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Subject: Re: Quickest way to enter hundreds of game scores?

Author: Frank Schneider

Date: 21:54:09 03/17/02

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On March 17, 2002 at 16:15:40, Roy Eassa wrote:

>
>What do you think is the quickest way to get the moves to hundreds (decades) of
>game scores (currently on paper) into PGN format?
>
>Does one particular program make it even a little easier than the others to
>enter and save large numbers of games by hand?  (I am concerned about extreme
>boredom and/or aching hands.)
>
>I am fortunate (and confused) enough to have the choice between nearly every
>program for the  PC, Macintosh, Palm, and Pocket PC.

If you have to enter the moves manually I'd use a Pocket PC- or Palm program,
because a stylus is more convenient than a mouse. My suggestion is (of
course) PocketGrandmaster (http://www.pocketgrandmaster.com), because it
allows to enter moves with a single tap, when there is only one legal move
to or from the tapped square. The free demo-version of PocketGrandmaster
allows you to enter and save games, so you could just give it a try!

Alternatively you could enter the moves in a texteditor and use chess software
to make sure you only entered legal moves.

Frank

>
>Do you think stylus entry would be quicker or less tiring than mouse entry?
Yes, definately.

>Is keyboard entry worth considering?
>
>Once the games are in PGN on any platform, it's easy to copy/move them to all
>the other platforms, of course.
>
>Thanks for your opinion!



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