Author: J. Noomen
Date: 10:05:09 10/25/04
Hi all, A lot of people were (and are) wondering why Pro Deo and Chess Tiger run under the CB GUI during the Dutch Open that ended last weekend. Time to explain why: after working for 14 years on the Rebel and Tiger books, manually!, I finally lost (better: got rid) of my good old bookeditor at the beginning of this year. That was no big deal anyway, because developing a book in such a way has become rather impossible. You can't keep up with the rapid developments in chess theory by typing moves in your book. Around 6 months ago I decided to make my own, new book using the CB editor. The old book was transferred into this new book, lots of games were added and it grew an astonishing 900 MB big! This is my new book, Noomen.ctg and both Pro Deo and Chess Tiger were using it in the Dutch Open. It will not be commercially available, it will only be used in tournaments by Chess Tiger or Pro Deo. It has one big, big advantage: nobody can test against this book, so this will give me an advantage in strong tournaments. Improving the handmade book was no fun anymore, but this new book has given me a lot of fun and I am very eager to improve it. This explains why Pro Deo and Chess Tiger had to run under the CB GUI. Because without it, the book could not be used! Best wishes, Jeroen Noomen
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