Author: Marc Lacrosse
Date: 22:15:50 03/03/06
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On March 03, 2006 at 16:53:53, Dann Corbit wrote: >On March 03, 2006 at 16:44:19, Majd Al-Ansari wrote: > >>I think making utilities that will convert a book from one format to another is >>probably a better idea. (...) > >The professional book builders do not want that to happen. I predict that it >will not. > >If it is possible to export an opening book from (for instance) ChessBase, they >would be crazy not to strip out their intense labors so that some competitors >could just take their body of work. I cannot see the point Dann . In its present state, chessbase .ctg format lets anybody browse the content of the book : I can take Jeroen's new book for Rybka ans see all his choices regarding lines to be played or to be avoided. So I can copy all his ideas if I wish. A very important point is the fact that I can see wether a book move is played because of underlying base statistics or because of the book-cooker manual choices. I just cannot mechanically translate the whole book in another format. What I wish would be just the opposite : a double format including a hidden content version for "professional" books and a general one well-documented version with tools for conversion from and to most proprietary formats. Marc
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