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Subject: TO THE PROGRAMMERS HERE....

Author: KIRK SEARS

Date: 12:35:38 04/12/03

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Think about adding Descriptive Notation as a future option for your programs.
The old chess library buffs would certainly love it.  I know that Chessmaster
and Chessbase 8 (but not their other programs like Fritz) offer this.

For those of you who are not book hounds or lived before 1970 here are some
links to what it is:

http://www.chessville.com/misc/misc_codes_notation_descriptive.htm

http://www.derekschessworld.com/Descriptive.html

http://chess.about.com/library/ble21brd.htm (GO TO BOTTOM OF PAGE)



On April 11, 2003 at 17:14:48, Bernie Shapiro wrote:

>Many of the classics are written in DN. Sometimes a publisher will do the
>translation, and release the book to the market.Unfortunely that does not happen
>enough. It would be a service to beginners for them to be able to read the
>classics easily. I requested this information about three years ago, and was not
>successful. Maybe now somebody will come up with the answer.
>
>Bernie



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