I couldn't resist playing around with the database of games from the 2000+ players games and made a 9 Mb zip file containing an opening book (rhp.ctg) and database (rhp2k.cbh). You need winzip to open the archives and the free chessbaselight/Fritz or Chessbase.
rhp_book_db.zip (8.85 MB)
http://z00tz00t.livejournal.com/2312.html
Originally posted by z00tCool, thanks!
I couldn't resist playing around with the database of games from the 2000+ players games and made a 9 Mb zip file containing an opening book (rhp.ctg) and database (rhp2k.cbh). You need winzip to open the archives and the free chessbaselight/Fritz or Chessbase.
rhp_book_db.zip (8.85 MB)
http://z00tz00t.livejournal.com/2312.html
Originally posted by BLReidI used Varenka's raw pgn as source data. I couldn't be bothered with the 160 games one. It is interesting that the opening book made from the games has moves classed as ? in the professional opening books.
Have you considered combining your efforts with varenka?
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?threadid=73416
People at this level are also likely to have sharp attacking games arising from the King's pawn openings with many games settled before move 40.
This is a good idea but I can't help thinking that the gamesexplorer feature is a sadly neglected resource as it still hasn't had any updates.
Even 6-monthly updates would be well worth it.
Tweaks to the site like pop-up info boxes are all very well but they don't improve your play & are a slightly worrying trend towards style over substance in my opinion.
I've never used the explorer once I learned it was not updated for a long time. The idea might be to make a chessgames.com style explorer but it needs to be regularly updated and to have relevant games. If the explorer is not a viable option seeing it has never made it past the beta stage, the admins can provide a pgn with raw data of all games for download.
Originally posted by muleoDo the following :-
Very new to chessbase light, so excuse ignorance, but how do I install the database zoot has made??
cheers
1. unzip the rhp_book_db
2. you get two folders one book and the other db
3. go to the book folder and unzip the rhp2k to get the rph2k.ctg opening book
4. go to the database folder to get the rhp2k.cbh
5. Open the rhp2k.cbh in Chessbase/ChessBase Light or fritz and the rph2k.ctg as the reference book.
Hope this helps.