opening book

noun — 2 senses

opening book

noun
1

Board games, Chess, Games Literally A book describing chess openings or giving general opening advice.

2

A database of openings given to a chess engine to play, either to improve the strength of the engine, to make the engine more interesting to play against, or to create a diversity of games in a chess engine tournament.

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