New Feature Request: own books

[Carl Bicknell]

Given that HCE has great book functions already for its own books, a useful new feature would be to be able to build books for oneself. The UI could then give lots of options like stats / number of positions in book (and number of positions per variation) as well as play % for engine v engine use.

[MrBMandaree]

I support this idea.

[mrudolf]

I support this idea.

This is planned for the next year.

[oddg]

Please make it useful for those who use HCEP for playing human - comp. games. This is a missing feature in all the programs I have looked at. While the book used by the engine (Hiarcs) is very good for general play, you sometimes need a book for training before a tournament.

[MagnusThaSlayer]

Very good idea that should be right at the top of the priority list!

[Carl Bicknell]

Please make it useful for those who use HCEP for playing human - comp. games. This is a missing feature in all the programs I have looked at. While the book used by the engine (Hiarcs) is very good for general play, you sometimes need a book for training before a tournament.

Exactly. One's own book is extremely useful

[mrudolf]

Please make it useful for those who use HCEP for playing human - comp. games. This is a missing feature in all the programs I have looked at. While the book used by the engine (Hiarcs) is very good for general play, you sometimes need a book for training before a tournament.

You can use any CTG book for play, but yes, so far you cannot create a book in HCE.

[oddg]

Please make it useful for those who use HCEP for playing human - comp. games. This is a missing feature in all the programs I have looked at. While the book used by the engine (Hiarcs) is very good for general play, you sometimes need a book for training before a tournament.

You can use any CTG book for play, but yes, so far you cannot create a book in HCE.

What I want is to decide which games go into the book as White and which go into as Black play. I will collect the games from my possible opponents in one White file and one Black file. From this I will create one book that could be used when I play against the engine without need to remember wich book to select. With Chessbase I doesn't have this control. I can do it with a polyglot book, but Hiarcs can't use them.

[Trahald]

It would be terrific if HCE could read (support) Polyglot books or perhaps be able to convert one into its own format.

[EloDeficit]

The easiest way to create CTG books is with the usual ChessBase programs. Steve Lopez posted a video showing how easy it is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OItKEDdtKak).

CTG being a proprietary ChessBase format, could HIARCS risk copyright violations by its adoption?

[mrudolf]

CTG being a proprietary ChessBase format, could HIARCS risk copyright violations by its adoption?

CTG is used by HCE, but we would prefer to use something else for our books, as CTG has some limitations we do not like.

[jeremyjh]

I support this idea.

This is planned for the next year.

Hi, are there any updates on this? I'd really like to be able to create a book from some of the Lichess databases; when analyzing I like to look at both master games and amateur games nearer my level to see what people are actually playing. I've done this with a local database and the tree explorer but even with just a few million games it's much slower than a CTG.

[mrudolf]

Hi, are there any updates on this? I'd really like to be able to create a book from some of the Lichess databases; when analyzing I like to look at both master games and amateur games nearer my level to see what people are actually playing. I've done this with a local database and the tree explorer but even with just a few million games it's much slower than a CTG.

It is planned for 1.4 and 1.5, but no extra details yet. I will write in this thread once we have more info.