Author: David Dahlem
Date: 09:55:02 05/17/05
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On May 17, 2005 at 12:45:53, Michael Diosi wrote: >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 Hi Michael It's very simple, if i import the pgn file as downloaded into a chessbase database, all that shows is "ACO Analysis" in the tournament field and the Eco code numbers. There is no need for Chris to make a chessbase file for me, i've already done that using the method described above. Took about two minutes. :-) Regards Dave
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