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Subject: Re: EPD book question + one

Author: Andres Valverde

Date: 14:49:34 09/27/05

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On September 27, 2005 at 16:54:13, Dann Corbit wrote:

>The difficulty I see with the EPD approach is that there are fields that would
>be very good to have which are not defined.  How many times played by super GM's
>or top programs?  How many wins?  How many losses?  How many draws?

This is answered in my former reply

>  There is
>not any bucket for lots of valuable statistical information with EPD.  Of
>course, you can make your own extension or even store it in c0 through c9.
>

Yes, if would be great if these data were usually in PGN files.

>It is also possible to convert EPD to binary which is a bit faster and more
>compact.
>Here is a converter that will turn EPD strings into a more compact notation:
>http://cap.connx.com/Public_CAP_Results/Brainy/BRAINY.ZIP

Thanks will take a look



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