Author: Chessfun
Date: 22:59:33 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. > >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 Hi Jeroen, Take note of this game, the book is the native book of ChessTiger 2004. [Event "15 Minutes/Game + 10 Seconds/Move"] [Site "T2004-S8"] [Date "2004.10.22"] [Round "34"] [White "Shredder 8"] [Black "Chess Tiger 2004 Normal Style"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Be7 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nf5 Kf8 14. exd5 Re8 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qg4 f6 18. Bh4+ Kf8 19. Qxh5 h6 20. Bf5 Qc4 21. Bxd7 Rc8 22. Bxc8 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxc8 24. Rxe7 Kxe7 25. Bg3 Qb4 26. Qg6 Qc5 27. Qg7+ Kd8 28. Qxh8+ Kc7 29. Qxf6 Bg4 30. Bf2 Qc4 31. b3 Qe4 32. Re1 Qxd5 33. Re8 Qe6 34. Qd8+ Kc6 35. Qa8+ Kc7 36. Rb8 Qc8 37. Qa7+ Kc6 38. Rxc8+ Bxc8 39. Qe7 a5 40. Bg3 Bf5 41. Qxd6+ Kb7 42. Qc7+ Ka6 43. Bf2 Bxc2+ 44. Kxc2 h5 45. Qc6# 1-0 Tiger shows 14...Re8 as book. Clearly this move losses to 15. Nxg7. Tiger actually wants to play 14...Bd8 which it scores as +2.16 depth 15. Sarah.
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