Author: Djordje Vidanovic
Date: 03:53:35 03/04/06
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On March 04, 2006 at 01:27:50, Marc Lacrosse wrote: >On March 03, 2006 at 17:49:42, Djordje Vidanovic wrote: > >>On March 03, 2006 at 16:34:46, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >> >>>I am looking to use the highest quality engine book as one reference in >>>developing my oponing repertoire (e.g, to help be avoid lines that get ? or ?1) >>> >>>What opening book do you recommend. i have chessbase and arena gui. >>> >>>At the moment, i have been using fritz9 book. It seems solid. >> >> >>My suggestion is the Noomen book for Rybka in Chessbase format. It should be a >>very good reference tool for your purposes. >> >>Djordje > >I cannot agree Djordje. > >Jeroen's book is certainly a very good book for most engines and particularly >for Rybka performing optimally. > >But it is not a good book for a player who intends to build its own repertoire : >it s much to clearly oriented toward avoiding all the openings that most >computers do play badly (and this is not surprising as it is built from 90% >computer games). > >Just have a look and you see that Rybka will _never_ play any kind of Benoni, >East-indian, Benko or Pirc opening with this book: there are whole good famed >opening systems that are systematically avoided. > >For a player intending to broaden his own repertoire, best solutions are either >building his own ctg book from good players games or buying a product that has >been built this way (like chessbase Powerbooks). > >Marc Hi Marc, generally speaking you have a point. It would be nice to have all the openings you mentioned there in the book. However, Rybka.ctg *is* a particular opening repertoire and could serve as a starting point for creating one. Any player who wishes to get better and have more success is highly likely to restrict his choice of opening moves; I, for one, would never actually play the Benoni as black nor would I care much about the Pirc. That's what Jerone did with the Rybka book -- he simply made a sort of choice based on how he thought Rybka would play. I am not saying that his book is perfect -- far from it. Nevertheless, I am stressing the point that his book, being 'le dernier cri' in book production, could possibley server as a starting point.; Still, let me say it again, speaking from a general viewpoint, your objection does make sense. regards, Djordje
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