Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 11:40:29 01/25/02
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On January 25, 2002 at 14:25:12, Scott Gasch wrote: >Hi all, > >One of the big TODOs on my list is work on my engine's opening book. Right now >its automatically generated based on some PGN games I got from the 'net. While >I'm certainly no expert (I'm in fact terrible at chess) I'd like concentrate on >one opening at a time and tune the way that opening is played to benefit the >machine. For example I already try to avoid kid and benko openings because I've >found the engine does not play them well. Despite what people say about the >Benoni I think it does ok with that one. > >What I'd like to do is play a bunch of (rated or unrated) games with some engine >on ICC that's around the same strength as mine using the same opening. Steffen >and I did this at one point with the Alekhine's and I think it was beneficial >for us both. If anyone's interested, let me know. > >Also any other ideas about book tuning would be appreciated! It's very easy to automate this using Winboard. Here are the steps to proceed with: 1. Download an appropriate openings file (e.g. one of the files from here:) ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/a-openings/ ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/b-openings/ ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/c-openings/ ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/d-openings/ ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/e-openings/ 2. Using both programs in question, build an opening book out of the same game file. That way, you know for sure the opening you want to polish is the only one that will be worked on. 3. Run Winboard with /mg <n> for however many games between the two engines you would like. Of course, if you want pondering you will need two machines or someone to play against on FICS or ICC.
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