Opening Books (Ctg Format)

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This book is created by Sebi:

http://www.czyzewski.org/sebi/Fun-Testb ... imized.zip

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http://rapidshare.com/files/24071986/Junior10.rar.html

It's the book that Deep Junior uses, quite good

[chesslover89]

http://rapidshare.com/files/24071986/Junior10.rar.html

It's the book that Deep Junior uses, quite good

bravo,

[elcriollito]

Can u show the step by step to add
yesterday i was trying by me self,to add one that i have,i went to import files on some option close to openning section,that i don't remeber at this time,because i am away from my pc,
can u post the step by step
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2-
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etc

[m.t_mode]

Sure, dude.

First of all, download and copy this book into the My Documents/Chessbase/Books folder.

Then, open your software and go to File/Open/Openings book, here you can select the book you've just copied.

That's it. From now on, your software will use this book, you can change its settings by pressing the F4 button.

Something tells me that I've already explained these on this forum, anyway.

Good Luck.

[elcriollito]

http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/ca_openings.htm
these are the opening u can find there


Game Collections by Opening

2ktsd-ca.zip 2 Knights Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6): 3750 Games
3kts-ca.zip 3 Knights Game: 609 Games
4kni-ca.zip 4 Knights Opening: 514 Games
alek-ca.zip Alekhine Defense: 4297 Games
arch-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Archangelsk Var.: 1807 Games
bdg2-ca.zip Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: 3768 Games
belgamca.zip Belgrade Gambit, 1073 Games
benko3ca.zip Benko (Volga) Gambit, 4554 Games
benonica.zip Benoni Def.: 7789 Games
bird2-ca.zip Birds Opening: 2205 Games.
bishopca.zip Bishop's Opening: 1847 Games, 1620-1998
bogoi-ca.zip Bogo-Indian Defense, 4197 Games
budap-ca.zip Budapest Defense: 1517 Games
catln-ca.zip Catalan System, 6737 Games
charl-ca.zip Charlick Gambit (1.d4 e5) & Related: 182 Games
ck2kt-ca.zip Caro-Kann, 2 Knights var. (2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3): 1104 Games
ck4nd7ca.zip Caro-Kann, Steinitz var. (4. ...Nd7): 2280 Games
ckadv-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Advance var. (3.e5): 2629 Games
ckalekca.zip Caro-Kann, Alekhine Gambit (4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3): 17 Games
ckbay-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Bayonet Attack (3.e5 Bf5 4.g4): 57 Games -- sub-
set of ckadv-ca.zip
ckbl-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen var. (4. ...Nf6 5.Nxf6 gxf6):
931 Games
ckbr-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Breyer var. (2.d3): 712 Games
ckcls-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Classical var. (4. ...Bf5): 2151 Games
ckex-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Exchange var. (with 3.ed cd 4.c3 - No Panov): 85
Games
ckfan-ca.zip Caro-Kann Fantasy (3.f3) var.: 279 Games
ckfor-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Forgacs var. (4. ...Nf6 5.Nxf6 exf6 6.Bc4):
208 Games
ckgur-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Gurgenidze var. (3.Nc3 g6): 480 Games
ckmas-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Caro-masi Def. (1.e4 c6 2.d4 Nf6): 11 Games
ckpan-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Panov Attack (3.ed cd 4.c4): 2195 Games
cksp-ca.zip Caro-Kann, Spielmann var. (2.Nc3 d5 3.Qf3): 86 Games
clar-ca.zip Clarendon Court Opening: 37 Games
clfr-ca.zip Classical French: 4633 Games
cochr-ca.zip Petroff Def., Cochrane Gambit: 98 Games
colle-ca.zip Colle System, 790 Games
damianca.zip Damiano Def. (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6): 60 Games + Commentary
danishca.zip Danish Gambit: 119 Games
ddg-ca.zip Diemer-Duhm Gambit: 55 Games
dunst-ca.zip Dunst Opening (1.Nc3): 1015 Games
dutch-ca.zip Dutch Defense, ECO A80: 2220 Games
dutlenca.zip Dutch Defense, Leningrad Var.: 3226 Games
dutsw-ca.zip Dutch Defense, Stonewall var.: 850 Games
e2nf6-ca.zip English with 2. ... Nf6
eleph-ca.zip Elephant Gambit: 99 Games
eng1c5ca.zip English Opening: 1.c4 c5 Variations: 4390 Games
eng1c6ca.zip English Opening, 1.c4 c6 Variations: 529 Games
eng1e5ca.zip English Opening: 1.c4 e5 Variations: 8896 Games
eng1f5ca.zip English Opening: 1.c4 f5 Variations: 607 Games
eng1g6ca.zip English Opening: 1.c4 g6 Variations: 2148 Games
engdefca.zip English Defense (1.d4 b6 and 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6,
