question about making an opening book

#1 April 6th 04, 01:06 AM

i'm trying to make an opening book for a game however it uses the opening book
format (.bok). What is this opening book?

where can i download an editor to create my own .bok files.

#2 April 6th 04, 11:09 AM

On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Larry wrote:

i'm trying to make an opening book for a game however it uses the
opening book format (.bok). What is this opening book?

Which engine? Almost every chess engine has its own book format. If that
engine you are talking about is closed-source, then it depends a lot from
the author whether book creating is also proprietary stuff.

Mikko Nummelin

#3 April 6th 04, 11:37 AM

ok, sorry. the engine is called "chess system tal II". it uses the .bok format
and that is what i need to create my own.

thanks :-)

"Mikko Nummelin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, Larry wrote:

Which engine? Almost every chess engine has its own book format. If that
engine you are talking about is closed-source, then it depends a lot from
the author whether book creating is also proprietary stuff.

Mikko Nummelin

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