How much benefit from opening book?

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Re: How much benefit from opening book?

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jack512 wrote:In today's search engines, how many extra ISO rating points do today's opening books buy you? I.e. the same engine with vs. without the OB. Does the benefit decrease as the search engine itself becomes more powerful, say with a faster processor?
BooksWar rating list, comparison of different books, is here

http://www.chess2u.com/t7735p60-bookswa ... st-updated