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Subject: Re: ECO Codes as PGN 1.16 available for download

Author: Michael Diosi

Date: 09:45:53 05/17/05

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On May 17, 2005 at 12:18:03, David Dahlem wrote:

>On May 17, 2005 at 12:00:03, Michael Diosi wrote:
>
>>On May 17, 2005 at 11:51:26, David Dahlem wrote:
>>
>>>On May 17, 2005 at 07:13:38, Michael Diosi wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>Most ECO PGN-files contain only 3,000 lines. This new one contains over 10,000
>>>>lines. You can download it here:
>>>>
>>>>http://www.exactachess.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=20
>>>>
>>>>You can use this for creating own opening books. I am sure you will like it, as
>>>>it is usefull like everything that comes from Exactachess.
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>Michael
>>>>
>>>>http://www.exactachess.com
>>>
>>>Thanks Michael. After downloading a taking a quick look, i have a couple of
>>>comments about this pgn file. First of all, there is no Black pgn tag, and the
>>>Opening tags and Variation tags contain the same info. Also the White tags are
>>>empty, so if this pgn is loaded into another database, for example, a chessbase
>>>database, the opening names are not shown.
>>>
>>>Of course, with the search and replace feature of my text editor, i corrected
>>>these things to my satisfaction. :-)
>>>
>>>Regards
>>>Dave
>>
>>Hello Dave,
>>
>>The idea was for playing a tournament from the end of a line, using the PGN as a
>>guide. Could you  show us what you have done ? You should be able to correct the
>>header by running it with Chess Assistant or some other utility. You could put
>>it inside ChessBase convert to new format CBH, then export as PGN. This should
>>correct your header.
>>
>>When you play a tournament in Arena it will correct the game automatically.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Michael
>
>Hi Michael
>
>
>I wanted the opening names to show in a chessbase database, so i used search and
>replace on a copy of this pgn file to make this possible, then imported the
>lines in a chessbase database. First i removed the [White "?"] tag. Then
>replaced [Opening " with [White ". Next i replaced Variation " with Black "?"].
>After importing into a chessbase database, the opening names are shown in the
>White field.
>
>For example, instead of this ...
>
>[Event "ACO Analysis"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "?"]
>[Opening "Anderssen Opening"]
>[Variation "Anderssen Opening"]
>[Result "*"]
>[ECO "A00"]
>[PlyCount "?"]
>
>  1.a3 *
>
>It now looks like this ...
>
>[Event "ACO Analysis"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Anderssen Opening"]
>[Black "?"]
>[Result "*"]
>[ECO "A00"]
>[PlyCount "?"]
>
>1.a3 *
>
>Regards
>Dave

Hello Dave,

So you mean you want to see the name of the opening instead the name of the
players ? Chris can make a file for you for Chessbase. In Arena this works
already.

Regards,

Micahel



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