Yahoo emails a list like this:

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: kilowatttd
;Black: yennapadepez
;Date: Sat Oct 20 17:37:20 GMT 2007

1. d2-d4 g7-g6
2. e2-e4 f8-g7
3. c2-c4 e7-e6
4. b1-c3 c7-c6
5. g1-f3 a7-a6
6. f1-d3 g8-e7
7. o-o o-o
8. c1-f4 d7-d6
9. e4-e5 d6-d5
10. c4xd5 c6xd5
11. a1-c1 b7-b5
12. a2-a3 b8-d7
13. d1-e2 d7-b6
14. c1-c2 c8-d7
15. f1-c1 d7-c6
16. c3xb5 a6xb5
17. d3xb5 a8-c8
18. b5xc6 e7xc6
19. c2xc6 c8xc6
20. c1xc6 b6-c4
21. f4-g5 d8-d7
22. c6-c5 h7-h6
23. g5-d2 g6-g5
24. d2-b4 f8-c8
25. h2-h4 c8xc5
26. b4xc5 g7-f8
27. c5xf8 g8xf8
28. h4xg5 h6-h5
29. e2-c2 f8-g7
30. f3-h4 d7-e7
31. h4-f3 e7-a7
32. c2-c1 a7-b6
33. b2-b4 b6-a6
34. c1-a1 a6-a4
35. b4-b5 a4xb5
36. a3-a4 b5-a5
37. a1-d1 c4-b2
38. d1-b3 b2-c4
39. b3-b5 a5-a7
40. b5-c5 a7xa4
41. c5-e7 c4-b2
42. e7-f6+ g7-f8
43. g5-g6 b2-d1
44. f6xf7++

I have tried to put just the move list in a text file and name it
xxx.pgn

When I try to load the file in Chessmaster it will open the file, but
it has a games in file list and it is empty.

I get index out of range.

Suggestions?

Thanks

On Oct 20, 6:55 pm, Terry wrote:

Yahoo emails a list like this:
;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: kilowatttd
;Black: yennapadepez
;Date: Sat Oct 20 17:37:20 GMT 2007

1. d2-d4 g7-g6
2. e2-e4 f8-g7
3. c2-c4 e7-e6 ....

When I try to load the file in Chessmaster it will open the file, but
it has a games in file list and it is empty.

I have Fritz 6 and I cut & paste those Yahoo! games straight into it,
right off the bean, no adsiticious problems.
Is Fritz 6 available for free nowadays?

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:45:37 -0000, Offramp
wrote:


When I try to load the file in Chessmaster it will open the file, but
it has a games in file list and it is empty.

I have Fritz 6 and I cut & paste those Yahoo! games straight into it,
right off the bean, no adsiticious problems.
Is Fritz 6 available for free nowadays?

The reason I want to paste the games into Chessmaster is so I can play
back to a position and ask Chessmaster for advice.

I would have liked to have been smart enough to hang on to at least
one of those passed pawns.

Terry wrote:
Yahoo emails a list like this:

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: kilowatttd
;Black: yennapadepez
;Date: Sat Oct 20 17:37:20 GMT 2007

1. d2-d4 g7-g6
2. e2-e4 f8-g7
3. c2-c4 e7-e6
4. b1-c3 c7-c6
[...]
I have tried to put just the move list in a text file and name it
xxx.pgn

It's not PGN so there's no reason to expect that to work. Winboard
will, as I recall, import this notation and then allow you to save it
as PGN.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Moistened Simple Monk (TM): it's like
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ a man of God but it has no moving
parts and it's moist!

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 13:55:40 -0400, Terry
wrote:

Yahoo emails a list like this:

;Title: Yahoo! Chess Game
;White: kilowatttd
;Black: yennapadepez
;Date: Sat Oct 20 17:37:20 GMT 2007

1. d2-d4 g7-g6
2. e2-e4 f8-g7
3. c2-c4 e7-e6


I have tried to put just the move list in a text file and name it
xxx.pgn

When I try to load the file in Chessmaster it will open the file, but
it has a games in file list and it is empty.

I get index out of range.

Suggestions?

Thanks

Answer my own question. I found out you have to change the way
Chessmaster displays the notation. (You would think it could read a
game without this)

Anyway, it works like a charm now.

Thanks everyone