Author: Steve Coladonato
Date: 04:14:52 07/15/02
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On July 14, 2002 at 17:37:40, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >On July 14, 2002 at 17:01:46, Steve Coladonato wrote: > >>On July 14, 2002 at 14:25:09, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >> >>>On July 14, 2002 at 12:42:31, Steve Coladonato wrote: >>> >>>>On July 13, 2002 at 14:17:54, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >>>> >>>>>On July 13, 2002 at 12:44:05, Will Singleton wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>From what I can see, CA 6.1 exports game bases in a pseudo-pgn format. Does >>>>>>anyone know of a program which will read these and output standard pgn? >>>>>> >>>>>>Will >>>>> >>>>>If it is the special escape strings, you can turn it off with unmarking >>>>>tools\options\general\use ca markup in pgn. >>>>> >>>>>For other problems you can use the extract32 tool. I guess you will find it on >>>>>most download pages. >>>>> >>>>>oddGM >>>> >>>>The biggest problem I have is that CA exports a "Z0" symbol in the pgn file. I >>>>don't know what it is but SCID doesn't like it. Do you happen to know what this >>>>symbol is? Unmarking the "use ca markup in pgn" option doesn't remove it. >>>> >>>>Steve >>> >>>Hi. >>> >>>I don't think I have seen this, do you have an sample? >>> >>>Anyway after you turn off the marker you have to restart CA to get it to work. >>> >>>I have made a command for pgn-files in the explorer assosiation box so I can run >>>a converter tool just by right clicking on them and select a convert command. >>> >>>Here is the cmd file that is running: >>> >>>del tmp0tmp.pgn >>>d:\Utility\PGNBeauty.exe %1 tmp0tmp.pgn >>>del %1 >>>d:\utility\Extract32.exe -a%1 tmp0tmp.pgn >>>del tmp0tmp.pgn >>> >>> >>>PGNBeaty is just a little tool to remove unneeded pgn headers (empty headers). >>> >>>I run it whenever I shall share some pgn-files with other's. >>> >>> >>>I took some heavy gamefiles with comment and variation but could not find your >>>"Z0" in any of them. >>> >>>Odd Gunnar >> >> >>If you export the "Elite" database to PGN format, you should get a "Z0" symbol >>at the following game. >> >>Error reading move in game Polgar Judit (GM) (HUN) - Granda Zuniga Julio E >>(PER), 1995: Kh8 >> >>There are many games in the file that have that "Z0" symbol. I didn't restart >>CA after turning off the marker so that may be where the problem is. I'll check >>it and get back to you. (I'm mainly running Linux and have to reboot to >>Windows). >> >>Steve > > >Ok, I see it. > >30.Nd6 Bxf6 31.Qxf7+ Z0 ( 31...Kh8 32.Ne8 Ra6 33.Bf8 $18 ) 1-0 > >Z0 is a nullmove. > >As I can see so isn't this covered by the standard. Chessbase have their own >implemation of these too. I don't know about scid, you could try to see how it >save a null move in pgn and use a replace tool on the file. > >I didn't follow the pgn debat on rgcc but if this wasn't up someone should >suggest some sort of nullmove/anymove for Steven Edwards so he gets it in when >he revise the standard. Hopefully with something that is easy to do a text >replace on CA/CB files to get them compatible. > >Odd Gunnar I restarted CA and exported the file again but the "Z0" symbol is still there. I can write a sed or awk script to remove the "Z0" symbol. Is the revision to the pgn standard coming soon and is there someplace you can take a look at the proposed changes? Steve
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