pgn-export

just to bring up some old ideas from
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=3835

a) line length in pgn-files is 79

b) according the games-mails:
why are there always three dots betwen black and white. I don't think this is correct.

c) castling is O-O or O-O-O (big o's like 'obvious'😉 and not little. every move begins with a uppercase letter.

d) the result after the last move is missing (or the star)

e) you don't use all the seven standart pgn-tags

f) it could be indicated the the game was played at RHP

h) It would be very nice if the pgn-file is directly acessable under a specific URL. eg: http://www.stansco.com/cgi-bin/nc_pgn.cgi?161226

i) please offer the possibility of SAN-export (short algebraic notation).

probably you all know it, but I post a link: http://www.very-best.de/pgn-spec.htm

any chance that I/we get this?
th

I doubt if anything will be done. I brought this up also, and my messages were ignored.

If this site is going to use PGN it should be done correctly.

Dear Russ,
just "repair" b) and d) - I'd say these are the most severe faults. The others... okay... 😕
th

Thire,

As I have stated elsewhere, I will be in maintenance mode soon and will be killing off bugs rather than adding features for a while - so this will happen.

-Russ

Originally posted by Russ
....- so this will happen.

-Russ

Join darkwing clan!
(adverts for darkwing - I try my best 😉)

It could be nice to be able to download /see other's pgn files (eg I want to study lionel's playingstyle offline)
what do you think about that?
th

ps: typing in the page's url does work, but it says "0 emails sent" and I got a blank mail in my inbox.

Originally posted by Russ
Thire,

As I have stated elsewhere, I will be in maintenance mode soon and will be killing off bugs rather than adding features for a while - so this will happen.

-Russ

Russ! Russ?? do you hear me? 😉
th

when you "repair" some of those little pgn-bugs... I have a little wish: give us the option to download ALL games I every played here at RHP in pgn-format.
th

to complete the list 😉
save offers of draws:
http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=4032
th

You might like to check out my post "PGN purifier" in the Developers forum.

first of all: for me pgn is fine now after this great work and does not need any fixes anymore.
neverthless I want to name some little things that are not perfect yet - just if Chris gets bored... 😉

1) the star after the last move when the game is game in progress is missing (8.2.6)
2) line length in pgn-files should be less than 80 printing characters (4.3)
3) save offers of draws: more @ http://www.redhotpawn.com/board/showthread.php?id=4032 (6.2.10 ...)
4) for games that were played from piece set a FEN-tag should be added with the starting position (9.7.2)
5) en passant moves should have a e.p. afterwards
6) Check and checkmate indication characters are missing (8.2.3.5)
7) it could be marked when s.o. claimed a timeout (9.8.1)
8) there is a specification about comments and how movetimes are saved.
9) the type of the timecontrol can be saved in a tag (9.5. and 9.6. ...)

as now pgn is very fine (for me) I want to download all my finished games. Is there another way then clicking on every single game that I played in the last 14 month?
I know that this raises server traffic, but perhaps we get the possibility to access - let's say 25 - games' pgn via search of public games (to study others' games as well).

I hope that I wasn't rude or something. I love the site very much and now pgn is very good. Thanks a lot,
th