alan@sun.uucp (Alan Marr) (03/10/86)
Formats for recorded games.
Here is the recorded game format used by the "goban" program for
the first few moves of the builtin example game. The 19
indicates that the game is on a 19x19 board. The zero that
follows next means there was no handicap. The two following
lines containing a blank and a period would contain a list of
positions if there were any stones initially on the board. In
this game there are none. The notation "Black" indicates that
black moves first. Moves are listed in sequence using the
standard international notation where the letter I is skipped.
19
0
.
.
Black
R16 R4
D3 C5
E4 P16
P17 O17
Q17 N16
O15 P15
O18 O14
N18 O3
Q14 C15
C17 E16
E17 F17
I would like to see this notation extended to include comments
so that games, problems, and joseki can be recorded with
commentaries placed in-line at the appropriate move. The
comments would probably be best in the /* comment */ form.
Header lines should be marked what they are. For example:
"Lines: 19". Also, it should be free form so that any number of
moves can be placed on a line.
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