Author: Bob Durrett
Date: 17:44:07 01/27/04
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On January 27, 2004 at 19:50:11, David Dahlem wrote: >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. > >Hi Bob > >It seems you and i are having the same results. I tried it with 5moves.ctg, and >i also get an empty database with one line, but no moves. Paul must be doing >something different than we are. :-) > >Regards >Dave It would be a shame if there were no good automated way to do this. I am especially interested in converting new books produced by Chessbase 8.0 [using the Opening Report feature]. Incidentally, Chessbase 9.0 may be out sometime late Spring 2004 according to the rumors. [Not confirmed.] Maybe it will offer this capability. Generally, any procedure which can be done manually should be such that it could be automated. One must deal with transpositions. This might seem a problem at first, but I see no real show-stopper here. If PowerBook2004.ctg were converted to a database of lines, the number of lines might exceed the number of games originally used [Power2004.cbh] to create the book. This would result from transpositions. I see no reason why that would be a problem. In fact, it might produce new transposition ideas to be tested in future analysis or tournaments. Bob D.
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