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Subject: Re: Make your own Opening Books Easy with Chessbase

Author: chandler yergin

Date: 02:14:19 11/19/05

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On November 19, 2005 at 03:58:14, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On November 19, 2005 at 03:26:55, chandler yergin wrote:
>
>>On November 19, 2005 at 03:01:28, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>>On November 19, 2005 at 02:18:00, chandler yergin wrote:
>>>
>>>>My Opening Book consists of a Database of 1011915 Games.
>>>>I can use it with any Engine of course..
>>>>
>>>>54334 Opening Keys (ECO Classification)
>>>>55847 Positions
>>>>
>>>>Yours?
>>>
>>>
>>> 956090 games - with both players having ELO >2200.
>>> Included are historical ratings and corr-games.
>>> All games > 10 moves
>>> All draws > 20 moves
>>>
>>> 106707 Opening Keys
>>> 100339 Positions
>>>
>>> Upgraded each year.
>>>
>>> /S
>>  Excellent! Many do not have Opening Keys installed.. that's why I asked.
>>Also, I download games weekly from TWIC  Drag and drop into the Power.ctg
>>file.. truncate 20 moves beyond the ECO Classification.
>>So, always up to date on Opening Theory.
>>A year is a long time ... for upgrade.
>>Best, Chan
>
>
>Yeah - I've been working several years with this "PowerBook" and "Powerbase".
>Don't like duplicates in any form or short draws in this context. I usually
>upgrade with corr-games > 2200 during the year - but OTB-games once a year.
>Sources are ICCF, IECC, IECG, national corr-tourneys, CB:s MegaBase + own
>findings. Previously I also used Ajedrez and the Argentinian Partidas Gratis.
>Looks like the latter ended the upgrades jan-05 though. Sad, because they
>presented CB-quality. Link:
>
>http://www.ajedrez-de-estilo.com.ar/ade/pg/index.html
>
>I don't do engine-engine matches - but use this "PowerBook" when I play myself
>vs engines. It presents a tough, massive wall of knowledge...Since I'm no longer
>a tournament player myself (have no time for that) - this is of course a real
>challenge, considering my own very rusty repertoir...;-)
>
>Best
>/S
I too don't use Engines to play on ICC or Playchess etc... but I want the
strongest play from the Program. Opening books are very shallow really..
Look at the games from the engine/engine matches. In one or two moves they are
out of book. Some go for the 5 move .ctg Why?
Engines don't have intelligence, knowledge or style, they store and retrieve
information. They 'evaluate', that's all they do. That's why they really cannot
compete with humans. A Human..Top Grandmaster can see at a glance
what may take the Program 30 Ply to find, and under Tournament time controls
cannot find. It's far below their horizon. A Top Grandmaster in the endgame
for example can calculate a Mate in 20. That means 40 Ply for a Computer.
The Time allocation software makes the computer move too fast to find the best
moves.
Yeah.. it's really as simple as that.



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