Author: Howard Exner
Date: 06:49:53 06/08/99
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On June 07, 1999 at 13:13:11, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On June 07, 1999 at 12:36:07, Howard Exner wrote: > >>I guess I'm just tired of replying to those who post games >>when numerous follw-ups by other posters include: >> >>What machine was that? >>Were you using two or one computer? >>What's the MHz of the computer? >>Hash size? >>What was that time control again? >> >>I suppose I'll lobby on this for awhile on this site. >>Some might think it worthwhile to have this info >>included in the PGN score and then start including it. >> >>The SSDF guys have it right. Maybe we can call it the >>"SSDF protocol for computer PGN games"? > >Well, time control can be included easily and should be included. ICC includes >it in the title, which is wrong but it works. > >Yes, if you post a game it makes sense to include all of that other information, >but it doesn't make much sense to add tags to PGN, in my opinion. I agree with this also. I'd like to see the info included within the extablished parameters of PGN. The "Event" tag could be used for stuff like one vs two computers while the "White" and Black" identifiers of programs should also include the machine, speed and hash size. > >If all else fails you can include a comment in curly braces before the first >move, which describes exactly what you did. > >bruce Who invented the PGN standard?
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