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Date: 19 Feb 2007 11:08:52
From: Tox
Subject: ECO PGN with annotation
What I'm really looking for is something like the MCO book in PGN format. I
have a PGN file of basically all of the chess openings and variations, but
there are no comments or annotation to go along with it, which is what I
really want. So, does such an animal exist? How about something like the
MCO book as a text file?

-gk-






 
Date: 21 Feb 2007 03:34:53
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ECO PGN with annotation
On Feb 19, 12:08 pm, "Tox" <[email protected] > wrote:
> What I'm really looking for is something like the MCO book in PGN format. I
> have a PGN file of basically all of the chess openings and variations, but
> there are no comments or annotation to go along with it, which is what I
> really want. So, does such an animal exist? How about something like the
> MCO book as a text file?
>
> -gk-

Convekta has a product out, "Opening Instructor," that is in some ways
similar what you're asking about -- although it's not PGN, it's based
on the Chess Assistant program. A link to a review:
http://www.chessville.com/reviews/OpeningInstructor.htm



 
Date: 20 Feb 2007 09:53:55
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: ECO PGN with annotation
Tox <[email protected] > wrote:
> What I'm really looking for is something like the MCO book in PGN
> format. I have a PGN file of basically all of the chess openings
> and variations, but there are no comments or annotation to go along
> with it, which is what I really want. So, does such an animal
> exist?

Almost certainly not.

Apart from anything else, preparing such a thing would be a huge task:
even without comments, such a work would be several hundred pages of
printed text; with comments, it would essentially be a sumy of
every opening book ever printed!

If you want comments on the opening, you're best off either buying a
general book like Fine's `The Ideas behind the Chess Openings' or more
specific books on the openings you're interested in.


Dave.

--
David Richerby Gigantic Confusing Tool (TM): it's
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ like a hammer but you can't understand
it and it's huge!


 
Date: 19 Feb 2007 13:00:55
From: [email protected]
Subject: Re: ECO PGN with annotation
On Feb 19, 12:08 pm, "Tox" <[email protected] > wrote:
> What I'm really looking for is something like the MCO book in PGN format. I
> have a PGN file of basically all of the chess openings and variations, but
> there are no comments or annotation to go along with it, which is what I
> really want. So, does such an animal exist? How about something like the
> MCO book as a text file?
>
> -gk-

Subscribe To Chessbase Magazine. They have annotated games with
commentary and that is about as close as you'll get.