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From: wallingf@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu (Eugene Wallingford)
Newsgroups: gnu.chess
Subject: Re: gnu opening book
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Date: 28 Nov 89 15:30:17 GMT
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Nicolai A. Czempin writes:

> I have a fairly recent version of gnuchess, and looking through the
> source, it struck me that the opening book is:
> 	a) very ineffiiciently represented,
> 	b) pretty much out of date,
> 	c) doesn't take into account ACTIVE and PASSIVE repertoire.
> 
> Is anybody working on improving that? If not, I'll do it.

     I don't know if anyone has taken charge of this, but for my
     own purposes I have added an extensive coverage of the Center
     Game to our local gnuchess.book and am contemplating adding
     my rather comprehensive collection of Petrov Defense lines.
     (These may not interest many folks, but I have studied the
     Petrov for many years and am looking at the Center Game for
     fun.  Actually, gnuchess has played some very strong and
     interesting initial continuations to some of the Center
     Game lines.  Its follow-through is, of course, not as good.)

     Contact me if you are interested in these.

~~~~ Eugene Wallingford            ----    AI/KBS Laboratory         ~~~~
~~~~ wallingf@cpsvax.cps.msu.edu   ----    Michigan State University ~~~~


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