Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 00:35:26 02/21/01
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On February 21, 2001 at 01:01:46, Aaron Tay wrote: >Aaron Tay wrote > >>>Hmm..Someone correct me but Isn't PGN for the whole game and EPD just for one >>>position?No idea about CB.. You could load them up one by one and then save it >>>in EPD using Winboard or perhaps some of the EPD readers like epd2diagram or >>>something.. > >Dann Corbit wrote > >>You can represent a game in EPD. Here is PGN: >>[Event "?"] >>[Site "?"] >>[Date "????.??.??"] >>[Round "?"] >>[White "?"] >>[Black "?"] >>[Result "0-1"] >>[ECO "C50"] >>[Opening "Blackburne shilling gambit"] >>[Variation "Alatortsev variation"] >> >>1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nxf7 Qxg2 6. Rf1 Qxe4+ 7. Be2 >>Nf3# 0-1 >> >>Here is the EPD: >>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - >>rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq e3 >>rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq e6 >>rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - >>r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - >>r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/4p3/2B1P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - >>r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/2BnP3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - >>r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4N3/2BnP3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4N1q1/2BnP3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/6q1/2BnP3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/8/2BnP3/8/PPPP1PqP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/8/2BnP3/8/PPPP1PqP/RNBQKR2 b Qkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/8/2Bnq3/8/PPPP1P1P/RNBQKR2 w Qkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/8/3nq3/8/PPPPBP1P/RNBQKR2 b Qkq - >>r1b1kbnr/pppp1Npp/8/8/4q3/5n2/PPPPBP1P/RNBQKR2 w Qkq - > >I see, each position represents the advancement of one move. But isn't it true >that when you do a test suite, what is given are positions and not the whole >game? If you feed the chess engine the whole PGN file, how would it know which >was the position you were going to test? It does them all. >Aaron Tay wrote > >>>How well supported are >>>they by commerical programs? > >Dann Corbit wrote > >>Chessbase programs can read EPD but not write it. >>Rebel programs can read and write EPD >>Hiarcs can read and write EPD >>I believe that Shredder is gaining EPD capability. >>Many freeware programs can effectively read and write EPD.<snip>. > >Hmm by reading you mean if you feed it a EPD position it can interprete and >display the board position and run analysises etc.. but it cannot write it, >means it cannot convert a given position to EPD? Yes. >But I suppose for Winboard >compatiable programs, winboard itself would help "lend" EPD capabilities anyway? No. Winboard does not help except that it can save a position itself. It does not cause the program underneath to have EPD output capability.
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