[ Thanks to Glenn Mullikin for this
link. ]
“In part 1 we looked at using xboard with freechess.org to play
chess over the internet. I want to take a look at some of the
features of this free service. And I also want to discuss portable
game notation, the html of chess.”
“Portable game notation was invented a long time ago,
probably before the internet became such a great way to distribute
chess games but I would imagine the internet was a driving
influence in it. What we have is a simple way to represent chess
games so that no matter what chess program you use as a graphical
user interface, it should be able to open a pgn file and play
through the game(s) therein. … The benefits of using a gui
to be able to play through games in pgn notation is that you don’t
have to get out your chess board to play through a game. Although
some would argue that is the best way to do it, you can do it much
quicker with the computer…”
“Playing against computers is not as fun for me as playing
against people but they do have their place. Grandmasters use
computers to prepare for tournaments. Computers are useful in
analyzing positions if you have the specialized software and also
chess databases on cd-rom are available that give in-depth coverage
of particular positions and openings.”
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