Author: Chris Carson
Date: 07:23:42 05/18/99
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On May 18, 1999 at 10:12:50, Ross wrote: >Commercial and shareware computer chess engines all use an opening book? >How does the quality of those books compare between the different programs? > A lot is the same for common lines, however most programs have tunned books to help move the program into a position that is friendly to the programs searching/evaluation. Crafty can be very general or specific based on PGN files supplied and user constraints. Rebel alows a lot of user flexibility as well as Fritz, Junior, Hiarcs, ... >Which programs have books that can be edited? and how hard is it to edit >them? > See above, many will allow import of PGN and creating/adding to existing books. >The programs which lay claim to some type of learning as they go -- do any >modify any part of the opening or just after that point? > >Regards >Ross Most will learn and pick lines based on learning if you turn this feature on. Crafty is good example if you wish to see how learning is implemented. Best Regards, Chris Carson
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