Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:29:24 01/15/01
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On January 15, 2001 at 16:45:47, Wayde Beasley wrote: >On January 15, 2001 at 10:19:21, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 14, 2001 at 23:08:33, Wayde Beasley wrote: >> >>>It appears to me that Crafty 18.01 now posts moves to xboard in the short >>>algebraic notation rather than coordinate notation like crafty 17.14 >>> >>>Is this an intended change? Is there a tweak to make 18.01 go back to plain 'ol >>>"move d7d5" >>> >>>thx >> >> >>SAN is now _the_ way output is displayed, since xboard/winboard now support >>this. I never liked e2e4 and such nonsense, but included it to be compatible >>with xboard. That is no longer needed. >> >>I'm not sure why you would want to "go back" to the broken form of output, >>particularly when you don't see it.. > > >Well, that's fine. Freeboard needs to become a little smarter now. My board >control takes coordinate notation; now I gotta build in this SAN stuff. Why e4 >is better than e2e4 for the computer beats the hell out out of me. (1) it is easier for me (a chess player) to read. Everything I read is already in SAN. (2) it requires fewer characters, which makes PGN files significantly smaller. Those are the reasons why I like it.
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