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Old October 3rd 06, 12:26 PM posted to rec.games.chess.computer
David Richerby
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Default short algebraic notation to long algebraic notation

Simon Krahnke wrote:
With SAN you always know:

- the type of the piece that moves
- the square the piece moves to
- if it captures another piece or not
- if it is a promotion and what kind

When you have more than one piece of the indicated type, SAN almost
never tells you which of the pieces is to move.


I assume you mean that SAN almost never tells you explicitly which of
the pieces is to move. Obviously, SAN always tells you implicitly:
otherwise, it would be ambiguous.


Dave.

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