Arena book for engine tournaments

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Which is the best book for engine tournaments under arena. There is mainbook.abk and a superbook by dan corbit but is there a perfect.abk ? The perfect.ctg seems to be used by various testers but is that the best for engines? It is made from human GM games and so does not utilize the engine-engine games available.

On the subject of Arena, is a 2 coming out soon as the 1.99 betas have been out for a while?

[Christopher Conkie]

Which is the best book for engine tournaments under arena. There is mainbook.abk and a superbook by dan corbit but is there a perfect.abk ? The perfect.ctg seems to be used by various testers but is that the best for engines? It is made from human GM games and so does not utilize the engine-engine games available.

The recommended (and officially sanctioned) opening book for use with Arena and any engine is Mainbook.

Perfect is another good book by Sedat Canbaz. You can find a version of Perfect.abk in the User Files section of the Arena website

On the subject of Arena, is a 2 coming out soon as the 1.99 betas have been out for a while?

Yes.

Regards

Christopher

[Spock]

I think Harry Schnapp also has a good book for Arena too

[Christopher Conkie]

I think Harry Schnapp also has a good book for Arena too

Mainbook is by Harry Schnapp.

Regards

Christopher

[Spock]

Mainbook is by Harry Schnapp.

Regards

Christopher

Ah ha !!

[Le Fou numerique]

Mainbook is by Harry Schnapp.

Regards

Christopher

Ah ha !!

Hi,

HS-Book.abk is just up to date

There are also a short book H.Schnapp mini.abk

Regards,
Patrick

[Tony Thomas]

Wael Deeb's Rybka.abk is as good or better than any other book out there.

[Dr.Wael Deeb]

Wael Deeb's Rybka.abk is as good or better than any other book out there.

Thanks Tony for the positive responce,I hope that at the end of the summer the third edition will be fact

[Graham Banks]

The two books I'm using for my CCRL testing under Arena are:

HS-Book.abk which I can recommend for both tournaments, matches and gauntlets.

Xmas2640.abk which is a smaller book - excellent for tournaments, but not recommended for matches or gauntlets.

Although Sedat's Perfect 12.32.ctg book is fantastic, I wouldn't recommend the Perfect 10.abk because the B33 line occurs too often and leads very quickly to a White winning advantage well over 75% of the time.

Hope this helps,

Regards, Graham.

[gerold]

The two books I'm using for my CCRL testing under Arena are:

HS-Book.abk which I can recommend for both tournaments, matches and gauntlets.

Xmas2640.abk which is a smaller book - excellent for tournaments, but not recommended for matches or gauntlets.

Although Sedat's Perfect 12.32.ctg book is fantastic, I wouldn't recommend the Perfect 10.abk because the B33 line occurs too often and leads very quickly to a White winning advantage well over 75% of the time.

Hope this helps,

Regards, Graham.

Hello Graham. I agree with your choice of books. I didn't know about
B33 line in Sadat.s book. Thanks for the info. Have you told Sedat
about that line.

Good luck, Gerold.