Author: Wayde Beasley
Date: 18:55:40 01/15/01
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On January 15, 2001 at 20:29:24, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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. From the human standpoint, it's OBVIOUSLY better. But, I just didn't want to reprogram Freeboard since I was coming along pretty well. Oh well . . .
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