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September 2nd 03, 12:50 AM
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simple question about PGN notation
Is tim-mann.org the "official" record of the PGN standard?
Cesar A. K. Grossmann wrote: "Elaine Jackson" wrote in message . ca... Greetings! I need some information for a utility I'm writing. Suppose a knight on d5 can be captured by a pawn on c4 or by another pawn on e4. Then the moves in question are written as "cxd5" and "exd5" respectively, right? But what if you take away the pawn on e4? If the remaining pawn takes the knight, is the move written as "cxd5"? Or is it "d5", or "xd5", or what? TIA for much-needed help. The PGN notation I know (http://tim-mann.org/Standard) uses cxd5: "8.2.3.3: Basic SAN move construction "A basic SAN move is given by listing the moving piece letter (omitted for pawns) followed by the destination square. Capture moves are denoted by the lower case letter "x" immediately prior to the destination square; pawn captures include the file letter of the originating square of the capturing pawn immediately prior to the "x" character." OBS.: SAN = Standard Algebraic Notation Oddly enought, I have a modern book on chess called "Aprenda Xadrez com Garry Kasparov" (portuguese translation of "Learn chess with Garry Kasparov") that has figurine notation inside, and the captures made by pawns doesn't shows part of the information (doesn't have the "x" or the number). So, your capture 'cxd5' would be noted as 'cd'. Of course it's not PGN, it's a book with some games in abbreviated algebraic-figurine notation, and PGN uses SAN. []s -- Cesar A. K. Grossmann 
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September 2nd 03, 01:02 AM
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simple question about PGN notation
"DJV" wrote in message
... Is tim-mann.org the "official" record of the PGN standard? No, but the document linked (http://tim-mann.org/Standard) is the official standard. -- GCP
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