Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 07:29:22 03/19/99
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On March 18, 1999 at 04:08:35, Robert Ericsson wrote: >On March 18, 1999 at 03:39:13, Michael D. Sharpe wrote: > >>Filemate will display the moves in ICCF Numeric as you enter the moves on the >>display board and the game will be saved in PGN ... doesn't convert however. > >Filemate is great but it doesn't do what we want. In Filemate as in every >other database/chess program you can enter moves in two ways: >1) drag pieces on the board display => moves are generated in a move list >2) type in the algebraic coordinates e2e4 => see above > >What we want is the following: >3) type in the numeric coordinates 5254 => moves generated in a move list > as algebraic moves _and_ moves > displayed on the board > >That is, the translation has to be done by the program and not by us! > >It seems that many programs can generate the moves the other way around. > >This is a great challenge for all you programmers out there! Many chess >programs and chess databases are made with cc players in mind. This is >what cc players want in the next upgrade of _your_ program :-) > >Robert Chessmaster ... hmm, 4000? supports coordinate notation. I'm not sure if you can type in the moves though, or if it only supports the mouse. Perhaps someone with a copy can test it. Dave Gomboc
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