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Solista CTG Books

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This is my new CTG book for games on PlayChess.com. Solista vSlow Hardware.ctg:

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Download on my new homepage:

https://solistachess.jimdosite.com/books/

Have fun!
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Solista Openings Books - new Updates
https://solistachess.jimdosite.com/books/

All my books are hand edited. I spend a lot of time on it. I analyze a lot. I also train the books on the known servers. It is played with AMD Ryzen 3900X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X.

UPDATES TODAY (54 new important winning variants implemented):

04 Nov 22 Solista Attack v3.2.CTG, ChessBase-Format

Tournament book for PlayChess.com. Several times a month I study all winning games that I and my friends are playing. The best games are analyzed by me and then imported into the book as variants. For example, all relevant winning variants from the server from the last two years are imported, as well as all known killer variants.

04 Nov 22 Solista Lc0 v1.1.CTG, ChessBase-Format

Tournament book for Lc0. This book contains around 2000 selected variants from the best server games. After that, we trained with an RTX 3060m on the server for many months. Altogether about 6000 games were played with Lc0. All defeats have been corrected manually. The result is a very reliable book for Lc0. New games are also imported here several times a month.

04 Nov 22 Solista Universal v1.1.CTG, ChessBase-Format

This book is maximum fun. It plays all known openings, including gambits. But don't worry: all variants have been tested in engine tournament practice.

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FREE: 04 Nov 22 Solista Attack v3.BIN, Polyglot-Book

New update of my well-known polyglot book.

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Polyglot-Book Settings:
100 Halfmoves, Best Book Move = OFF

CTG-Book Settings:
Tournament Book ON, Minimum games 1, Up to move 50, Variety of play 50, Learning max.

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Re: Solista Openings Books

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I updated all my openings books today. There is also a recent free engine book:

ENGINES-2022.CTG (ZIP 153 MB)
This book contains 170000 best games from PlayChess.com.
Settings: Tournament book, Minimum games 1, Up to move 50, Variety of play 100, Learning max.

Downloads on my homepage:
https://solistachess.jimdosite.com/books/

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Re: Solista CTG Books

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Hello cordially, write cordially what is the rating of the book playing between the two engines.
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NEW, 14 Feb 23: Solista Universal v1.6. + v1.6 extreme.CTG, ChessBase-Format (2 books in the package):

https://solistachess.jimdosite.com/books/

Solista Universal extreme.CTG:
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Here are two books in one package (normal and extreme). This book is maximum fun. It plays all known openings, including gambits. But don't worry: all variants have been tested in engine tournament practice. The extreme book also plays very rare lines like 1.g4, 1.b4, 1.e4c5 b4, 1.d4Nf6 c4e5 ...and many more. In the case of moves such as 1.c3 or d3 or e3, a change of move is often attempted on the server, e.g.: 1.e3 e5 2. e4 --> you are playing with swapped colors. That's why I have such moves with a !? provided, which means that these moves are only played if the checkmark under "Tournament book" is deactivated. Otherwise, almost everything comes into play.
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Stockfish has mastered the art of drawing even difficult openings!

My test on PlayChess is running. Today is the third day. All openings are currently drawn, except for 1.g4!

I find that 1.g4 is probably the weakest move known in known theory. Of the 4 games played, 1.g4 has lost three. I analyzed and improved a lot, but when Black plays 1...d5 no equalization is possible. Black retains a +1 advantage in each variant until the endgame and wins.

I'm so sorry, but I had to block this move.

