"opening book" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: opening books [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} opening book (plural opening books)
  1. (chess, literally) A book describing chess openings or giving general opening advice. Tags: literally Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-opening_book-en-noun-5Ctw0AuR Topics: board-games, chess, games
  2. (chess engines) 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. Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-opening_book-en-noun-G22f3YFf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67

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