Rock.pgn with crafty?

[Cruz]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Cruz at 09 May 2000 01:57:44:
I have been trying forever to get the rock files from the crafty ftp site to work with crafty itself. Unfortunately, I have not succeded, as when I combine all the files, unzip it, and try to 'books create rock.pgn 500 1', it will finish, but crafty itself will not move when playing with WINBOARD. Can someone explain how to get it to work for me?

[Volker Pittlik]

Geschrieben von: / Posted by: Volker Pittlik at 09 May 2000 05:35:33:
Als Antwort auf: / As an answer to: Rock.pgn with crafty? geschrieben von: / posted by: Cruz at 09 May 2000 01:57:44:

I have been trying forever to get the rock files from the crafty ftp site to work with crafty itself. Unfortunately, I have not succeded, as when I combine all the files, unzip it, and try to 'books create rock.pgn 500 1', it will finish, but crafty itself will not move when playing with WINBOARD. Can someone explain how to get it to work for me?

The command to create the book ist "book create..." (without "s"). BTW 500 will add the whole game to the book. Not all the games have been played perfectly. You will need the command "books create..." after creating the book. You will also need a "start.pgn". Example:
1. book create mybook.pgn 60 1 50 => book.bin will be created
2. books create 60 start.pgn => books.bin will be created
You will need both. My "start.pgn" looks like this:
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e4 {play 25%}
[Site ""]
d4 {play 25%}
[Site ""]
c4 {play 25%}
[Site ""]
Nf3 {play 25%}
[Site ""]
e4 e5
[Site ""]
e4 d5
[Site ""]
e4 c5
[Site ""]
e4 c6
[Site ""]
d4 d5
[Site ""]
Nf3 d5
There is another (probably better) example at Dr. Hyatt's site.
Volker