Author: Lex Loep
Date: 03:15:58 03/12/01
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On March 12, 2001 at 00:14:19, Eelco de Groot wrote: >On March 11, 2001 at 23:40:56, Chessfun wrote: > >>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. > > >I was hoping that the two books could be used together, so that at least if you >were out of book in the small user.bk e.g. if White doesn't play 1.h2-h4 the >program would automatically go to the "big" book. The Help menu isn't very clear >to me about this.. Lex, if you are reading this maybe couldn't you program that? >But you are right Sarah, a way to make changes to any of the larger books would >be much preferable. If that wouldn't make access under Blitz slower but I don't >think that would have to be a problem? Have you ever tried making such a user >book yourself, Sarah? > > Eelco The coming gui update has an opion to use both the GUI as the engines books simultaneously. This way you can add a small user book to add some lines. Lex
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