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Subject: Re: ICCF Numeric to Algebraic - challenge!

Author: Robert Ericsson

Date: 01:07:04 03/22/99

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I/We want to be able to type in numeric notation. If you can write a perl script
I and other cc players would be very greatful! Many thanks in advance!

/Robert

On March 20, 1999 at 18:10:10, Tim Mirabile wrote:

>Do you want to be able to type in the move in numeric notation, or do you simply
>have files to convert.  If you just want to convert files from e.g. 5254 to e2e4
>and then import them into some program which accepts this, I can write a perl
>script to do this in about ten minutes.
>
>If you must type in the moves, why not type the complete score into a text file,
>then do the conversion and import.
>
>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



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