But it is all the more gratifying that none of the other openings have lost! Every gambit is a draw, and all rare moves like 1.b4 are also a draw. Everything is a draw for Black too, even after 1e4 g6 or 1.d4 d5 c4 e5 or 1.d5 Nf6 c4 e5. The test continues. I will make all games available for download. My engine plays with 8 cores.
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Yes Stockfish has solved chess. It's draw.
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It has really become very difficult to win. Many variants with a pawn up, Stockfish values ​​between 0.00 and +0.50 and a few more +0.70. All this does not win! Without NNUE it would look very different. Some people have tested Stockfish on the server without NNUE, and there have been many loses. Today I finish my test on PlayChess and will report about it. So far only 1.g4 has lost. I could also test 1.f3 to see if that's really weaker than 1.g4. But f3 is nonsensical and without logic.
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I updated my universal + extreme book:
https://solistachess.jimdosite.com/books/

This books are maximum fun. It plays all known openings, including gambits. But don't worry: all variants have been tested in engine tournament practice. I played with the extreme book in autoplayer mode on PlayChess.com for three days, and improved all the variants! The hardware had 8 cores. Only 1.g4 had lost. All other variants, which are declared as weak, received a draw! If you absolutely want to play 1.g4, you have to deactivate the tournament book in the extreme book options. Then will all as "!?" marked variants played.

The weakest opening is 1.g4. If black correct 1...d5! plays, then white cannot get an equalizer. In all variants, Black retains a +1 advantage into the endgame.

I am surprised, that not other variant has lost! Every game played with 1...g6 ended in a draw too! All gambits also drew.

I consider the Budapest Gambit difficult to defend, but it managed to draw in the test. An interesting variation (Berlin Defense) begins after the following moves:

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 *

Stats in the Universal Book:
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Why does White win so often? This is where Stockfish seems to misjudge. Far into the middlegame, an advantage of +0.50 is assessed for Black. Then Black (especially in the blitz games) tries to avoid a draw and overruns the position! White just has to wait. My few games with black on PlayChess.com ended in draws.

Download all 328 games in the test, Extreme.PGN (ZIP) and on my Homepage:
https://filehorst.de/d/ezCmxxzB

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Eduard wrote: Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:34 pm[...] An interesting variation (Berlin Defense) begins after the following moves:

DIAGRAM
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 *

Stats in the Universal Book:
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Why does White win so often? This is where Stockfish seems to misjudge. Far into the middlegame, an advantage of +0.50 is assessed for Black. Then Black (especially in the blitz games) tries to avoid a draw and overruns the position! White just has to wait. My few games with black on PlayChess.com ended in draws.[...]
Interesting line indeed. The earliest game that I have found is from 2015:

Alekseenko (1—0) Babujian. Yerevan (Armenia), 2015.
https://lichess.org/Ke5l6Plq
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/3740416

The variant with 8.- ..., Bg6; 9.- Nxe5 instead of 8.- ..., Nxg4 was already played in 1992 by not top players (probably with a transposition according to 365Chess):

Carvajal (0—1) Palao. Capablanca Memorial (Cuba), 1992.
[Game found thanks to the note 32 of the page 453 of the Fifth Edition (2006) of Volume C of the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings].

The line with 8.- ..., Nxg4; 9.- hxg4, Bxg4 has been played a few times at top level since 2015. Here is an analysis of Giri (1—0) Tari from 83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee 2021:

[pgn][Event "Tata Steel"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2021.01.16"]
[EventDate "2021.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Anish Giri"]
[Black "Aryan Tari"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O
Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kg2 f5
12. Qe1 Bxf3+ 13. Kxf3 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Bc3 Bf6 16. Nd2 Qe7
17. Rh1 h5 18. Ke2 g4 19. f3 g3 20. Kf1 h4 21. Rh3 a5 22. a4
b6 23. Kg2 c5 24. Qb1 Kf7 25. b3 Rad8 26. Nc4 Kg6 27. Qb2 Rh5
28. Rah1 Rdh8 29. Qa1 Kg7 30. Bb2 Kg6 31. Qb1 Rd8 32. Qe1 Kg7
33. Qa1 Rdh8 34. Na3 Kg6 35. Nb5 Bg7 36. Nc3 Qd8 37. Ne2 R8h7
38. Qe1 Qd6 39. Qc3 c6 40. Qc4 Rh8 41. Ba3 Qf6 42. Qa6 Rb8
43. Bc1 Bh6 44. Qa7 Qd8 45. Bb2 Qc8 46. Qe7 Bf8 47. Nxf4+ 1-0[/pgn]

https://www.chesspublishing.com/content/1/feb21.htm
GM Victor Mikhalevski wrote:The game Giri, A - Tari, A, 83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee 2021, featured an aggressive setup against the Anti-Berlin with 6...Bg4, which was tested a couple of times by the World Champion.

