Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 13:49:11 01/17/02
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On January 17, 2002 at 10:00:51, Chip Sears wrote: >One of the reason I will always lean towards the Chessmaster programs is that >this program is the only one I have seen that has descriptive notation. I am a >collector of OLD chess books and this was the primary notation. It makes it >much easier to read and study these classic books if I maintain the original >notation. Does anyone know why other programs (especially the Chessbase GUI) >does not offer this option? > >thanks I can read old descriptive notation myself so the program does not have to know it PQ4 is pawn queen 4 d4 or if it is Blacks turn d5 PQB4 is pawn queens bishop 4 is c4 or if it is blacks turn c5 NQb3 is knightqueens bishop 3 is Nc3 or if it is Blacks turn Nc6 Confusing isn't it? if not i make it more confusing PQ5 is d5 when it is Whites turn d4 when it is black's turn NKN5 Is Knight to Kings knight 5 is Ng5 when it is Whites turn Ng4 when it is Black's turn NQN5 is knight to queens knight 5 is Nb5 when it is Whites turn Nb4 when it is Black's turn And it is more clear if you read it in normal notation. But the only reason why you could suport it is more because otherwise nobody Knows how to write or read it anymore I have the enceclopidia of chess by Harry Golombek publisher Batsford which is only written in this way But Capablanca used normal notation in his books which where written much earlier I believe this way of notation only was used in England Just tell me when I am mistaken. Regards Marc van Hal
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