Author: Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
Date: 14:02:34 06/14/98
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On June 14, 1998 at 03:50:32, Manfred Rosenboom wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I just uploaded my PGN test suite to
>
>http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/2640/pgn_test.zip
>
>The idea for creating this file, was to test my own PGN import
>parser. If anyone of you find, that some important test case
>is missing, please mail me and I will add that test case.
>
>Manfred
Thanks! After testing nine PGN programs Friday, I compiled this
list of PGN errors, roughly in order of observed frequency, but
only the top three were made by more than one program.
- ending a PGN movetext line short
(the spec says maximal number of tokens in less than 80 characters)
- using a space as the last character of a movetext line
- omitting the space between a period and White's move when
adjacent on the same line
- inserting optional tags before the last of the standard 7 tags
- omitting the empty line after the movetext
- using "ep" for en passant
- using "" rather than "?" for an unknown tag entry
- omitting the Game Termination Marker
- using "+" or "++" for checkmate rather than "#"
- using lower case "oh" or zeros for castling
- omitting the empty line after the tag section
- omitting a "+" for a check
- putting in extra spaces in the movetext
- using tabs rather than spaces in the movetext
- omitting one of the standard 7 tags (typically the "Round" tag)
- having the standard 7 tags out of order
- having the "Date" tag data in the wrong format
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