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Subject: Re: PGN files for book generating

Author: David Rasmussen

Date: 12:36:24 06/11/01

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On June 11, 2001 at 15:28:20, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On June 11, 2001 at 15:17:08, David Rasmussen wrote:
>
>>Hi there. I'm looking for some PGN files suited to build opening books from. I
>>have gotten the idea that Dann Corbit has some, but I'm not sure where on his
>>site etc. At first, I just want a small file, with standard openings. But a good
>>average sized file with lots of generally good openings would be nice too. A
>>file with sharp lines would also be nice.
>
>Look here:
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/Contrib/
>
>The files have names that are obvious enough, I think.
>
>If you just want the largest possible book, you could collect the stuff from:
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/a-openings/
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/b-openings/
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/c-openings/
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/d-openings/
>ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/e-openings/
>but it would play crappy chess.

Do you know some programs that can read virtually anything remotely chess-like,
and convert it to pgn? For example, the small.txt at Bob Hyatt's site, would be
nice to have in pgn, at least for testing purposes.



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