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Subject: Re: Why re-invent the weel? SGF has been around for a while now.

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 13:28:21 06/09/04

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On June 09, 2004 at 16:12:51, Dan Andersson wrote:

> There are already working alternatives. And the Smart Game Format has been
>around for quite some time. They would surely be interested in input and ideas
>from chess programmers.
>http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/
>An XML version
>http://www.red-bean.com/sgf/xml/
>
>MvH Dan Andersson

That page is a good example of what Joel Spolsky calls "Architecture
Astronauts".

There is _no_ point in making a format general enough for all board games.  We
want a format that is chess specific, with maybe a few chess variants if we are
really feeling abstract that day.

anthony



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