Re: WinBoard for watching Chess960 games

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I'm not really working on xboard or WinBoard anymore. I'm cc'ing the
developers mailing list on this reply in case anyone else can help.


On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:46 AM Vadim Trofimov <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello, Tim Mann,
> I really like your WinBoard program. I use Winboard 4.2.7 and Winboard
> 4.8.0 to watch games by downloading and opening the archive in pgn format.
> On the website https://tcec-chess.com/#x=archive there is an archive of
> computer engine games, for example, Season 21, where FRC 4 is Fischer Chess
> 960: Winboard 4.2.7 Winboard 4.8.0 does not show Fischer chess 960 games,
> they write an error message "Illegal move" on moves 0-0; 0-0-0 and other
> moves if there are comments in parentheses in the pgn text. In previous
> seasons, computer engines also played Fischer's 960 chess, and Winboard
> also writes an error message "Illegal move" on moves 0-0; 0-0-0. Please fix
> these Winboard errors to be able to view Fischer's 960 chess games.
>
> PS: Archive of people's games in png format from the site chess-poster.com
> WinBoard shows without errors.
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Vadim Trofimov
> from Russia
>
>
>

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nyone else can help.</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot=
e"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 1, 2022 at 10:46 AM Va=
dim Trofimov &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]=
om</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margi=
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"><div><div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica Neue,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;=
font-size:16px"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"> <div><div>Hello, Tim Man=
n,</div><div>I really like your WinBoard program. I use Winboard 4.2.7 and =
Winboard 4.8.0 to watch games by downloading and opening the archive in pgn=
 format. On the website <a href=3D"https://tcec-chess.com/#x=3Darchive" tar=
get=3D"_blank">https://tcec-chess.com/#x=3Darchive</a> there is an archive =
of computer engine games, for example, Season 21, where FRC 4 is Fischer Ch=
ess 960: Winboard 4.2.7 Winboard 4.8.0 does not show Fischer chess 960 game=
s, they write an error message &quot;Illegal move&quot; on moves 0-0; 0-0-0=
 and other moves if there are comments in parentheses in the pgn text. In p=
revious seasons, computer engines also played Fischer&#39;s 960 chess, and =
Winboard also writes an error message &quot;Illegal move&quot; on moves 0-0=
; 0-0-0. Please fix these Winboard errors to be able to view Fischer&#39;s =
960 chess games.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">PS: Archive of =
people&#39;s games in png format from the site <a href=3D"http://chess-post=
er.com" target=3D"_blank">chess-poster.com</a> WinBoard shows without error=
s.</div></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best wishes,<br></div></div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">Vadim Trofimov=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr">from Russia</div><=
div><br></div><div><div style=3D"font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;fon=
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