Author: Dan Honeycutt
Date: 16:51:07 06/10/04
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On June 10, 2004 at 16:43:17, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >On June 10, 2004 at 15:47:35, Andreas Guettinger wrote: > >>On June 10, 2004 at 15:29:50, Andrew Wagner wrote: >> >>>On June 10, 2004 at 15:05:28, Jon Dart wrote: >>> >>>>On June 10, 2004 at 14:59:38, Russell Reagan wrote: >>>> >>>>>On June 10, 2004 at 14:45:04, Andrew Wagner wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>I think we >>>>>>should stay away from anything that uses PNBRQK within the notation, and shoot >>>>>>for as much simplicity as possible. >>>>> >>>>>As Dan Honeycutt pointed out in the other thread, coordinate notation still >>>>>requires NBQR for promotions, ex. e7e8Q. >>>> >>>>Plus, my $0.02 is that we already have a good standard for moves (SAN). Why >>>>change to something else? >>>> >>>>--Jon >>> >>>For the reasons I mentioned, lower overhead (much easier to code for coordinate >>>notation), and because it avoids using PNBRQK, which helps in the international >>>community. >> >> >>I don't agree to coordinate notation. I would rather see something more readable >>for the "normal" chessplayer (and programmer). Most of us are used to PNBRQK by >>reading chess books. And I like to play the first few moves in my head to see >>what game/opening I'm dealing with even when managing raw data. >> >>I'm also not very happy with SAN. It's probably the most readable for humans, >>but as mentioned before not the easiest to implement. For the raw data I would >>prefer a "long" format, because it's always simpler to write a parser that >>leaves things awas than a parser that has to restore things. >> >>As a compromise, I find long algebraic the best, something like Nf3xg5+, d7-d8q >> >>my personal opinion >>Andy > > >To me this seems incredibly obvious, but our opinion appears to be the minority. > >anthony What minority? Are we reading the same posts? I've only seen a couple who say SAN period. A few like Andy and Dr. Hyatt prefer SAN but don't seem to have much heartburn with algebraic. Every one else is solidly algebraic. Dan H.
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