Author: Andreas Stabel
Date: 05:43:33 05/25/98
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On May 23, 1998 at 16:11:07, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >talked with Tim last night, in fact... I converted to a more readable >PV format several months ago, producing analysis that fits the PGN >standard a little better.. and the "23. ... h3 etc" format that is >correct for PGN is confusing winboard. This can be turned off with >"display nomovenum" or by leaving off the "show thinking"... > >And Tim said 3.6.8beta will have better move parsing... soon... Just to clear up a misunderstanding, the correct PGN format for giving the move number of a black move is 23... h3, although the above should be accepted as an import format. I quote here the relevant text from the standard: 8.2.2.2: Export format move number indications There are two export format move number indication formats, one for use appearing immediately before a white move element and one for use appearing immediately before a black move element. A white move number indication is formed from the integer giving the fullmove number with a single period character appended. *** A black move number indication is formed from the integer giving the fullmove number with three period characters appended. *** All white move elements have a preceding move number indication. A black move element has a preceding move number indication only in two cases: first, if there is intervening annotation or commentary between the black move and the previous white move; and second, if there is no previous white move in the special case where a game starts from a position where Black is the active player. There are no other cases where move number indications appear in PGN export format. Regards Andreas Stabel
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