that is automatically used when you set up a level f1-f8 is IMO not the best thing.
although especially designed to be a good opening book, IMO sparc comes bad out of book.
anybody with different experience here ?
i want to give an example:
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[Event "40/120"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Saitek Sparc"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Result "0-1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+
6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. a3 Bxd2 10. Bxd2 O-O
11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Bb5 h6 13. Bh4 Nf4 14. Bg3 Ne6 15. Qa4 Qe8
16. Qd1 Bd7 17. Bc4 Rd8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Bh4 Ra8 20. b4 Be6
21. Rac1 Ne4 22. Qd3 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5
25. Rxd4 Rae8 26. Rd7 a5 27. f3 Nc3 28. Kh1 axb4 29. axb4
c6 30. Bf2 Nd5 31. Bc5 Rd8 32. Rxb7 Rfe8 33. Rd1 Ra8
34. Bd4 Qe2 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 36. Bg1 Nf4 37. g3 Nh3 38. Ra7
Rb8 39. Ra4 Rbe8 40. Raa1 Nf2+ 41. Bxf2 Rxf2 42. Rf1 Rb2
43. Rfb1 Rbe2 44. Rc1 Rb8 45. Rc4 Rd8 46. Rxc6 Rdd2 47. g4
Rxh2+ 48. Kg1 Rdg2+ 49. Kf1 Rb2 50. Kg1 Rhg2+ 51. Kh1 Rgf2
52. Rc3 Rxb4 53. Kg1 Rbb2 54. Ra7 Rfd2 55. Rc8+ Kh7 56. Rc1
Kg6 57. Ra3 Kg5 58. Ra5+ Kh4 59. Rh5+ Kg3 60. Kh1 f6
61. Rg1+ Kxf3 62. Rf5+ Ke3 63. Re1+ Re2 64. Rxe2+ Rxe2 0-1
[Event "40/120"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Novag Star Diamond"]
[Black "Saitek Sparc"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6
7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Qc7
12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. Rfd1 Bd7 16. Rac1
Qb6 17. a3 a5 18. Qc3 Rff8 19. Bb1 Rac8 20. Qd2 a4 21. Re1
Rc7 22. Rc3 Ne7 23. Qh6 Rf7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Ng5 Rg7
26. Nf3 Nf5 27. Bxf5 exf5 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Re3 f4 30. Re1
Rf7 31. Ng5 Bf8 32. Qh4 Be7 33. h3 f3 34. g3 b5 35. Re5 Qc7
36. Rxe7 Rxe7 37. Nxd5 Qd6 38. Nxe7+ Qxe7 39. g4 Bc6
40. Nxf3 Qd6 41. Ng5 Qe7 42. Kf1 Bd5 43. f3 Kh8 44. Kf2 Bc4
45. Kg2 Bd5 46. Qh6 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kf4 Qe7 49. Ne4
Bxe4 50. fxe4 Qf7+ 51. Kg3 Qb3+ 52. Kh4 Qf3 53. Qd2 Qxe4
54. d5 Qe7+ 55. Kg3 Qd6+ 56. Kf3 Kg8 57. Qd4 Qh2 58. d6
Qxh3+ 59. Kf4 h5 60. Qd5+ Kf8 61. d7 Qxg4+ 62. Ke3 Qg3+
63. Kd2 Qf2+ 64. Kd1 1-0
[Event "40/120"]
[Site "SCW"]
[Date "2007.07.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Saitek Sparc"]
[Black "Novag Star Diamond"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Result "*"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. e3
g6 7. Nbd2 Nxc5 8. Be2 Bg7 9. c3 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Nd4 Qd7
12. N2b3 Ne6 13. Re1 Ncxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. c4 e5 16. Nb3
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 d4 18. exd4 Qxd4 19. Be7 Re8 20. Rad1 Qa7
21. Bd8 Be6 22. Bb6 Qa6 23. Rd6 a4 24. Qb4 Rac8 25. c5 *
game 1 and 2 have been played with the default "tournament" book
that is automatically chosen on the F-levels.
horrible.
it seems the program (sparc) has no clue what is going on
and loses all 2 games.
Now in game 3 i used the BIG book and when it was out of book there, changed back to f3.
the position looks so far much more promising.
anyone else experience with this fossile dedicated unit ?
the Sparc module is this
the star diamond is this
