Author: Jorge Pichard
Date: 15:08:31 07/25/04
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On July 25, 2004 at 12:03:24, David Dahlem wrote: >On July 25, 2004 at 11:51:30, Kurt Utzinger wrote: > >>Olivier Deville wrote me that he never intended to provide >>a book for Arena and that he was just asked for a game >>collection for the "pgn random" feature of the Arena GUI. >>Olivier had never cared to test the "o-deville.abk" and the >>book settings are as follows: >> >>Minimal conditions to play the move: >> >>- Minimal number of games [0] >>- Minimal won games [0] >>- Win percentage white [0] >>- Win percentage black [0] >> >>Use book up to halfmove [30] >> >>And with these settings this book also plays after >>1.e4 the move a6(?) with a probability of 145 and this >>is the third best move behind 1...c5 and 1...e5. Or >>another preferred line is 1.e4 Nc6. I could give a >>lot of further examples. I think that List512 may >>heavily be handicapped with this book and are now >>searching (very urgently) for a good and tested >>Arena book or the best (tested) settings of the >>"o-deville.abk". Anyway I have no time to create >>a book of my own or to do much work. If I can't >>get the desired thing in the next 12 hours we shall >>be forced to remove List512 from our tournament and >>to replace this strong engine by another winboard >>program having an own book. >>Kurt > >Hi Kurt > >There are several .abk books available for download at >http://www.playwitharena.com/directory/user.htm#books > >I think the wizzard book by Wael Deeb may be the best, from what i've read in >various forum messages. :-) > >Regards >Dave Aristach 4.50 (using Mainbook) vs Jonny 2.64(using the Wizard) http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?378510
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