Author: Alex
Date: 11:26:01 08/28/05
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On August 27, 2005 at 19:56:58, Sandro Necchi wrote: >On August 27, 2005 at 17:56:30, Graham Banks wrote: > >>On August 27, 2005 at 15:49:12, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote: >> >>>On August 27, 2005 at 15:39:31, Mark Mason wrote: >>> >>>>I have purchased a download copy of Shredder 9 UCI from Shredderchess.com and >>>>with it comes an openings book but it is in .bkt format. >>>> >>>>I also have purchased S9 on CD from Chessbase which has an openings book >>>>Shredder 9.ctg. >>>> >>>>I would like to be able to use the .bkt book in Chessbase. Does anyone know: >>>> >>>>a) are the 2 books the same ? > >Yes, they are basically the same, but ChessBase has only 2 way to read the book >while Shredder UCI has 3. > >If you take the UCI version you see that the moves have a rating letter. > >If you select: > >1. Tournament > >the program will play only moves rated from a to c and will play only moves >rated d when there are not a to c ones. > >2. Standard > >the program will play moves from a to d (this is the tournament mode of >ChessBase GUI) > >3. Wide > >the program will play moves from a to e (rating them all the same); this is the >wide reading mode or ChessBase too. > > >So, the difference is that the tournament mode of UCI version is more restricted >to better moves compared to the ChessBase GUI as that is the same as the std. >one of UCI. > >Sandro >>> >>>As far as I know the ChessBase book is worse than the Shredder book. >>> >>>>b) is there a way to convert .bkt to .ctg to be able to use with the CB GUI ? >>> >>>No. There is no public specification of the "ctg" format, so nothing can convert >>>from or to it. >>> >>>-- >>>GCP >> >> >>It could be done if somebody with the programming skills could be bothered. >>My programmer friend found a way of converting the Chessmaster book into ctg >>format, so no reason why other book formats can't be converted also. >>I might ask him if he'll find a way to convert Arena books into ctg format. >> >>Graham. It s merge book facility merges several books ,,,Chessmaster, and chessbase....dont know about shredder tho..Alex
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