Spark 0.4's big opening book

[Jamal Bubker]

Hi Wael !
Could you please provide a link for your spark's bigger opening book ?

Thanks in advance,

Friendly,

Jamal

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I will,in a few days
It adds 30-40 Elo to the engine when playing matches,at least this is what I estimated after 200 games against it's little brother
Dr.D

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I will,in a few days
It adds 30-40 Elo to the engine when playing matches,at least this is what I estimated after 200 games against it's little brother
Dr.D

Relative to playing without book?

Relative to playing with it's own small opening book which comes with the engine
Dr.D

[Jamal Bubker]

Ok Thanks very much Wael !
If it adds 30-40 elo to Spark, then it will be worth waiting a couple of days for your release

Friendly,

Jamal

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Ok Thanks very much Wael !
If it adds 30-40 elo to Spark, then it will be worth waiting a couple of days for your release

Friendly,

Jamal

You welcome....in many games played,over 200 by now,I observe +0.70 out of book when playing against spark.bbk....the opening book is 40 halfmoves and it's created from a very special database of mine,private of course
Cheers,
Dr.D

[tomgdrums]

Ok Thanks very much Wael !
If it adds 30-40 elo to Spark, then it will be worth waiting a couple of days for your release

Friendly,

Jamal

You welcome....in many games played,over 200 by now,I observe +0.70 out of book when playing against spark.bbk....the opening book is 40 halfmoves and it's created from a very special database of mine,private of course
Cheers,
Dr.D

I have never created a book before and am under no delusion that I can create a book that would benefit an engine, BUT I have been toying around with creating some repertoire books to practice against.

Say, creating a book of Anand playing as Black against 1.e4. Or even Anand against the Ruy Lopez.

Does that seem like it would be beneficial for practicing against? Or would I really need to weed the book to make it worth my while.

Thanks!

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Ok Thanks very much Wael !
If it adds 30-40 elo to Spark, then it will be worth waiting a couple of days for your release

Friendly,

Jamal

You welcome....in many games played,over 200 by now,I observe +0.70 out of book when playing against spark.bbk....the opening book is 40 halfmoves and it's created from a very special database of mine,private of course
Cheers,
Dr.D

I have never created a book before and am under no delusion that I can create a book that would benefit an engine, BUT I have been toying around with creating some repertoire books to practice against.

Say, creating a book of Anand playing as Black against 1.e4. Or even Anand against the Ruy Lopez.

Does that seem like it would be beneficial for practicing against? Or would I really need to weed the book to make it worth my while.

Thanks!

It's beneficial if you're practising a specific opening system,then yes....
For general practice though,you need a wider book in my opinion....
Cheers,
Dr.D

[Allard Siemelink]

I will,in a few days
It adds 30-40 Elo to the engine when playing matches,at least this is what I estimated after 200 games against it's little brother
Dr.D

Sounds great.
If you can send me an e-mail after you have uploaded the book,
I'll adjust the (currently broken) link to your book on my website.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

I will,in a few days
It adds 30-40 Elo to the engine when playing matches,at least this is what I estimated after 200 games against it's little brother
Dr.D

Sounds great.
If you can send me an e-mail after you have uploaded the book,
I'll adjust the (currently broken) link to your book on my website.

Great
I'll e-mail you the download link so that it can be downloaded from Spark's official site....
BTW,I'll simply call it spark.bbk....

P.S.Just checked my ongoing match against the small spark.bbk and after a 280 games out of 400 the Elo difference is already around 42 Elo,so I hope to be a constant one in the end....
Dr.D