Author: Andrew Wagner
Date: 17:41:41 06/10/04
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On June 10, 2004 at 20:40:15, Andrew Wagner wrote: >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 > > >Look at Russ Reagan's post on this thread. Do you think you'd really be able to >follow that game if the moves were in algebraic or long notation? Also, what >about the international problem? You still haven't responded to that. Referring to his response to Marek
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