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Subject: Re: Opening books, which one is the best?

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 22:21:38 05/13/02

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On May 13, 2002 at 23:21:03, Justin C wrote:

>On May 13, 2002 at 23:05:34, pavel wrote:
>
>>On May 13, 2002 at 22:13:30, Justin C wrote:
>>
>>>Which ChessBase program has the "best" opening book?
>>
>>
>>Best in what sense?
>>All the programs book was designed accordingly to the style of each program,
>>this is true for all chessbase programs except perhaps for Chesstiger14 and
>>Shredder6. So obviously it is less likely that you will get a better result if
>>you let fritz7 use junior7 opening book or let hiarcs8 use shredder6 opening
>>book.
>>
>>In general Numzo8's book was said to be a good one, so is shredder6 Classic.
>>
>>pavs
>
>I should have been more clear in my question.  I would like to know which
>ChessBase program has the best opening book to use as a "master" book.  Instead
>of using each engine's own book (I have a relatively small hard drive...4GB).
>
>Justin

In times of 40GB = € 80 go for it and play the engines with their own opening
books, that makes them play best.
If you are not able/willing to pay the prize you can use the Fritz 7 or
Powerbook, they should be good enough for general purposes.



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