Author: Andreas Stabel
Date: 01:54:44 02/18/00
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On February 17, 2000 at 21:26:39, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On February 17, 2000 at 05:01:20, Andreas Stabel wrote: > >>On February 16, 2000 at 21:39:56, Bernie Shapiro wrote: >> >>>oes anybody know of a program that would translate DN into AN? I realize that it >>>is something thatwill not make any money. It will be a labor of love. The novice >>>kids will be able to study the classics until they are further along and learn >>>DN. >>>Bernie >> >>I have thought of making such a program, but as I see it (and as others has >>stated) the Descriptive Notation is ambiguous and therefore will be very >>difficult to translate. If it were not for this ambiguity, I think I could >>have a program ready in a couple of days. > >What is ambiguous about descriptive notation? > >> >>Regards >>Andreas Stabel When you get into the later part of the games notation like queens rook and kings knight no longer make sense because they have been moved all over the board and may have changed places. If I am wrong in this I would very much like to be explained how to interpret this notation in all cases. Best regards Andreas Stabel
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