Author: David Rasmussen
Date: 06:18:17 02/15/02
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On February 15, 2002 at 05:51:25, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote: >I was strike by a notation bug. This was the promotion that in the pgn/Winboard >should be noted with b8=Q and not as the fide standard b8Q. >When I fixed this I also took a look on some other differences. >In the FIDE standard when an enpassant move is made where should the check >symbol be added. exd6 e.p.+ or exd6+ e.p. If you would speak the move the first >sample looks best but on paper the second sample looks better. >This isn't a problem in the PGN-standard because the e.p. abbreviation should >not be added. I took a look on Fide's site but wasn't any wiser. > >Odd Gunnar As far as I know, FIDE uses Short Algebraic Notation (SAN), and so promotions are like "b8=Q" and en passant moves have no special notation: "exd6" is the correct notation. Why do you want a check symbol? If it's a checking move, it should be "exd6+". /David
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