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Subject: Re: Custom Oppening book

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:30:07 07/16/04

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On July 16, 2004 at 16:04:25, Sean Empey wrote:

>On July 16, 2004 at 15:54:01, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On July 16, 2004 at 15:19:07, Sean Empey wrote:
>>
>>>I am curious about having a custom opening book built. Any suggestions on how to
>>>persue this? Money is not a limitation as I have corporate sponsorhip. Although
>>>I don't want to spend the entire sponsorship money on the book.
>>>
>>>Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
>>
>>There are professional bookbuilders who will do the best.  They are very
>>familiar with the lines in ECO, NCO, MCO, etc. and will not produce a book with
>>a great deal of blunders in it.
>>
>>Every automatic book (computer generated) will either have stupendous mistakes
>>here and there, or be too narrow in other cases.
>>
>>However, a statistically generated book could be easily improved over time via
>>sophisticated statistical learning.
>
>How does one find a professional book builder? Track down a GM/IM?

Some of them post here.  Noomen, Kure, Cock de Gorter, lots of others make
books.

>I'll look into the sophisticated statistical learning angle.
>
>Thanks for the help as usuall.
>
>-Sean



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