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Subject: Re: Short Algebraic notation

Author: Steve Coladonato

Date: 15:21:47 08/23/00

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On August 23, 2000 at 15:25:25, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On August 23, 2000 at 14:03:52, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>
>>On August 23, 2000 at 13:43:12, Larry Griffiths wrote:
>>
>>>My old principle continuation printouts used to be:
>>>
>>>e2-e4  a1xd1  etc.
>>>
>>>I converted them to short algebraic notation since this seems to be very popular
>>>and the test suites seem to use this for best move.
>>>
>>>If I remember correctly, pawn moves are e4 g7 etc and captures are bxe4 hxg7
>>>etc.
>>>
>>>Other moves are Rf4 Qb6 etc and captures Rxf4 Qxb6...
>>>
>>>I cant remember what the notation looks like when the same type of pieces can
>>>move or capture to the same square and the notation shows which piece to move.
>>>Something like ra4-b4?
>>>How should these look?
>>>
>>The piece is determined by either the rank or the file that it presently sits
>>on.  e.g. R8a4 or Raa4 or R6xb5 or Rbxc6
>>
>>Steve
>
>Further, disambiguation by rank is incorrect if disambiguation by file is
>possible.  This is something that has been broken in more than one ChessMaster
>release, though.
>
>Dave

Dave,

Thanks for clarifying this point.  I really wasn't sure which superseded when I
did the post.  So in the example given, Raa4 takes precedence over R8a4.

Steve



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