without Queen's Indian): 574 Games
engdf-ca.zip English Opening, Double Fianchetto Def.: 411 Games
enghdgca.zip English Opening, Hedgehog Var.: 286 Games
engnf6ca.zip English Opening: 1.c4 Nf6 Variations: 7880 Games
evans-ca.zip Evans Gambit: 966 Games
falkb-ca.zip King's Gambit, Falkbeer Counter-Gambit: 454 Games
fradv-ca.zip French Def., Advance Var.: 3110 Games
fral-ca.zip French Def., Alapin var.: 138 Games
frcls-ca.zip French Def., Classical Var.: 5279 Games
frd3-ca.zip French Def., 2.d3 var.: 900+ Games
frex-ca.zip French Def., Exchange Var.: 2217 Games
from-ca.zip From Gambit (1.f4 e5, w/o King's Gam.): 319 Games
frrub-ca.zip French Def., Rubenstein Var.: 867 Games
frtar-ca.zip French Def., Tarrasch Var.: 8481 Games
frwin-ca.zip French Def., Winawer Var.: 8215 Games
frwingca.zip French Def., Wing Gambit Var.: 214 Games
giuococa.zip Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5): 3981 Games
goringca.zip Goring Gambit: 512 Games
grob-ca.zip Grob Opening (1.g4): 100 Games
grun_7ca.zip Grunfeld Defense, D70-79 variations: 6809 Games
grun_8ca.zip Grunfeld Defense, D80-D89 variations: 6455 Games
grun_9ca.zip Grunfeld Defense, D90-D99 variations: 3954 Games
grun_nca.zip Neo-Grunfeld Opening (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 d5) &
Kemeri Defense (3.g3 d5) & related lines: 6270 Games
hween-ca.zip Halloween Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5?!):
3308 Games. See hween.txt, included.
kg-ca.zip King's Gambit: 6512 Games. See also falkb-ca.zip
ki-f-ca.zip King's Indian Fianchetto: 9656 Games
kia-ca.zip King's Indian Attack (comprehensive)
kiavb-ca.zip King's Indian Averbach var.: 1925 Games
kicl-ca.zip King's Indian Classical Var.: 15,349 Games
kid4p-ca.zip King's Indian 4 Pawns var.: 1177 Games
kidsamca.zip King's Indian Saemisch var.: 6570 Games
kiqsacca.zip King's Indian Saemisch, Queen Sacrifice: 62 Games
latv-ca.zip Latvian Gambit: 3775 Games (10/99)
liver-ca.zip Pegatello (Fried Liver) Attack: 70 Games
londb-ca.zip London System as Black: 471 Games
londw-ca.zip London System as White: 3225 Games
mccut-ca.zip French Def., McCutcheon var.: 384 Games
modernca.zip Modern Defense: 7754 Games - 1.e4 g6, without
Sicilian, KID, Benoni or Reti transpositions.
modgurca.zip Modern Def., Gurgenidze Var.: 169 Games. Subset
of modernca.zip. Note: Some DB pgms. will call these
Caro-Kann with f4.
neooi-ca.zip Neo-Old Indian System: 2368 Games (1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 &
1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 Bg4)
ni3kt-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., 3 Knights var. (4. Nf3): 1067 Games
nibd2-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., 4.Bd2 var.: 178 Games
nicl-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Classical var.: 6983 Games
nikm-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Kmoch var. (4.f3): 964 Games
nilen-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Leningrad var. (4.Bg5): 808 Games
nimatkca.zip Nimzowitsch Attack: 1478 Games
nimdefca.zip Nimzowitsch Defense (1.e4 Nc6): 1252 Games
niml2-ca.zip Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack (1.b3): 3462 Games
nirub-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian, Rubenstein var. (4.e3): 7927 Games
nisam-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Saemisch var. (1/00): 2084 Games
nisp-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Spielmann var. (4.Qb3): 253 Games
nist-ca.zip Nimzo-Indian Def., Steiner Var. (4.g3): 280 Games
oldindca.zip Old Indian Defense: 4360 Games
petrf-ca.zip Petroff Defense: 2919 Games
phil-ca.zip Philador's Defense: 2315 Games
pirc-ca.zip Pirc Defense: 12,049 Games
pircpyca.zip Pirc Defense, Ufimtsev-Pytel var.: 929 Games
polishca.zip Polish Def. (1.e4 b5): 84 Games
ponz-ca.zip Ponziani Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3): 665 Games
prcbd3ca.zip Pirc with 3.Bd3: 328 Games
qga-ca.zip Queen's Gambit Accepted, 6904 Games
qgalb-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Albin Counter-Gambit: 471 Games
qgchi-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Chigorin Def.: 735 Games
qgcsp-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Cambridge Springs var.: 744 Games
qgexchca.zip Queen's Gambit, Exchange var.: 5263 Games
qgorthca.zip Queen's Gambit, Orthodox Defense: 1786 Games
qgrag-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Ragozin System: 1917 Games
qgst-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Semi-Tarrasch Def.: 3517 Games
qgtar-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Tarrasch Def.: 3404 Games
qi4a3-ca.zip Queen's Indian Def., 4.a3 lines: 2416 Games