Giri met the text with the principled 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3, and Tari followed his countryman with 10...Be7. Next, Anish improved White's play in Nakamura, H — Carlsen, M 2020 with 11.Kg2!, instead of 11.Kh1?. Black's first reaction, 11...f5!, was correct, but after 12.Qe1! Bxf3! 13.Kxf3 f4! 14.Bd2 g5! 15.Bc3 Bf6 16.Nd2 he first played the inaccurate 16...Qe7 and then after 17.Rh1 h5 18.Ke2 he committed a mistake, 18...g4? This led to a risk-free position for White, which he led to a win with a series of interesting manoeuvres. Good opening preparation and clever maneuvering allowed the Dutch GM to win comfortably. Black can improve his play by means of 16...h5, when he seems to have sufficient compensation for the sacrificed piece. This means that the line with 6...Bg4 is perfectly playable.
A shallow analysis of SF 15.1 likes 16.- ..., h5 proposed by Mikhalevski two years ago:

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FEN: r2qk2r/ppp4p/2p2b2/4p1p1/4Pp2/2BP1K2/PPPN1P2/R3QR2 b kq - 3 16

Stockfish_15.1-x64-modern:
Found 145 tablebases
NNUE evaluation using nn-ad9b42354671.nnue enabled
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 42/58	04:49	 312.893.133	1.079.526	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 f2f3 Qd8d7 Rf1h1 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 Rd8g8 f3xg4 h5xg4 a4a5 Qd7g7 Ra1g1 Bf6e7 a5xb6 a7xb6 Rh1xh8 Qg7xh8 Qf2xf4 e5xf4 Bc3xh8 f4f3+ Ke2f1 Rg8xh8 Rg1xg4 Rh8h3 e4e5 Kc8d7 Kf1g1 c6c5 Rg4g6 Be7h4 Nd2e4 f3f2+ Ne4xf2 Rh3g3+ Rg6xg3 Bh4xg3 Kg1g2 Bg3xe5 c2c3
 43/52	04:59	 322.999.129	1.078.335	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2 Qg5g7
 44/41	05:02	 326.462.812	1.078.403	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2
 45/37	05:09	 333.722.512	1.077.062	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2
 46/57	05:57	 383.398.466	1.072.077	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 Nd2c4 Qd7e6 Nc4xb6+ c7xb6 Qf2xb6 g4xf3+ Ke2d1 Rd8d7 Qb6xa5 Kc8b8 Rh1g1 Rh8g8 Bc3xe5+ Bf6xe5 Rg1xg8+ Qe6xg8 Qa5xe5+ Rd7c7 Kd1d2 Qg8g2+ Kd2c3 f3f2 Qe5xf4 Qg2g7+ d3d4 Qg7g1 Qf4f8+ Kb8b7 Qf8b4+ Kb7c8 Qb4f8+
 47/46	06:06	 392.137.425	1.070.799	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1
 48/24	06:18	 404.720.356	1.068.752	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1 Qd7e7
 49/39	06:42	 428.944.282	1.065.332	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1
 50/58	07:37	 483.234.620	1.056.506	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 d3d4 Qc5a3 f3xg4 Qa3xc3 g4g5+ Kc8d8 Rb1b8+ Kd8e7 g5xf6+ Ke7d6 Rb8xh8 Qc3xc2+ Ke2e1 Qc2c1+ Ke1e2
 51/68	08:12	 518.673.671	1.052.943	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
 52/44	09:07	 573.266.647	1.046.729	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
 53/44	11:18	 698.452.398	1.029.588	 0,00	h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
 54/65	15:31	 947.314.580	1.016.585	 0,00	h7h5 Rf1h1 g5g4+ Kf3e2 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+
 55/65	15:58	 972.685.944	1.014.861	 0,00	h7h5 Rf1h1 g5g4+ Kf3e2 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+
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