Author: James T. Walker
Date: 21:24:53 12/07/00
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On December 07, 2000 at 22:49:49, John Merlino wrote:
>On December 07, 2000 at 22:14:27, Brian Kostick wrote:
>
>>John M. I hope you have stopped to read.
>>
>>Before we get to the point...
>>Someone asked:
>><<I have been trying to create an opening book by importing a pgn file. Every
>>attempt has resulted in this message - "import error: an error occurred
>>importing the pgn file". Has anyone else tried to import pgn files into an
>>opening book in CM8000? Does the pgn file have to be free of commentary and/or
>>variations?>>
>>
>>I get something similar if I start a new book and THEN try to import a pgn. The
>>trick for me is to import a pgn with out starting a new book (it will be done
>>automatically). Alternately, Start your new book but don't leave it empty.
>>Enter e4 by moving that pawn on the chessboard. Then cursor back to root and
>>import your pgn.
>>
>>Quoting John:
>><<-- Added an "Import PGN Settings" dialog that allows you to set the criteria
>>by which games in a PGN file are imported into an opening book.>>
>>
>>This is very nice to have. I'm not sure it's the problem, perhaps a part of the
>>problem.
>>
>>Here are my discoveries, There may be other problems, I have no way of knowing.
>>I have tried to reduce these two pgn to demonstrate without clutter.
>>
>>[ Site " " ]
>>d4 e6 g3 f5 Bg2 Nf6 Nf3 Be7 cc4 d5 o-o o-o Nbd2 c6 Ne5 Nbd7
>>Nd3 Ne4 Qc2 Bf6 Nf3 Kh8 b3 Qe8 Ba3 Rg8 Rac1 a5 Bb2 Qh5 a4 Rd8
>>Ba3 Rg8 Rb1 Ng5 Rfe1 Qf7 Ng5 Bg5 {#} *
>>
>>// Notice above the move cc4 I don't know if this is valid pgn or not. It
>>will fail the import of the pgn into a Chessmater opening book.
>>
>>[ Site " " ]
>>d4 d5 nf3 nf6 bg5 e6 e3 c5 nbd2 be7 c3 nbd7 bd3 b6 o-o bb7
>>qe2 o-o ne5 ne5 de5 ne4 be7 qe7 be4 de4 qg4 qc7 qf4 qc6 rfd1 rad8
>>h4 c4 h5 h6 nf1 {#} *
>>
>>// Above, notice the LowerCase piece notation. i.e. q and not Q, ect... This
>>will fail to import into a CM8000 opening book.
>>
>>Hope that helps,
>> Brian Kostick
>> Br5an@aol.com
>
>I am here!
>
>In the first example, I have to assume that "cc4" should really be "c4", like
>all other pawn moves in the game (which are correct). "cc4" is not valid
>algebraic notation, and should produce an error.
>
>The second one (case sensitivity) is easy to fix, and I'm sure the development
>team can put that in for the patch.
>
>jm
Hello,
As I stated in an earlier post I was able to create a new book file and import
several PGN files into the book. They were all less than 20K in size. When I
tried to import a file of about 400Kb I got the error. I suspect there is a
size limit of between 20Kb and 400 Kb.
Jim
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