Here are two chess opening manuals in .bin and .ctg formats. This makes them work with almost any chess program or GUI. We understand that even the best opening manuals can have imperfections, but rest assured that ours is based on the analysis of highly rated games. We are sure you will enjoy testing it out!
Book - CTG - what format is this?
CTG Format Book Usage
For customers looking to use the CTG format book, you'll need a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that can read this specific format. Chessbase GUIs are a great example of compatible software.
To get started, simply save the book in your designated book folder. We highly recommend that you "Optimize" the book within the Book options dialog. This ensures the tournament moves are prioritized, making the book incredibly comprehensive even in tournament mode, unlike many other opening books.
What is CTG?
CTG is a book format primarily used by chess programs developed by Chessbase. This includes popular applications like Fritz, Chess Base, Komodo, FatFritz, and Houdini, among others.
Book - BIN what format is this?
Binary opening books, used by chess GUIs like Arena, Banksia, and Droidfish, offer significant advantages for computer chess engines. They are remarkably space-efficient, allow for fast access and searching, and store more useful information compared to other formats.
At their simplest, binary books are essentially text-based opening books converted into a ready-to-use binary format, eliminating the need for on-the-fly text-to-binary conversion by the software. However, most high-quality binary books are built and optimized using hash values from transpositions. Often, each position is stored as an 8-byte hash value along with extra information. This additional data can include the number of times a position has occurred, the win/loss/draw rate for White and Black, the average and maximum Elo ratings of players reaching that position, and even a chess program's success rate with it. To conserve space, this extra information typically ranges from 2 to 8 bytes.
For instance, the PolyGlot format uses 16 bytes for each entry, encompassing the hash, move, weight, and learning values. Entries within a binary book are sorted by their hash value. When a chess program needs to make a move, it uses a binary search with the current position's hash value to quickly retrieve all associated information, then makes its decision based on that data.
Keep in mind that special software is required to build or edit these types of opening books. (source)
Book M11.2 - Special Chess Games, Minimum rating 2600 Maximum 2700.
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