Author: Chessfun
Date: 04:31:55 03/12/01
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On March 12, 2001 at 06:15:58, Lex Loep wrote: >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 I should have added that as a third option as it works just as well. Sarah.
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