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Subject: Re: Blunder check on opening book

Author: m.d.hurd

Date: 23:59:56 12/16/03

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On December 16, 2003 at 19:56:21, Mike S. wrote:

>On December 16, 2003 at 18:10:01, m.d.hurd wrote:
>
>>Is there any way to analyse or blunder check an small opening book I have
>>created within Fritz gui ?
>
>Run an engine match with very many games using that book, but set the move limit
>in the match dialogue to "1" only. This will produce short "games" where only
>one "out of book" move will be calculated by the engine each. I think, for real
>blunders to spot only a few seconds per move will be sufficient, i.e. just
>enough to reach ~8 plies depth. If high evals occur, you'd have to investigate
>further anyway.
>
>This doesn't check every move though, but only the resulting positions at the
>end of the book variants. Maybe it's recommendable to repeat that test with
>different F4 book options.
>
>The F1 help says about this:
>
>"Move limit: This limits the length of individual games. The number gives the
>number of ply (half-moves) after leaving the openings book. In the database, the
>games are stored without a result, but with an evaluation symbol.
>
>Tip: If you want to check an openings book, set the move limit to “1”. The
>program will go to the ends of different lines, calculate one move and save them
>with an evaluation symbol."
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl


Thanks for that I will give it a try.

Mike



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