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Subject: Re: How to Create a Game Database from an Opening Book?

Author: Bob Durrett

Date: 16:38:28 01/27/04

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On January 27, 2004 at 19:30:19, Bob Durrett wrote:

>On January 27, 2004 at 18:56:02, Paul Doire wrote:
>
>>On January 27, 2004 at 17:21:31, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>
>>>On January 27, 2004 at 15:41:42, Paul Doire wrote:
>>>
>>>>On January 27, 2004 at 14:00:31, Bob Durrett wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I prefer not to do this manually, since it would take forever.  Is there an
>>>>>automated procedure?
>>>>>
>>>>>Bob D.
>>>>
>>>>Hi Bob,
>>>>
>>>>In Chessbase 8 go to File...Open new database...and name it anything,
>>>>then close it.
>>>>
>>>>Now open your ctg file with the same procedure...once opened,
>>>>go to Save As...and select the original database you just created,
>>>>it will be saved in CBH format.
>>
>>>>
>>>>Hope that helps,
>>>>Paul
>>>
>>>It didn't work for me.  Please try this yourself.  There may be some trick to it
>>>which you failed to mention.
>>>
>>>Bob D.
>>
>>Ok
>>Assuming you have a ctg.file. Click on it..or double click...whatever.
>>It opens in Chessbase.
>>Then go to Save As.
>>Put any name...and note location.
>>Click ok.
>>Your new cbh format database should now be at that location.
>>I just did it again prior to this post, it should work.
>>
>>Hope it helps,
>>Paul
>
>I actually created an empty database called "anything.cbh"
>
>I tried it with Power.ctg and with strong.ctg [Shredder's strongest tournament
>book] and no such luck.  Perhaps you are using a book you created yourself? The
>commercial books may have some sort of built-in "protection"?  Sometimes the
>books come with the desired database also on the CD.
>
>When I get "save as" in the opening book, THERE IS NO OPTION TO CLICK ON "OK."
>Instead, the only option is to select the database and then click on "open."  I
>am using Chessbase 8.0.  Are you?  Note that there are three save options:
>save, save as, and save book.  None of them work.  All it does is save a single
>line.
>
>If you just tried this and it worked for you, then there must be something
>different about the software [or operator procedures] each of us is using.
>
>Bob D.
>
>Bob D.

Notice that I used the opening book for Fritz PowerBook 2004 because the desired
database was on the CD.  That would have given me a basis for comparison so that
I could verify the procedure.  My intended purpose is not to do this for the
Fritz PowerBook 2004 since I already have Power2004.cbh.  Instead, I wanted to
be able to do this for other books, such as those produced by Chessbase 8.0 when
the Opening Report feature is used.

Bob D.



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