Author: Kurt Utzinger
Date: 13:26:52 04/25/04
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On April 25, 2004 at 16:18:08, Mike Byrne wrote:
>On April 25, 2004 at 16:03:53, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 25, 2004 at 15:51:15, Jasmine Baer wrote:
>>
>>>I own Fritz 8, Hiarcs 9, Junior 8, Shredder 7 & 8, and Chess Tiger 15. As I was
>>>looking through the opening books of each of the engines, something struck me as
>>>odd: Chess Tiger's book didn't seem to be tuned. Although it is a very large
>>>book that provides a great deal of variety as a playing partner, I was surprised
>>>to see that it was not tuned. Fritz, Hiarcs, Junior, and the Shredders, each
>>>come with books that have some moves marked as "main moves," and others marked
>>>as "don't play in tournament." In the Chessbase world, main moves are colored
>>>"green" and moves to NOT play in tournaments (i.e. when tournament book is
>>>checked via the GUI) are colored "red."
>>>
>>>Is there a "tournament tuned" book for Chess Tiger that kind of "guides" the
>>>engine to play openings which the engine finds more favorable for its style of
>>>play? I feel as though the other engines might have an advantage playing with
>>>their own books vs. Chess Tiger playing with a non-tuned book.
>>>
>>>But then again... maybe it isn't a big deal?
>>>
>>>Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>>The book written for Chess Tiger by Jeroen Noomen does not come with the
>>ChessBase version of Chess Tiger. You must purchase the Lokasoft version of
>>Chess Tiger to get the excellent Noomen book.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>
>The Lokasoft book for Tiger is significantly better than the Chessbase Tiger
>book imo.
The same applied also to Chess Tiger 14 and its Lokasoft book.
Kurt
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