Author: Wayde Beasley
Date: 11:38:46 01/18/01
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On January 18, 2001 at 02:14:39, Dann Corbit wrote: >On January 18, 2001 at 00:40:46, Wayde Beasley wrote: >[snip] >>No complaint, just lament. The SAN thing is new for crafty. As for Winboard, >>it's a feature in the new protocol. "feature san=1" or "feature san=0" for >>engine to xboard commands. I just wish Crafty remained consistent -- tell me >>one thing that's wrong or ambiguous about coord. notation -- that's been what >>crafty has used in xboard mode for a good while, I believe. > >Which would you rather read: >This -- >a7a6 b5e2 c7c5 d4c5 b6c5 e1g1 d8b6 c1c2 f8e8 f1d1 > >or this -- >Ne2 Rc8 Bxb7 a5 Bxc8 Kxc8 Nd2 Rg8 O-O-O c6 Rde1 Be6 > >For me, it's no contest. > >The Winboard protocol (old format) allows bazillions of move notations. > >This is what Phalanx will give: >Nc8-e7 Rf1-e1 Ra8-b8 Ra1-c1 Pb7-b6 Nc3-a4 Pb6xc5 Na4xc5 Qd8-d6 Nc5xe6 > >This is what Comet will give: >f1d1 d8d7 e2d3 f8d8 d1e1 d5d6 a3d6 > >And the new crafty: >Bd7 h3 Be8 Qd2 b5 Qf4 b4 Nd1 e6 > >There are a bunch of others that are supported also. Winboard just added >another one to its already large list of acceptable formats. The most readable >format is the new one. Rather than be critical because someone is using the >standard move notation that we all know and love, I think we should praise them. > >I suspect that it will be trivial for chess programs to adopt the new notation. >After all, it is the one that they have already been using for years. A hacking we a-go, a hacking we a-go; hi-O silver-O, a-hackin' we a-go . . .
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