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Date: 21 Sep 2006 11:01:17
From: Dave (from the UK)
Subject: Smith Morra games in PGN format
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I'm looking for a collection of games using the Smith Morra Gambit. This
page:
http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Smith-Morra/instr_open_Smith_Morra_Part7.htm
ends by saying:
"And here you will find my download files. One file for free (2150
games) and a big database of over 9600 games for only USD 5.95"
Unfortunately the link it points to:
http://www.mychesssite.net/php55/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=viewdownload&cid=5
does not work - it keeps giving a message:
"Temporarily offline. Please try back in a few moments"
I've contacted the author of the article who says the site he linked to
has not worked for a long time and probably never will again. He does
not have the games himself.
Does anyone have this collection of 2150, the other collection of over
9600 games, or a similar collection of Smith Morra games? If so, could
you make it available either by providing a link, or you can upload
directly to a web server I administer.
http://www.althorne.org/php/
Please note, if the file is uploaded, you will not be able to verify it
has been, as the permissions are set to stop this happening - I don't
want the site being used for sharing porn, or uploading executables, PHP
scripts of similar. However, there will be a message indicating progress
and of the file uploaded.
--
Dave (from the UK)
Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: [email protected]
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 21:42:47
From: Chris F.A. Johnson
Subject: Re: Smith Morra games in PGN format
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On 2006-09-21, Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> I'm looking for a collection of games using the Smith Morra Gambit. This
> page:
>
> http://www.chessville.com/instruction/Openings/Smith-Morra/instr_open_Smith_Morra_Part7.htm
>
> ends by saying:
>
> "And here you will find my download files. One file for free (2150
> games) and a big database of over 9600 games for only USD 5.95"
<http://members.torfree.net/chris/chess/SMORRA.PGN.bz2 >
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org >
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Author:
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
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Date: 22 Sep 2006 15:58:17
From: Dave (from the UK)
Subject: Re: Smith Morra games in PGN format
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Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On 2006-09-21, Dave (from the UK) wrote:
>
>>I'm looking for a collection of games using the Smith Morra Gambit. This
>
> <http://members.torfree.net/chris/chess/SMORRA.PGN.bz2>
>
Thanks Chris. When I see the extension of the file, I thought that
person must be a UNIX user - then realised the site was yours.
That said, ICC's Blitzin uses a .bz2 file, which I rather doubt is
compressed in that way, although I can't be bothered to check now. Do
you know who first used that file extension - ICC or the the authors of
the bzip2 compression routine?
PS, if you have a multiprocessor box, there is pbzip2.
http://compression.ca/pbzip2/
which works much faster on my 4 CPU SPARC processor than what the
standard version does. The bzip2 algorithm scales pretty well for
multi-processor machines.
--
Dave (from the UK)
Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: [email protected]
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)
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Date: 22 Sep 2006 11:32:02
From: Chris F.A. Johnson
Subject: Re: Smith Morra games in PGN format
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On 2006-09-22, Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
>> On 2006-09-21, Dave (from the UK) wrote:
>>
>>>I'm looking for a collection of games using the Smith Morra Gambit. This
>
>>
>> <http://members.torfree.net/chris/chess/SMORRA.PGN.bz2>
>
> Thanks Chris. When I see the extension of the file, I thought that
> person must be a UNIX user - then realised the site was yours.
If it had been someone else asking, I'd have repackaged it with
zip before uploading it.
> That said, ICC's Blitzin uses a .bz2 file, which I rather doubt is
> compressed in that way, although I can't be bothered to check now. Do
> you know who first used that file extension - ICC or the the authors of
> the bzip2 compression routine?
AFAIK, bzip was released in 1996, and, I think, has been using
that extension from the start. I don't know when ICC started using
it.
It is also the extension for "ZPoc Christian Music Networks User
File List (ZPoc)": <http://filext.com/alphalist.php?extstart=%5EB >.
> PS, if you have a multiprocessor box,
No such luck; maybe my next machine...
> there is pbzip2.
>
> http://compression.ca/pbzip2/
>
> which works much faster on my 4 CPU SPARC processor than what the
> standard version does. The bzip2 algorithm scales pretty well for
> multi-processor machines.
I've made a note of that for future use. Thanks.
--
Chris F.A. Johnson <http://cfaj.freeshell.org >
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Author:
Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)
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Date: 21 Sep 2006 11:07:55
From: Dave (from the UK)
Subject: Re: Smith Morra games in PGN format
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Dave (from the UK) wrote:
> If so, could
> you make it available either by providing a link, or you can upload
> directly to a web server I administer.
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> http://www.althorne.org/php/
I should have added the files will be at
http://www.althorne.org/up/
> Please note, if the file is uploaded, you will not be able to verify it
> has been, as the permissions are set to stop this happening
If you look at the files in that directory, you will see why I have done
this:
http://www.althorne.org/up/pantsoff.exe (no doubt some form of nasty
executable)
and
http://www.althorne.org/up/r57shell-1.3.php
(a shell in an attempt to hack)
you can understand why I have done this.
But if anyone can upload the games, I'm happy to make them available
later on a web site.
--
Dave (from the UK)
Please note my email address changes periodically to avoid spam.
It is always of the form: [email protected]
Hitting reply will work for a few months only - later set it manually.
http://witm.sourceforge.net/ (Web based Mathematica front end)
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