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Subject: Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook

Author: Komputer Korner

Date: 07:57:11 05/28/98

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On May 28, 1998 at 09:22:31, Steven J. Edwards wrote:

>
>There is the question also on how big the library has to be.  Having a
>million position library will cover just about all of modern GM praxis
>well into the middlegame.
>
>Scanning PGN files is the way to go.  Years ago I had tried typing in
>chunks of ECO, but it's kind of a drag.  The question is how deep to go
>in a game while recording the positions; I have this set to 48 ply in
>OCD which seems to be a reasonable number.

One million is not enough to cover all of opening theory. The Fritz
powerbooks are 10,000,000 positions. Genius GM powerbooks are 6,000,000.

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Komputer Korner

• Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook Robert Hyatt 11:25:19 05/28/98
  • Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook Komputer Korner 20:46:49 05/28/98
    • Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook Komputer Korner 21:01:19 05/28/98
      • Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook (so here's a free one) Peter Klausler 09:06:38 05/29/98
        • Re: Dabbaba needs an openingbook (so here's a free one) Peter Fendrich 10:13:54 05/29/98

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