Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 13:52:34 07/14/02
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On July 14, 2002 at 14:25:09, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:
>On July 14, 2002 at 12:42:31, Steve Coladonato wrote:
>
>>On July 13, 2002 at 14:17:54, Odd Gunnar Malin wrote:
>>
>>>On July 13, 2002 at 12:44:05, Will Singleton wrote:
>>>
>>>>From what I can see, CA 6.1 exports game bases in a pseudo-pgn format. Does
>>>>anyone know of a program which will read these and output standard pgn?
>>>>
>>>>Will
>>>
>>>If it is the special escape strings, you can turn it off with unmarking
>>>tools\options\general\use ca markup in pgn.
>>>
>>>For other problems you can use the extract32 tool. I guess you will find it on
>>>most download pages.
>>>
>>>oddGM
>>
>>The biggest problem I have is that CA exports a "Z0" symbol in the pgn file. I
>>don't know what it is but SCID doesn't like it. Do you happen to know what this
>>symbol is? Unmarking the "use ca markup in pgn" option doesn't remove it.
>>
>>Steve
>
>Hi.
>
>I don't think I have seen this, do you have an sample?
>
>Anyway after you turn off the marker you have to restart CA to get it to work.
>
>I have made a command for pgn-files in the explorer assosiation box so I can run
>a converter tool just by right clicking on them and select a convert command.
>
>Here is the cmd file that is running:
>
>del tmp0tmp.pgn
>d:\Utility\PGNBeauty.exe %1 tmp0tmp.pgn
>del %1
>d:\utility\Extract32.exe -a%1 tmp0tmp.pgn
>del tmp0tmp.pgn
>
>
>PGNBeaty is just a little tool to remove unneeded pgn headers (empty headers).
>
>I run it whenever I shall share some pgn-files with other's.
>
>
>I took some heavy gamefiles with comment and variation but could not find your
>"Z0" in any of them.
>
>Odd Gunnar
Ok, I tested a little and it seem that extract32 isn't the right tool.
Here is a game it don't manage to read:
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A31"]
1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 ( 4...b6 {?!} 5.Nc3
( 5.f3 Bb7 6.e4 $14 ( 6.Nc3 ) ) Bb7 6.f3 ( 6.Bg5 {= ?!} ) d6
( 6...a6 7.e4 d6 $14 ) ( 6...e6 7.e4 d6 ) 7.e4 e6 ( 7...a6 $14 )
( 7...Nbd7 $14 ) 8.Be2 ( 8.Be3 Be7 ( 8...Nbd7 9.Be2 Be7
( 9...a6 ) 10.O-O O-O ( 10...a6 ) ) ( 8...a6 9.Be2
( 9.Qd2 $14 {/=} ) Nbd7 ( 9...Be7 ) 10.O-O ) 9.Be2
( 9.Qd2 $14 {/=} ) O-O ( 9...Nbd7 ) ( 9...a6 10.O-O ) 10.O-O )
Be7 ( 8...Nbd7 9.O-O $14 ( 9.Be3 ) ) ( 8...a6 9.O-O
( 9.Be3 ) Nbd7 ( 9...Be7 ) 10.Be3 Be7 11.Qd2 ( 11.a4 O-O 12.a5
d5 $14 {/=} ( 12...bxa5 {?!} 13.Nb3 $14 {/} $16 ) ) O-O ) 9.O-O
( 9.Be3 ) O-O ( 9...a6 10.Be3 O-O ( 10...Nbd7 ) ) 10.Be3 a6
( 10...Nbd7 11.Qd2 ( 11.Rc1 {= ?!} ) a6 ) 11.Qd2 ( 11.Qe1 {= ?!} )
Nbd7 12.Rfd1 ( 12.a4 {= ?!} ) ( 12.Rac1 Rc8 ( 12...Qc7 ) 13.Rfd1 )
Qc7 ( 12...Re8 13.Rac1 Qc7 ( 13...Rc8 ) ) ( 12...Rc8 13.Rac1
Re8 ( 13...Qc7 ) 14.Bf1 Qc7 ) 13.Rac1 Rac8 ( 13...Rfe8 14.Bf1
Rac8 15.Qf2 ( 15.Kh1 {= ?!} ) Qb8 ) 14.Bf1 ( 14.Qe1 $14 {/=} )
Qb8 ( 14...Rfe8 ) 15.Qf2 ( 15.Kh1 Rfe8 16.Qf2 Bd8 $14 {/=} )
Rfe8 ( 15...Bd8 $14 ) 16.b4 $14 ) ( 4...d6 5.Nc3 )
( 4...a6 5.g3 ( 5.Nc3 e6 ( 5...d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 $14 {/=} ) ) e6 )
( 4...g6 5.Nc3 ( 5.g3 ) ) 5.Nb5 ( 5.Nf3 Nc6 ( 5...e4 {?!} 6.Nd4
d5 $14 ) 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2 O-O 8.g3 {=} ) ( 5.Nc2 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5
7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.e4 {=} ) d5 ( 5...Bc5 6.Nd6+ Ke7 $14 {/=} ) 6.cxd5
Bc5 ( 6...Qa5+ {?!} 7.N5c3 b5 $14 ) 7.e3 ( 7.N5c3 O-O 8.h3
( 8.e3 ) e4 9.g4 Re8 {=} ) O-O 8.N5c3 ( 8.Be2 {?!} Nxd5 $15 )
e4 ( 8...Bf5 {?!} 9.a3 $14 ) ( 8...Qe7 9.Be2 e4 ) 9.Be2 Qe7
( 9...Re8 {=} ) 10.a3 Rd8 11.b4 Bd6 12.Bb2 Bf5 13.Nd2 Nbd7 {=} *
So it's out to search for another commandline utility, or write my own.
Odd Gunnar
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