ChessGUI 0.186 is out there.

[kingliveson]

Book.bk3 limit? I put in 170 MB PGN (~160k games) and got out < 60 MB book. Is there a 25k PGN limit?

Hi kingliveson,

there are no limits. The size of a bk3 book depends on:
- ply limit chosen
- number of won/drawn games in the pgn files
- number of unique positions reached within the chosen ply limit

Which ply limit did you choose ?
Anyway, < 60 MB sounds ok. You can see book details in debug files after games.
The book is only valid if you created the whole thing with ChessGUI 0.186(a).

Can upload the book somewhere for me to download and experiment with ? (I will not give it out.)

Matthias.
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It was created with ChessGUI 0.186(a). Ply limit was set to 100. I was just expecting a bigger book. Also, I noticed the process finished with game number at ~28k +.

[Matthias Gemuh]

It was created with ChessGUI 0.186(a). Ply limit was set to 100. I was just expecting a bigger book. Also, I noticed the process finished with game number at ~28k +.

I will try to test build a bk3 book using a 200k pgn file and see what happens.

Matthias.

[kingliveson]

By the way, posted the book on the opening book sub-forum.

[Matthias Gemuh]

By the way, posted the book on the opening book sub-forum.

Downloaded. Thanks.

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

[Matthias Gemuh]

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

Currently processing game number 86k approx.

[Matthias Gemuh]

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

Currently processing game number 86k approx.

Currently processing game number 109k approx. and has a 318k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

[Matthias Gemuh]

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

Currently processing game number 86k approx.

Currently processing game number 109k approx. and has a 318k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

Currently processing game number 156k approx. and has a 456k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

[Matthias Gemuh]

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

Currently processing game number 86k approx.

Currently processing game number 109k approx. and has a 318k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

Currently processing game number 156k approx. and has a 456k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

All 200705 games processed and temp file is 587 MB thick. ("318k temp file" and "456k temp file" were 318 MB and 456 MB )

The temp file is now being sorted to be spit out as bk3 file of about 25% (guess) size.

BTW, processing a pgn yields a ChsGUI_Book.txt file in GUI_DATA folder.
This txt file should be renamed to another txt file and used instead of pgn file, if book is to be created again.
That speeds things up a bit.

Matthias.

[kingliveson]

Just to test book creation, I am now generating a winning book from the 265k CCRL40/40 pgn file (200k games).
Plys = 98. Currently processing game number 45k approx.

Matthias.

Currently processing game number 86k approx.

Currently processing game number 109k approx. and has a 318k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

Currently processing game number 156k approx. and has a 456k temp file in GUI_DATA folder.

All 200705 games processed and temp file is 587 MB thick. ("318k temp file" and "456k temp file" were 318 MB and 456 MB )

The temp file is now being sorted to be spit out as bk3 file of about 25% (guess) size.

BTW, processing a pgn yields a ChsGUI_Book.txt file in GUI_DATA folder.
This txt file should be renamed to another txt file and used instead of pgn file, if book is to be created again.
That speeds things up a bit.

Matthias.

Will have to try again. Could my pgn be broken

[Matthias Gemuh]

All 200705 games processed and temp file is 587 MB thick. ("318k temp file" and "456k temp file" were 318 MB and 456 MB )

The temp file is now being sorted to be spit out as bk3 file of about 25% (guess) size.

BTW, processing a pgn yields a ChsGUI_Book.txt file in GUI_DATA folder.
This txt file should be renamed to another txt file and used instead of pgn file, if book is to be created again.
That speeds things up a bit.

Matthias.

Will have to try again. Could my pgn be broken

Maybe you should first wait.
I have an idea how to speed up stage 3 of book creation.
I also may make it possible to interrupt book creation and then resume it later.

Matthias.