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Subject: Re: PGN files for book generating

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:53:36 06/11/01

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On June 11, 2001 at 15:36:24, David Rasmussen wrote:

>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.

CDB and Winboard can convert some incredibly un-PGN like stuff into PGN.




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