Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 07:59:32 09/11/03
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On September 10, 2003 at 21:11:51, Robin Smith wrote: >On September 10, 2003 at 13:26:38, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>One thing I really dislike is resumption of moves. IE >> >>23. e3 (some comment) then 23... black's next real move. The "..." looks >>ugly. In many old annotations, the better form 23. ... black's move makes more >>sense. >> >>But in any case, nn... is ugly... > >Why? Most chess books published these days use nn... Also this is what chessbase >produces when you export a game to text. Ugly or not, I think nn... has become >the norm, and it takes less space. The original intent was for the "..." to indicate "there is a move missing, you need to back up to the last move actually played..." All the books I have use 21. ... Re7, for example. It is easier to parse. One token (always) for the move number. One token for a missing move, one for a real move. Rather than one token that can be a move number or a move number _and_ a missing move.
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