Author: Don Dailey
Date: 17:08:04 02/21/99
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On February 21, 1999 at 20:03:00, Don Dailey wrote: >On February 21, 1999 at 08:37:59, Wijnand Engelkes wrote: > >>Is there a -preferably basic- source of a PGN reader available? I would like to >>try and program my own. > > >Yes, just look for xboard (or winboard.) > >Do you have a chess program? If you write a good PGN reader, you >might as well write a chess program, since much of the code (for >instance a solid move generator) will be in common with a chess >program. > >- Don P.S. Unfortunately for you, xboard is not programmed in Basic. A PGN reader would be a fairly challenging for many programmers. To do it well, you have to be able to identify legal moves, and that means you will have to have a solid move generator, which I mentioned above. You might as well also provide the ability to write pgn which neccessitates the move generator. But this would be a fun project. This could be your user interface if you write a chess program too! - Don
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