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Subject: Quotation mark in PGN headers

Author: Dieter Buerssner

Date: 15:51:55 02/01/03

I wonder, if the following PGN headers are correct

[Event "Computer chess game 5' + 3""]
(Typical Chessbase generated header)

[Event "1& A (Pryca Gij\"]
(Generated by Scid from a large database)

I would think, that the correct way to write this would be

[Event "Computer chess game 5' + 3\""]

and

[Event "1& A (Pryca Gij\\"]

But it is a fact, that the above headers happen. I wonder, how PGN parsing
software, that wants to be not too picky, and makes the best of what it sees,
should do in those cases. I can see myself, that looking at the next char can
help in those specific cases, but it may introduce other errors for correct PGN.

How do other authors cope with this?

Regards,
Dieter

Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers Andreas Herrmann 11:52:55 02/02/03
Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers Miguel A. Ballicora 06:47:12 02/02/03
Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers Frank Schneider 23:33:48 02/01/03
Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers David Dory 17:47:57 02/01/03
Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers Peter Fendrich 16:50:29 02/01/03
Re: Quotation mark in PGN headers Koundinya Veluri 16:44:21 02/01/03

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