>>>>encountering 1.h2-h4 openings as Black?
>>>today or yesterday I have seen at least one Chess Tiger account that has in its
>>>finger notes that it refuses openings like that... And there was mentioned that
>>>it refuses to play also many other openings like this... (Reason, also pointed
>>>out in finger notes: To maximize score)
>>
>>
>>Are you kidding me? The Chess Tiger accounts dont accept 1.h4 because they
>>ALWAYS lose to it. There is no point in accepting a game starting with that
>>opening because it is over once it is played. The reason this user doesnt accept
>>that opening is to protect himself from cheaters, or at least people taking
>>advantage of a weakness in a program to inflate their rating.
>>
>>
>
>Well we were trying to find a way around that by making a user book with a few
>more moves in it against 1.h2-h4. People could do that easily themselves unless
>there is some glitch.
>
>See messages at  http://www.rebel.nl/ubb/Forum7/HTML/000149.html
>
>I haven't tried this out myself but I thought it might work. I mean 1.h2-h4? But
>if it doesn't work I would like to hear about it. If necessary I could try to
>put a little Anti-Borg.BK together myself but I have no way of trying it out on
>the servers. That's why I would like to see some games if it isn't working yet
>as planned.
>
>Regards, Eelco


While creating a user book is simple as is adding lines to that book to
combat 1. h4. Making a large size book takes a very long time.

It would be much easier if the *.tbk books could be modified or one was supplied
that was equal but with extension *.bk so as it could be modified.


Sarah.



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