Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 17:02:21 12/01/03
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On December 01, 2003 at 18:04:25, F. Huber wrote: >On December 01, 2003 at 17:52:31, David Dahlem wrote: > >> >>>Yes, I´ve also just failed with ChessBase 7 (I didn´t remember correctly)! >>> >>>But in ChessBase 6 (and Light) there is a menu command to load FBK books, >>>and then you can save the ´game´ to the ´write´ database, which must be PGN. >>> >>>This works - my Fritz4.abk is about 2MB and has about 73000 moves. >>> >>>Next I´ll convert my books for Genius3 and Rebel6. :) >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Franz. >> >>Hi Franz >> >>The readme file of FGCRW says... >> >>"FGCRW Opening book Convertor Fritz-Genius-ChessMaster4000-Rebel-WChess" >> >>Do you know which file extensions for Rebel and WChess books are supported? >> >>Regards >>Dave > >For Rebel it´s MVS, and for WChess BIN (although I can´t test this since >I´ve never had WChess). > >One problem might be, that all Rebel book contain a few illegal book lines >(as a kind of copy protection). I´ve just converted Rebel6.mvs to Rebel6.fbk, >CB6 didn´t say that anything is illegal when importing it, but PgnSplit >reported 4 errors - would be interesting to know, what PgnSplit does in this >case (probably ignore the bad lines)? Hmm... At first sight this seems strange. I think Rebels format was posted on the the Rebel site a few years back (maybe it is there still) and if my memory serve me right it needed legal moves. Eg. it did something ala the old Nic format with adding a number for a legal move generated in a special order instead of the move itself. But leaving Rebel out, PgnSplit ignore an illegal move but proceed with the next move that for sure would be illegal (wrong color to move), and then the next etc. I think I have to change this a bit. Maybe add a random legal move with a comment (error: illegal move xxx) so it is easy to find and then end current variation. The random legal move is so it don't skip a legal variation on the same movenumber as the illegal move. ex. 1.d4 d3 ( 1... d5) If I here jump out after finding 1...d3 as illegal it would also miss the legal 1...d5. It is a bit strange that CB allow illegal moves in the pgn, are you sure that it isn't a bug in PgnSplit. I give it a thought before I change it. I will also try to go your route to see what happend. > >As you see, I´m fully working, so up to now I had no time to test the >Fritz4.abk - but I´m sure, it´s a good book. > >And now it´s really ´bed-time´ here, ;-) Here too :) Odd Gunnar >bye, Franz.
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