qi4bg5ca.zip Queen's Indian Def., 4.Bg5 lines: 114 Games
qi4e3-ca.zip Queen's Indian Def., 4.e3 lines: 787 Games
qi4g3-ca.zip Queen's Indian Def., 4.g3 lines: 5154 Games
qi4nc3ca.zip Queen's Indian Def., 4.Nc3 lines: 1855 Games
qimiscca.zip Queen's Indian Def., Misc. lines: 3452 Games
qpawn-ca.zip Queen's Pawn Opening Collection: 6722 Games
reti-ca.zip Reti Opening: 9696 Games
rlbar-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Barnes Def.: 495 Games
rlber-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense: 2539 Games
rlbr-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Breyer Var.: 1213 Games
rlbrd-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Bird's Defense: 602 Games
rlchi-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Chigorin Defense: 2236 Games
rlcls-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Classical Defense: 712 Games
rlcoz-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Cozio var.: 407 Games
rlex-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Exchange Var.: 2573 Games
rlmar-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Marshall Attack: 1728 Games
rlmor-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Morphy Def.: 1930 Games
rlmst-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Def.: 2031 Games
rlopn-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Open Def.: 4152 Games
rlost-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense: 670 Games
rlsch-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense: 1450 Games
rlsmy2ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Smyslov Var. (C93): 441 Games
rlzai-ca.zip Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev Var. (C92): 1998 Games
scand-ca.zip Scandinavian Opening (Center-Counter) (1.e4 d5): 4908 Games
scotchca.zip Scotch Opening Games Collection
si4qd4ca.zip Sicilian 4. ...Qxd4: 817 Games
siaccdca.zip Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon (Maroczy Bind: 2506 Games, non-
Maroczy: 1456 Games)
sibol-ca.zip Sicilian, Boleslavsky Def.: 1026 Games
sical-ca.zip Sicilian Alapin: 9434 Games
siccl-ca.zip Closed Sicilian: 11,065 Games
sicdwgca.zip Sicilian, Deferred Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 any 3.b4): 166
Games. See also siwingca.zip
sichm-ca.zip Sicilian Chameleon (1.e4 2.Nc3 3.Nge2): 1370 Games
sidrg-ca.zip Sicilian Dragon: 7868 Games
sigp-ca.zip Sicilian, Grand Prix Attack (1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4): 1124 Games
silab-ca.zip Sicilian, LaBourdonnais Var.: 1776 Games
silsk-ca.zip Sicilian, Lasker Var.: 5987 Games
simar-ca.zip Sicilian, Maroczy Bind: 2987 Games
sinaj-ca.zip Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Var.: 9898 Games
sinajpca.zip Sicilian Najdorf, Poisoned Pawn var.: 585 Games
sipel-ca.zip Sicilian Pelikan: 5487 Games (see also Lasker file - these
games all proceed from 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cd 4.Nxd4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5)
sipls-ca.zip Sicilian, Paulsen Var.: 12,279 Games
sipol-ca.zip Sicilian, Polugaevsky var. (B96): 709 Games
siric-ca.zip Sicilian, Richter Attack: 5219 Games
sirossca.zip Sicilian, Rossolimo Var.: 4453 Games
sisch-ca.zip Sicilian, Scheveningen Var.: 11,586 Games
sisim-ca.zip Sicilian, Simagin Var.: 1700 Games
sisoz-ca.zip Sicilian, Sozin Attack: 6036 Games
sisve-ca.zip Sicilian, Sveshnikov: 1305 Games
siwingca.zip Sicilian, Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4): 414 Games
slav-ca.zip Queen's Gambit, Slav Def.: 6607 Games
smorraca.zip Sicilian, Smith-Morra Gambit: 2150 Games
sokol-ca.zip Sokolsky Opening (1.b4): 1406 Games
sokol2ca.zip More 1.b4 Games, from the 1st & 2nd Andrzej Malyszko Memorial
(CC) in the beginning of this decade (from Marek Trokenheim, one
of the sponsors of these tournaments).
sslav-ca.zip Queen's Gambit Semi-Slav Collection
stgeo-ca.zip St. George Def. (1.e4 a6): 108 Games
stntn-ca.zip Dutch Defense, Staunton Gambit: 423 Games
swall-ca.zip Stonewall Attack: 60 Games
tango-ca.zip Knights' Tango: 100 Games
torre-ca.zip Torre Attack: 1736 Games
trax-ca.zip 2 Knights Def., Traxler (Wilkes-Barre) Var.: 273 Games
tromp-ca.zip Trompowsky Attack: 3368 Games
urusovca.zip Urusov Gambit; by Max Burkett, et alia : URUSOV.TXT : a
biography of Sergei Urusov and other data, C24UR (CA) : a
high quality collection of Urusov gambits, C24PC (CA) : a
collection of Urusov Gambits involving PCs, GALBERG.PGN: a
theoretical article by Soren Galberg-Lund.
veres-ca.zip Veresov (Richter) var. (D01), 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5: 1324
Games
viennaca.zip Vienna Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3): 3487 Games
vult-ca.zip Vulture Games Collection

