Author: Manfred Rosenboom
Date: 10:00:23 06/10/04
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On June 10, 2004 at 12:52:26, Gopikrishna wrote:
>In pgn notation a move like pawn on b7 taking a rook at a8 and promoting to
>queen is represented as bxa8=Q or bxa8Q
> Because Parsemove in olithink looks like is looking for bxa8Q.It looks like to
>me that its not looking for former notation (bxa8=Q)
> So pgn like opening books has which format? Thanks.
At the end of section 8.2.3.3 ("Basic SAN move construction") of the PGN
standard, you will find the following paragraph:
"En passant captures do not have any special notation; they are formed as if the
captured pawn were on the capturing pawn's destination square. Pawn promotions
are denoted by the equal sign "=" immediately following the destination square
with a promoted piece letter (indicating one of knight, bishop, rook, or queen)
immediately following the equal sign. As above, the piece letter is in upper
case."
So the correct move in your example is bxa8=Q
Best,
Manfred
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