Making a good book: 1. You have to create an empty book and an empty database first. Give them names so that you can recognize them easily! -> The empty database is for the games you will import into the book later. 2. Take your big database and search for games. This games should be like the following: - Make sure that you take only wins! - Use only mated games! Ok when you now have your big database in front of you do following: 1. Search first for white wins: Eco: B00-C99 , 1-0 , Checkmate, 1-80 moves , Elo of players is not important When you have these games copy them into the empty new database 2. Now you can search for black wins: Search against every white opening only one black answer An example: 1. e4 c5 or 1. d4 Nf6 -> if you have only 1 answer on every move then your book does not become so big, because big books make your hardware slower My suggestions for openings as black: 1. e4 c5; 1. d4 Nf6; 1. c4 e5; 1. Nf3 c5; 1. b3 c5; 1.f4 c5; 1. g3 e5; 1. Nc3 c5; 1.b4 c6; 1.g4 e5; But first search only for all black wins you can find: Eco: A00 - E99; 0-1 ; Ckeckmate; 1-80 moves; Elo : both 2400-9999 If you have these games copy them too in the new database where the white wins already are When you have now copied all games in the new database , please open your empty book 1. Import all games in it (might take some time) 2. Make Priority Analysis as following: First with the white wins + Repertoire White Then for the black wins (Repertoire Black activate) When you have done that then look for the openings you want to play Here are my suggestions: Mark them in your opening book as green and all other alternatives as red When you play white: e4 c5 Nf3 d6 d4 c:d4 N:d4 Nf6 Nc3 ->a6 -> Be3 ->Nc6 -> f3 ->g6 -> Be3 ->e6 -> g4 ->Nbd7 -> Be3 ->Bd7 -> Bg5 ->e5 -> Bb5 ->Qc7 -> Be2 ->Qa5 ->Bd2 ->h6 ->Be3 ->b6 ->Bb5+ ->Be6 -> N:e6 e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 c:d4 N:d4 ->e6 ->Nc3 ->g6 ->c4 ->d6 ->Nc3 ->e5 ->Nd4-b5 ->Qb6 ->Nd4-b3 These are all not the main variations ->d5 ->e4:d5 Black's main variation is Nf6 ->Qc7 ->Nb1-c3 Answers against it you can see underneath ->Qa5 -> Nb1-c3 ->a6 ->c4 ->N:d4 ->Q:d4 ->Ne5 ->Nc3 -> Nf6 Nc3 Black's moves after Nc3: ->d6 ->f3 ->e5 -Nd4-b5 (strong for black) ->e6 -Nd4:c6 -a6 -N:c6 -g6 -N:c6 -Qb6 -Nb3 -Qc7 -Ndb5 -Qa5 -f3 -Rb8 -Be2 -h6 -N:c6 -d5 -Bb5 e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 c:d4 N:d4 ->Nc6 -> Nc3 ->a6 ->Bd3 ->Nf6 ->Nc3 ->Bc5 ->Be3 ->d6 ->Nc3 ->Qb6 ->Nc3 ->Qc7 ->Bd3 ->d5 ->Bb5 ->e5 ->Nf3 If black plays e4 e6 then you mark in the book: d4 You go on like this: e4 c6 d4 e4 d5 e:d5 e4 Nf6 e5 Nd5 d4 e4 e5 Nf3 Nf6 N:e5 e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 Bb5 e4 d6 d4 e4 Nc6 d4 e5 g5 d4 e4 g6 d4 If you are black play as following: e4 c5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 c:d4 N:d4 Nf6 Nc3 e5 d4 Nf6 c4 e6 d4 Nf6 Nf3 e6 c4 e5 b3 c5 b4 c6 Nf3 c5 Good luck!!!