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Subject: Re: Norman, slightly off the Subject..=...SCID

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 14:59:19 01/13/05

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On January 13, 2005 at 16:29:47, David H. McClain wrote:

>On January 13, 2005 at 14:39:35, Norm Pollock wrote:
>
>>
>>Games are from jan 1, 2000 to present. Sources are TWIC and ChessCollect
>>
>>Filtered out (as best as possible) using Scid 3.61 and pgn-extract: players
>>under 2400 elo, games with [FEN (includes FRC), blindfold, blitz, rapid,
>>lightning, simultaneous, email, twins and duplicates, computer engines, 20 moves
>>(40 plies) or less, games on the Internet (ICC, FICS, playchess, IEC), unusual
>>ratings or unusual names.
>>
>>And of course you have the option of filtering out even more.
>>
>>Stripped out excess tags.
>>
>>Some suggestions for book builders:
>>Use a high number of occurrences if you are building a book. I recommend 12. Do
>>not use book learning if multiple engines share the book. The two book approach-
>>a white book and a black book is better than the 1 book approach. That is
>>because you can build the white book just from games that white wins/draws, and
>>build the black book just from games that black wins/draws.
>
>I have SCID 3.5 in use, but also downloaded SCID 3.61 some time ago.  Do I need
>to uninstall 3.5 before installing 3.61?  I couldn'd find these instructions
>anywhere on the SCID site.  DHM



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