[elcriollito]

http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/ca_players.htm

These is what u can find there
Is any one of your favorite?

Chess Assistant Files
Game Collections by Player

96zsu-ca.zip Zsuzsa Polgar, 1996: 19 Game Simul, Tampere, Finland
a_alekca.zip A. Alekhine, 2259 Games
adams-ca.zip GM Michael Adams (ENG): 1374 Games
adian-ca.zip GM Utut Adianto (INA): 453 Games
adorj2ca.zip GM Andras Adorjan: 1561 Games
albrt2ca.zip GM Lev Alburt (USA): 940 Games
anand2ca.zip GM V. Anand, 1112 Games, 1984-1998
andersca.zip Karl Ernst Adolf Anderssen (1818-1879): 558 Games
ant-ca.zip Vladimir Antoshin: 436 Games
ashleyca.zip GM Maurice Ashley (USA): 290 Games (6/30/99)
azmai-ca.zip GM Zurab Azmaiparashvili: 695 Games
babur-ca.zip GM Alexsandar Baburin (URS, now IRL): 410 Games
bacrotca.zip GM (des.) Etienne Bacrot (FRA): 154 Games (Youngest GM
in history at age 14.
bagir3ca.zip GM Vladimir Bagirov (LAT): 1413 Games
bal-ca.zip GM Yuri Balashov (RUS): 1787 Games
barb-ca.zip GM Gerardo Barbero (ARG): 613 Games
basmanca.zip 89 Unorthodox Openings by Michael Basman
bauer-ca.zip Johann Bauer (1861-91): 43 Games
bel-ca.zip Alexander Beliavsky: 1793 Games
benj-ca.zip GM Joel Benjamin (USA): 1099 Games
bilek-ca.zip GM Istvan Bilek (Hungary): 407 Games
bird-ca.zip Henry Bird: 513 Games
bisg-ca.zip Arthur Bisguier: 561 Games
blatnyca.zip GM Pavel Blatny (CZE): 940 Games
bld-ca.zip Collection of Games by the infamous convicted killer,
Claude Bloodgood. See readme.txt, included.
blkbrnca.zip Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841-1924): 932 Games
bogo2-ca.zip GM Efim Bogoljubow (1889-1952): 849 Games
bolbo-ca.zip GM Julio Bolbochan (1920-96, ARG): 244 Games
boninca.zip IM Jay Bonin (USA): 270 Games
bot2-ca.zip Mikhail Botvinnik: 1393 Games
braga-ca.zip Fernando Braga (ITA): 697 Games
breyerca.zip Gyula Breyer (1893-1921): 57 Games
bron-ca.zip David Bronstein: 1755 Games
browneca.zip GM Walter Browne: 1566 Games
burn-ca.zip Amos Burn (GB): 483 Games
capa2-ca.zip Capablanca: 589 Games
chand-ca.zip GM Murray Chandler: 997 Games
char-ca.zip Rudolf Charousek (1873-1900): 172 Games
chigorca.zip Mikhail Chigorin: 631 Games
chr-ca.zip GM Larry Christiansen (USA): 1392 Games
crwch1ca.zip Correspondence World Champions, Part 1: 432 Games:
Estrin (169), Rittner (194), Zagorovsky (69)
ctorreca.zip Carlos Torre: 103 Games
daviesca.zip GM Nigel Davies (ENG): 514 Games
day2-ca.zip IM Lawrence Day (CAN): 514 Games
defirmca.zip GM Nick De Firmian (USA): 990 Games
dreev-ca.zip GM Alekset Dreev (RUS): 975 Games
dt2-ca.zip Deep Thought Games Collection: 58 Games
duras-ca.zip GM Oldrich Duras (1882-1957): 217 Games
dutgm-ca.zip Dutch GM Collection: 6815 Games in 6 Databases:
Donner (557), Euwe (1308), Piket (1208),
Sosonko (1249), van der Wiel (1590), and van Wely (903)
dzind2ca.zip GM Roman Dzindzichashvili (USA): 947 Games
ecolleca.zip Edgard Colle: 199 Games
elisk-ca.zip GM Erich Eliskases (ARG): 531 Games
etorreca.zip GM Eugenio Torre (PHI): 933 Games
falk2-ca.zip Ernst Karl Falkbeer (1819-85): 17 Games
fedor-ca.zip GM John P. Fedorowicz (USA): 837 Games
fine2-ca.zip GM Reuben Fine: 392 Games. Updated & Expanded 9/20/99
fis60-ca.zip Bobby Fischer: 60 Most Memorable Games
fisch-ca.zip Bobby Fischer: 853 Games
flohr-ca.zip GM Salomon Flohr (1908-83): 708 Games
ftac2-ca.zip GM Lubomir Ftacnic (USA): 1600 Games, 1973-1998
