Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 22:36:06 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 13:05:09, J. Noomen wrote: >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. "give me" ?? ;>) I have to laugh because I see more and more personal pronouns like "me" "I" being used when it is inappropriate. There is a post above this one , where someone states "This is a game i played against Shredder8 on the chessbase sever. Tiger outplayed Shredder, but go this final position." The poster dod not play Shredder, Tiger PLAYED Shredder. Likewise, it is not giving "you" an advantage, it is giving "Chess Tiger' or "Pro Deo' an advantage. But don't feel bad , I have done this myself. This issue presents an interesting ethical aspect, without the Engine author providing the user with the opening books used to win in a tournament - (it is my opinion) the author cannot claim he is selling the user the same engine that won "xyz" tournament. The book is an intergral part of any engine. Although with Pro Deo being free, it is a moot point with that engine. > >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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