Author: Peter Skinner
Date: 23:41:30 02/14/05
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On February 15, 2005 at 01:27:29, Sandro Necchi wrote: >No, Shredder 7, 8 and 9 CB version do have my opening book. Wow. I own both Shredder 7, and Shredder 8, and the default books that come with the CB interface were horrible. Even with the tournament setting off, it was to wide, and was honestly just horrible. Shredder 7 and 8 both gained an immense amount of opening strength by using the Deep Fritz book, which was the standard practice on the servers. >The only difference with UCI version is that the CB interface allows for 2 book >settings while the UCI has 3. >The CB tournament setting is like the UCI std. so allowing a wider range of >moves to play. >The tournament book setting in UCI allows only moves from a to c and not the d >ones, if available, so only stronger moves and this can be estimated in about >10-15 Elo points. So not that much different. >Sandro If this is indeed true, then my estimation of your opening book might be to high. A good book can easily bring more than 10-15 elo points to a chess engine. You've only confirmed that I made the correct choice not getting this version. Peter
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