gall-ca.zip Alisa Galliamova-Ivanchuk: 413 Games
gaprinca.zip GM Nona Gaprindashvili (GEO): 635 Games
gelfndca.zip Boris Gelfand: 823 Games
gellerca.zip Efim Geller: 2579 Games
gergm-ca.zip 5668 German GM Games in 4 CA Databases: Huebner (1777),
Kindermann (1374), Knaak (1037), Lobron (1480)
gipsl-ca.zip GM Aivars Gipslis (LAT): 913 Games
glig-ca.zip GM Svetozar Gligoric (YUG): 3034 Games
grandaca.zip GM Zuniga Granda (PER): 592 Games
grune-ca.zip Ernst Grunfeld: 239 Games
gulko-ca.zip GM Boris Bulko (USA): 1679 Games
gunsb-ca.zip Isidor Gunsberg, 1879-1914: 277 Games
gurevdca.zip GM Dmitry Gurevich (USA): 1079 Games
harr-ca.zip Daniel Harrwitz (1823-84): 152 Games
hebdenca.zip GM Mark Hebden (ENG): 987 Games
hodgsnca.zip GM Julian Hodgson (ENG): 1101 Games
horo-ca.zip IM Israel Albert Horowitz (1907-73): 98 Games
hort-ca.zip GM Vlastimil Hort: 2521 Games
hungm-ca.zip 3787 Hungarian GM Games in 3 CA Databases:
I. Almasi (285), Ribli (1648), Sax (1854)
iivnv-ca.zip IM Igor Ivanov (USA): 853 Games
illes-ca.zip IGM Illescas Cordoba, Miguel: 649 Games
ivanchca.zip GM Vasily Ivanchuk: 1157 Games
ivkov-ca.zip GM Borislav Ivkov: 2503 Games
jansa-ca.zip Vlastimil Jansa: 1854 Games
janow-ca.zip Dawid Janowski (1868-1927): 627 Games
kaid2-ca.zip Gregory Kaidanov: 855 Games
kamsk-ca.zip Gata Kamsky 1986-1994
karp4-ca.zip Anatoly Karpov: 3079 Games, 1960-1998
karpckca.zip Karpov's Caro-Kann: 190 Games
kasp3-ca.zip Garry Kasparov: 1878 Games, 1973-1998
kburg-ca.zip IM Karl Burger (USA): 354 Games
keene-ca.zip GM Raymond D. Keene (ENG): 349 Games
keres2ca.zip GM Paul Keres (EST): 2324 Games
kerescca.zip GM Paul Keres Correspondence Games: 56 Games
khal-ca.zip GM Alexander Khalifman: 1241 Games
khmel-ca.zip IM Igor Khmelnitsky (USA): 179 Games
kk-ca.zip Karpov vs. Kasparov, 1981-1994: 241 Games
kol-ca.zip Ignac Kolisch (1873-1889): 136 Games
kolty-ca.zip George Koltanowski: 360 Games, Plus Chessnicodte
korch2ca.zip Viktor Korchnoi: 3995 Games, from W.G. Sanderse
kotov-ca.zip GM Alexander Kotov: 490 Games
kotrn-ca.zip GM Vasilios Kotronias (GRE): 573 Games
kovac-ca.zip Vladimir Kovacevic: 561 Games
kramn-ca.zip Vladimir Kramnik: 616 Games
kras-ca.zip Mikhail Krasenkov: 598 Games
kudrinca.zip GM Serget Kudrin (USA): 603 Games
kupr-ca.zip GM Viktor Kupreichik (BLR): 1250 Games
larsenca.zip Bent Larsen: 2272 Games
laut-ca.zip GM Joel Lautier: 728 Games
leko2-ca.zip Peter Leko: 524 Games
leven-ca.zip GM Grigory Levenfish (1889-1961): 347 Games
lilienca.zip IGM Andor Lilienthal: 382 Games
lipke-ca.zip Paul Lipke: 41 Games
ljubo-ca.zip GM Ljubomir Ljubojevic (YUG): 2070 Games
lomb-ca.zip GM William J. Lombardy: 349 Games
mar-ca.zip GM Sergio Mariotti (ITA): 230 Games
marco-ca.zip Georg Marco: 346 Games, 1890-1922
marj2-ca.zip GM Slavoljub Marjanovic (YUG): 800 Games
maroc-ca.zip GM Geza Maroczy: 548 Games
marsh5ca.zip Frank Marshall: The definitive Frank Marshall database on the
Internet. Includes a list of missing games -- PLEASE HELP!
This file was updated on 2/13/00. From Max Burkett.
meck-ca.zip GM Henrique Mecking: 309 Games
miesesca.zip GM Jacques Mieses, 1889-1936: 342 Games
mikns-ca.zip Vladas Mikenas: 387 Games
miles2ca.zip GM Anthony Miles (ENG): 2336 Games
milos-ca.zip Gilberto Milos (BRA): 418 Games
mont-ca.zip Mario Monticelli (It. Ch. '30, '34, '39): 63 Games
morov-ca.zip GM Fernandez Ivan Morovic: 366 Games
