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Subject: Re: Crafty ? Book.bin

Author: Michael Yee

Date: 18:10:35 01/20/04

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On January 20, 2004 at 21:02:31, Peter Skinner wrote:

>On January 20, 2004 at 20:54:03, Michael Yee wrote:
>
>>On January 20, 2004 at 19:32:51, Peter Skinner wrote:
>>
>>>On January 20, 2004 at 18:42:24, Paul Doire wrote:
>>>
>>>>Why has Crafty's book.bin size dropped from the original 12.5MB size to 5.22MB
>>>>at Dr. Hyatts site?
>>>>Is it a new book ? any better? I am interested in running a match
>>>>between Ruffian 2 and Crafty 19.09 (Skinner.exe).
>>>>
>>>>I want to be sure that I have the "latest greatest"
>>>>Crafty and books.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance,
>>>>Paul
>>>
>>>I would download the book that I have made available. I have made it myself, and
>>>plays against all opponents very well. Download the books here:
>>>
>>>http://members.shaw.ca/craftychess
>>>
>>>Or here are the quick links:
>>>
>>>http://members.shaw.ca/craftychess/book.zip
>>>http://members.shaw.ca/craftychess/books.zip
>>>http://members.shaw.ca/craftychess/bookc.zip
>>
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>Do you remember approximately how you created those books? (e.g., what
>>collection of games, depth, etc.)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Michael
>
>Yes I do in fact. I created the book.bin with the command book create 60 10 60,
>the books.bin with books create 60, and the bookc.bin is the same from the
>Crafty ftp.
>
>The source pgn that I used was a collection of Crafty games (from the ftp), the
>enormous.pgn from the crafty ftp, I had a bot logged onto ICC for about 5 months
>that collected games from the GM/IM and high rated bots playing there. I then
>collected games from This Week In Chess (TWIC) website, merged it all together,
>removed duplicates and filtered out alot of junk with scid, and then created the
>book.
>
>I hope that answers your questions. Overall I think I have made a very good
>book.
>
>Peter.


Thanks for the details! I'm looking forward to trying it out...

Michael



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