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Subject: Re: Is there a way to convert a Chess Genius 6 opening book into EPD or PGN?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 13:11:10 12/16/03

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On December 16, 2003 at 16:09:44, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On December 16, 2003 at 15:48:37, David Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On December 16, 2003 at 15:17:30, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>I would hate to do the job manually.
>>
>>Hi Dann
>>
>>What file extension are Genius 6 books? If .bok, there is one method that will
>>convert to pgn. The fgcrwnew book converter will convert Genius .bok files to
>>.fbk format. Then using either The Crazy Bishop or Chessbase Lite, the .fbk book
>>can be converted to pgn, with nested variations. Odd Gunnar Malins utility,
>>PgnSplit, will then converted the nested variations to separate lines. I know
>>this is a lot of steps, but much easier than doing it manually. :-)
>
>They are .gdb and .gdi extensions.

I should mention that this book is work performed by someone else (Dana
Turnmire) and I am not trying to reverse engineer or otherwise steal Chess
Genius data.



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