moroz-ca.zip Alexandr Morozevich (RUS): 234 Games
morphyca.zip Paul Morphy: 351 Games
murey-ca.zip GM Yacov Murey (FRA): 467 Games
myag-ca.zip IM Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren, Mongolia: 154 Games
naj-ca.zip GM Miguel Najdorf: 1556 Games
nezh-ca.zip IM R. Nezhmetdinov (RUS): 211 Games
nikol-ca.zip Predrag Nikolic: 23 Games
nimzo-ca.zip Aaron Nimzowitsch: 466 Games
norwd-ca.zip GM David Norwood (ENG)
nunn-ca.zip GM John Nunn (ENG): 1582 Games
okellyca.zip GM Alberic O'Kelly de Galway (BEL): 323 Games
orlovgca.zip IM Georgy Orlov (USA): 161 Games
pach2-ca.zip Ludek Pachman: 758 Games
parma-ca.zip GM Bruno Parma (SLO): 472 Games
penrosca.zip GM/ICCGM Jonathan Penrose (ENG): 193 Games
petro-ca.zip Tigran Petrosian: 1850 Games
petursca.zip IGM Margeir Petursson: 944 Games
pills2ca.zip Harry Pillsbury: 395 Games
pintj-ca.zip GM Jozsef Pinter (HUN): 644 Games
plat-ca.zip Igor Platonov: 239 Games
polg_jca.zip GM Judit Polgar (HUN): 1099 Games
polg_sca.zip IM Zsofia Polgar (HUN): 583 Games
polg_zca.zip GM Zsuzsa Polgar (HUN): 997 Games
polug-ca.zip Lev Polugaevsky: 2050 Games
port2-ca.zip GM Lajos Portisch: 2380 Games
quint-ca.zip GM Miguel Quinteros (ARG): 648 Games
ragoz-ca.zip Viacheslav Ragozin: 523 Games
reshevca.zip Sammy Reshevsky: 1175 Games
robat-ca.zip Karl Robatsch: 404 Games
rodr-ca.zip Andres Rodriguez: 137 Games
rogersca.zip GM Ian Rogers: 769 Games
rohde-ca.zip GM Michael A. Rohde (USA): 230 Games
rositoca.zip FM Jorge Rosito (ARG): 312 Games
rossoca.zip IGM Nicolas Rossolimo: 126 Games
rreti-ca.zip R. Reti: 444 Games
rubin-ca.zip GM Akiba Rubinstein: 514 Games
rublv-ca.zip GM Sergey Rublevsky (RUS): 362 Games
saem-ca.zip GM Friedrich Saemisch: 222 Games
salov2ca.zip GM Valery Salov (RUS): 826 Games
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schl3-ca.zip Carl Schlechter (1874-1918): 549 Games
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show-ca.zip Jackson Showalter: 219 Games
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sovgm-ca.zip Games of Soviet Giants: Balashov (1835), Glek (895),
Kupreichik (1440), Psakhis (1693),
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sovgm2ca.zip Soviet GM's Part 2: 4547 Games: Boleslavsky (784),
Stein (573), Taimanov (1261), Vaganian (1928)
sovgm3ca.zip Soviet GM's, Part 3 (Newer GM's): Chernin (1264),
Tukmakov (2020), Yusupov (1561)
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spass-ca.zip Boris Spassky: 2416 Games, 1948-1995
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taim-ca.zip GM Mark Taimanov (RUS): 1865 Games
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ujtum-ca.zip IM Tudev Ujtumen, Mongolia: 137 Games
ulf2-ca.zip GM Ulf Andersson (SWE): 1641 Games
usgm-ca.zip US GM's: 3657 Games: Benko (1054), R. Byrne (508),
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vagan-ca.zip GM Rafael Vaganian (ARM): 1256 Games
vanschca.zip Theo Van Scheltinga (NED): 472 Games
vidmarca.zip Milan Vidmar: 423 Games
vyzh-ca.zip GM Alexei Vyzhmanavin: 695 Games
waitzca.zip Joshua Waitzkin: 164 Games
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yermo-ca.zip GM Alex Yermolinsky (USA): 805 Games
yuggm-ca.zip Yugoslavian GM's: 6073 Games: Hulak (798), Kurajica (1172),
Lalic (584), Nikolic (1167), Sokolov (1017),
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[elcriollito]

