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Hi,
I specified correctly the path to the opening book in the .cfg file but still,no joy
Any feedback will be much appreciated....
Dr.D

No problem here, below the according excerpt of my Horizon cfg file
and the book date and size.

Guenther

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#~~~~~~~~~~~
# Opening book path and filename
# Example: OPENING_BOOK C:\CHESS\Horizon\Horizon.dat
# default value: none
OPENING_BOOK Horizon.dat
#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
# Possible opening book playing styles:
# WIDE chooses same moves as source pgn files by play frequency
# TOURNEY <number> avoids least-played book moves
# BEST <number> plays 'best' book moves <--- plays badly!!!
# DEEP <number> plays deepest book lines (most popular ones)
# number range for BEST/DEEP/TOURNEY options: (1 -> 9);
# Examples:
#   BOOK_STYLE DEEP 3: chooses between 3 most commonly played GM moves
#   BOOK_STYLE BEST 2: chooses between 2 'best' moves
#   BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 5: chooses moderately reputable moves
# NOTES: If a number is out of range it defaults to '9'
#        DEEP 9, BEST 9, & WIDE are identical options
#        TOURNEY 9 and WIDE are similar, but not identical
#        BEST is a work in progress, it needs improvement
#        WIDE ignores trailing numbers, all other options *require* a number
#        BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 9: avoids all least-played book moves
#        BOOK_STYLE TOURNEY 1: chooses some unusual as well as mainstream moves
#        BOOK_STYLE WIDE may be the strongest playing option (I need testers!)
# default value: BOOK_STYLE WIDE
BOOK_STYLE WIDE

Book:

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Feb 1st 2008

Thanks Guenther,so no need for a path if the book is in the same directory of the engine,I'll check that and reply....

Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

Hi Dr D,

Personally, I always specify the full path to the book and I've played hundreds of thousands of test games without problems.

I suspect you might have had a subtle typo in the path/filename sequence.

Ron

Ron Murawski wrote:

Dr.Wael Deeb wrote:Yeah,working like charm now....the trick is not to give the path to the opening book if it's in the same directory....
Thanks,
Dr.D

Hi Dr D,

Personally, I always specify the full path to the book and I've played hundreds of thousands of test games without problems.

I suspect you might have had a subtle typo in the path/filename sequence.

Ron

Hi Ron,
Could be the case but it doesn't make a different as long as it works now