Author: Brian Kostick
Date: 19:06:41 06/03/01
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On June 03, 2001 at 19:31:21, Bertil Eklund wrote:
>On June 03, 2001 at 18:59:44, Brian Kostick wrote:
>
>>On June 03, 2001 at 00:37:39, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote:
>>
>>>On June 02, 2001 at 17:04:55, Slater Wold wrote:
>>>
>>>>On June 02, 2001 at 15:58:56, Pete Galati wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On June 02, 2001 at 15:36:16, Steve Wilkins wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> To ALL
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there a place that I can get different opening books and other stuff
>>>>>>for this new program I just purchased.
>>>>>
>>>>>You could make other opening books yourself, it's not very difficult at all,
>>>>>question is could you make a BETTER opening book.
>>>>>
>>>>>I'm pretty sure they also sell a CD with opening books on it, check their
>>>>>websites.
>>>>>
>>>>>But I'm not aware of anyplace that has Fritz books for download.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pete
>>>>
>>>>They sell the Powerbooks for Fritz and Junior. It's $50. They are VERY good
>>>>openings.
>>>>
>>>>Powerbooks is the kind of opening books everyone's been bitching about here
>>>>lately.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Slate
>>>i don't know about that Powerbook,i bought it ,installed it and started losing
>>>more games on the web.i back it out and play without it now.do what you want
>>>,you've got my opinion. Mike
>>
>>
>>Perhaps an interesting snip from T-Notes:
>>
>>http://www.chessbase.com/tnotes/062099.htm
>>
>>quote:
>>But what about the power.ctg? Won't this make your playing program stronger?
>>Actually, it will probably weaken it somewhat. The Powerbook tree is a
>>compendium of all major opening theory. Consequently, it contains openings that
>>are positional in nature in which long-term strategic planning is the key to
>>success. Computers can't plan and execute long-range ideas; this is why they
>>stink at closed positions. Computers are strongest at tactics, which is why they
>>prefer wide-open positions. By using the power.ctg opening tree, you're allowing
>>the computer to play openings that lead to positions unfavorable to the
>>computer's style of play. This will consequently weaken the program somewhat
>>over the long haul. The benefit of using this opening tree is to allow you, the
>>human player, to face a wider range of openings than what are provided in the
>>program's preferred opening book. This makes the Powerbook an excellent training
>>tool for you to use to help you become familiar with a wide range of openings.
>
>Hi!
>
>This isn't the major problem. The powerbooks, especially the older ones include
>a lot of lines from what I believe is cafe-house chess, blitz or so between
>strong and weak players. The powerbooks include a lot of lines where a GM is
>lost against 2000-elo players. But it is very entertaining to play with or
>against it!
>
>Bertil
Hello Bertil,
I can agree with you there, I was thinking I read that elsewhere also. It is
common misconception that more/bigger is better, damned the quality. Even with
book learning it takes a lot to weed out the junk.
Just to make small talk, a little snippet that general.ctg gave to me as I
played White:
{65536kB, GENERAL.ctg. 733-PIII
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3
c6 13. Be3 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Ne6 Bxe6 16. dxe6 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4
d5 19. Bc2 b6 20. Qg4 Rf6 21. Bb3 Qd6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. b5 Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Rxe6
25. Bc1 Kf7 26. Ba3 e4 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Bxd5 Bc3 ... end book
moves ...
IMO this is drawn, maybe someone else might not agree. However if my
perception prevails, should coming out of (a hand-tuned) book be a draw?
(rhetorical) Regards, BK
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