Author: Anthony Cozzie
Date: 06:58:51 06/11/04
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On June 11, 2004 at 08:33:51, Fabien Letouzey wrote: >On June 10, 2004 at 21:01:00, Anthony Cozzie wrote: > >>What it comes down to is this: is there _any_ point where coordinate is better >>than Long SAN? > >>anthony > >Yes, it can be produced with fewer information ("which piece is moving?" and "is >it a capture?" are not needed). > >In my software I don't need to follow the moves on a board to generate >coordinate-notation output, but I would with long SAN. > >--- > >I am not saying I am against long SAN but there is a disadvantage, at least in >my programs. > >Fabien. I admit I hadn't thought of that; in Zappa I have piecetype & captype as part of the move. However, the beauty of the scheme is that if you don't want to do san you simply insert a blank character. All moves are Xa1-a2 Xe3-e4 etc. anthony
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