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A couple of GnuChess questions:

  1. Why does the opening book of v4.0 have such a preponderance of 1.Nf3
     openings.  Over 57% of the book is consumed on this opening.  In v3.1
     (the PC port, anyway), less than 15% was used for 1.Nf3 and I don't
     see why a higher % is necessary.  Not having v4.0 for the PC yet,
     I took the v4.0 book, massaged it so that I could use it with v3.1 and
     found that if I have the computer play white, over half of the games
     are Nf3 (which seems to be a disproportionate amount).  Does GnuChess
     v4.0 do something special to make sure that if the computer is White,
     that it doesn't play 1.Nf3 too often?  Why do these Reti openings
     command such a proportion of the opening lines?  Have they not gotten
     to others yet or does Reti offer something exceptional?

  2. Stupid question:  How do I promote a pawn?  I know that v3.1 doesn't
     underpromote (according to the docs), but I haven't figured out how
     to promote at all.  So, with my black pawn at f2, none of the following
     seemed to work: "f1", "f2f1", "f1/Q", "f1=Q", "f1 Q", etc.  What do I
     have to do.  I'm sure that it's obvious, but I'm just missing it.

Thanks.

-- Rob
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