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Subject: Re: What is the "Best" Opening Book to use with the Top Programs?

Author: blass uri

Date: 23:37:39 08/09/99

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On August 09, 1999 at 19:48:53, Sune Larsson wrote:

>On August 09, 1999 at 19:04:13, Terry Ripple wrote:
>
>>On August 09, 1999 at 18:44:29, Mark Young wrote:
>>
>>>On August 09, 1999 at 18:19:13, Terry Ripple wrote:
>>>
>>>> In your best opinion what do you believe would be one of the best "universal"-
>>>>Opening Books to use with the top 6 programs?
>>>>
>>>>Thankyou for any information that you can share!
>>>>Best regards,Terry
>>>
>>>In chessbase I like the junior 5 book the best then the standard fritz 5 book.
>>>If needed you can add some top GM games to the book if you want to cover the
>>>lastest opening theory. This is what I have done now with Hiarcs 7.32, and I get
>>>no more outragous book moves and losses.
>>---------
>>Hi Mark,
>>  I also have Hiarcs7.32, so do i need to purchase junior 5 to get its book? Or
>>is there a cheaper way?
>>  Also, what do you think of that Big Book that consists of about 8 million-
>>moves that can be purchased from Chessbase?
>>
>>Regards,Terry
>
> I give my vote to Fritz' Powerbooks-99. It covers the games up to oct-98.
> Then I have added games from TWIC - tournament min. category 10.
>
> Regards,Sune

I am against too big books because big books contain a lot of errors.
These books are based on games of humans and humans do a lot of errors.

Uri



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