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Subject: Re: PGN files for book generating

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:36:00 06/11/01

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On June 11, 2001 at 17:20:25, David Rasmussen wrote:

>On June 11, 2001 at 16:05:27, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 11, 2001 at 15:56:16, David Rasmussen wrote:
>>
>>>On June 11, 2001 at 15:53:36, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>CDB and Winboard can convert some incredibly un-PGN like stuff into PGN.
>>>
>>>Winboard can't read small.txt from Hyatt's site.
>>>
>>>Now I'm looking for the 2600.pgn file.
>>
>>I don't remember for sure if the 2600 book has been fully cleansed.  I know for
>>sure I did it with the 2700 book.  By fully cleansed, I mean:
>>
>>1.  Remove all rapid events
>>2.  Remove all blindfold events
>>3.  Remove all simultaneous events
>>4.  Remove all blitz events
>>
>>for obvious reasons.  It's easy enough to detect them by scanning the headers.
>
>It's also important for me that it is 100% PGN, as this makes the parsing
>implementation easier.
>
>Right now, I'm trying to find a bz2 decompresser for windows. That's annoyingly
>difficult. Even if I have cygwin, because their links doesn't work.

Here's one:
ftp://cap.connx.com/pub/Scid/bzip2.exe

Or if you're a "gui-guy" you may prefer this:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/

HTH.




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