http://www.chessopolis.com/chessfiles/c ... ctions.htm

Collection

ten-ca.zip 1132 Wins in 10 or less moves
trap-ca.zip 110 Tactical Miniatures

[elcriollito]

Interesting tips about when decide to make your own opening books


Author agh Nielsen

Let me try to give a brief introduction to book making and tuning, as it applies to the Chessbase ctg books.

There are essentially 4 components in making/tuning a book:

1) Choosing and importing games to the book.
2) Choosing which openings/lines to play by coloring red and green.
3) Expanding the book by manually adding green moves to the lines you have chosen to play
(or maybe by "adding priority analysis" or games).
4) Adjusting the weights of moves, often done automaticly through play on the playchess.com server,
but can also be done manually.

Any combination of these 4 can be applied by the book-maker to reach a desired result.

The very basic behaviour of any opening book is that it recognizes a position and decides that it will tell
which move to play, instead of letting the engine decide. The task of the book-maker is to decide in which
positions he wants the book to make that decision, and to make sure that the book makes a good decision
Smile

Very obvious, but there's several ways to go about it, since different parameters in the book determine how
it makes those decisions. You would want to play around with these parameters so they match your general
approach - what parts of 1-4 above do you use, and where do you put in most of your efforts. Also, what are
the playing conditions, etc.

The parameters are:

"Tournament book" - I think it is essential to turn this ON, or your color marking will not have any effect as
far as I understand.

"Variety of play" - Should book only play move with the best stat, or also try others?

"Influence of learn value" - This concerns the weights associated to the moves. If you play on server, and
a move gives some bad results and thus gets a negative weight, then the book will tend to avoid this
move if you put this parameter in the high end.

"Learning strength" - How fast do you want the weights to be changed? One bad result or several bad
(good) results are needed before the weight of a move changes a lot?

"Minimum games" - how many times does a move need to be "played" in your book (based on the
imported games) before the book will consider the stats of the moves in order to reach a decision?

And then one of the most important "parameters" in my view: Move coloring. If you make a move green,
a higher preference is given to this move. If you color a move red (and at least one other move in the
position is green), the book will not make this move.

Before going on to some practical hints and considerations, just one general remark: How would
YOU determine the success of your opening book? This can be answered in as many ways as there
are book makers, and I think it is sensible to think about it once in a while while you work on your book.
Is blitz Elo on playchess server your success criteria (or maybe only slow game Elo?)? Do you find
it funny to make weird lines work out OK? Do you want a broad book playing "everything", or do you
want a narrow book focusing on a few pet lines?

Fun can be had in many ways, and while I also find it very funny to compete on Elo, it is certainly
also funny sometimes to give yourself a few personal challenges, like, "I really want this crazy gambit
to work out OK", or, "I want my book to know this opening to depth 30 in all lines!", or whatever.
My point is, success (and fun!) is how YOU define it, not ONLY Elo Smile

OK, some practical hints and considerations:

1) Most people agree that the decision on which games to base your book on is quite important.
They should be high quality Smile Once they are in, there's sadly no way getting them out.
I think one good approach is using a collection of recent high level games from the playchess server.
These games have been played by engines using already very strong books Smile

2) One can also take some already made (by another person) book, and use this as basis for further
tweaking/expansion (for personal use only ). For example, the Rybka book by Jeroen Noomen and the Takker TourbookII are quite strong, but some lines are not really covered by these. Instead, one could use a more broad book like for example the Fritz 9 book as start. Either way, the advantage of this approach is that then one can focus on a few pet lines and improve them, while your book is also covered reasonably well in lines you do not care to work further on. But in the end, I think most people will want to make their own book from scratch Smile There is also a chance that this will give higher diversity on the playchess server Smile

3) By choosing a good base of games, you are already on your way to a fine book. You can then let it
play a lot of server games in order to tune the weights, and you will have a fine book in the end.
HOWEVER! You will only get so far doing this. To further improve your book (and make it more personal!),
you need to get some dirt under your nails Smile This means analysing played games, or variations
you want your engine to play, and then expand the book in these lines by adding green moves.
And maybe choosing which variations/moves NOT to play by marking these moves red. Improving
your book in this way is an endless task, but also where all the fun lies IMHO Smile You can ALWAYS
further improve your book by doing some work in your personal analysis laboratory.

4) In Fritz 9, you can choose some keyboard shortcuts for coloring moves under "tools - customize".
This can save you a lot of time and frustration.

5) Parameters - There are as many preferred ways to combine these as there are bookmakers. I suggest
playing around with them so they fit your CURRENT task. To make an analogy, Magnus Carlsen and his
trainer for some time defined success as how much Magnus learned, and not the score on the tournament
table. Likewise, for some time, you can "experiment" with new lines and choose loose parameters, and
maybe later, when you have drawn some conclusions from the games and added some analysed moves
and you are satisfied with the result, you can go back to some "bests of the bestests setting" Smile

6) Go and kibbitz some games in the engine room on the playchess server. They will get added automaticly
to one of your databases. You can then either import these into your book, or just use them as inspiration
for further manual research. Some people on the server are paranoid about kibbitzers following them and
thus learning all their secrets Smile Well, I really have no opinion on this, and I understand the pros and cons.
I don't know if it would be a good idea if they made a "no kibbitzers" playing mode.

7) Maybe get some good friends on the server and exchange games with them. Not all people are too
paranoid, or maybe you just want to conspire with others and help justify the paranoia Razz

At any rate, have fun book-cooking and competing! And in a few years time when you have grown
exhausted from this, maybe we can meet in normal playing room and have a good old-fashioned game
of human blitz Very Happy

A couple of links for additional thoughts:

Interview with Rybka book author Jeroen Noomen:

http://www.rybkachess.com/docs/INTERVIE ... AUTHOR.htm

Author agh Nielsen

[DeepThought]

Can anyone send me a strong .bin book? I have difficulty making book with polyglot, you know, in the command line.

[elcriollito]

This link for intruction how edit opening book

A Beginner's Guide to building a opening book


http://horizonchess.com/FAQ/Winboard/openingbook.html

[elcriollito]

http://www.seanet.com/~brucemo/gerbil/readme.txt

4) EDITING THE OPENING BOOK

The opening book is in text format. You may wish to use something like
notepad to edit it, since the lines are greater than 80 characters long.

Any edits you make will take effect next time the program is booted. If you
look at the file format, it should be obvious what kinds of edits are allowed
and make sense.

If you want to "turn off" a book move, for instance "1. e4", change it to
"1. e4?", and it won't play it, nor will it try to transpose via the opening
book into any of the lines (for white) following 1. e4. Meaning, if you turn
off 1. e4, the program will still play 1. ... c5 or 1. ... e5 as black, after
the opponent plays 1. e4, but if the program plays 1. d4 and the opponent
replies with 1. ... e6, the program will not play 2. e4, since that position
is has essentially been deleted from the program's list of possibilities.

You can probably do alright just by editing the book that is there, or making
your own book that is in the same format, but there are a few tools that will
help you, although they may be hard to use.

If you type from the command line ...

gerbil -df

... or ...

gerbil -df

... the program will dump its book to the console. You can redirect this by
using the ">" symbole, for example:

gerbil -df >foo

You can redirect to some other file than "foo" if you want, but *do not* try
to redirect onto the book file. That will delete the book file before the
program has a chance to read it, as I found out the hard way.

If you've used "-df" ("full" mode), your file will contain full opening book
lines, meaning that the program won't try to diff each line with the previous
book line.

If you use "-dc", it will remove some redundant information. It may be easier
to edit this kind of book if you want to make just a few changes, and this
style is provided as the default opening book in the release.

You can edit either style of book all you want, then copy it over the old
book.

My own suggestion as to how to best create a book is as follows:

1) Dump the book in full mode.
2) Edit it all you want.
3) Sort the new book in ascii order.
4) Copy it over the old book.
5) Dump the new book in compact mode.
6) Copy it over the old book.

You must have "UseBook" turned on in the INI file or none of this will work.

If you want to edit the book, you need to use SAN (Standard Algebraic
Notation). The book provided is in SAN, and if you want to edit it you need
to use SAN or you'll get an "illegal move" error when you try to load or dump
the book. Some SAN gotchas:

A) If you have a knight on b1 and another one on d5, it's "Nbc3", not "N1c3".
You disambiguate using a file specifier if possible.

B) If you have a king on e1, kinghts on c3 and g1, and there is an enemy
bishop on b4 pinning the knight against your king, it's "Ne2", not "Nge2".
SAN does not require (or allow) you to consider illegal moves when
disambiguating.

C) Castling is O-O (oh-oh), not 0-0, (zero-zero).

D) Promotion is "e8=Q". Note the equals sign.

[elcriollito]

http://www.chessassistance.com/Articles ... _book.html

Constructing a player opening book in Chess Assistant 7

[dene]

This thread will be very usefull to some of our forum members

Thanks Elcriollito

[elcriollito]

Thanks for the complements,
I wanted feel usefull for others members and I think i have made it