Re: [Scid-users] CBH & CBV to PGN Converters

[Michal R. <mr...@kd...>]

Ivan Fletes,  niedziela, 10 pa=BCdziernika 2004 09:33:
>Most chess databases (with annotated games) are published in .cbh and .cbv
> format. It would be of great utility if SCID came with a function to
> convert these formats to pgn or scid format.  Most pgn files on the
> Internet come with only unannotated games.  A cb to pgn utility would give
> SCID users access to games with lots of annotations.


>Is it too much work to write such a converter?=20
Yes, CBH format is not published, so you will have to do some=20
reverse-engineering. I am not a lawyer, but some people suggested there may=
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be also some legal problems.

>Don't you guys think it would=20
> be a great addition to the SCID database?  It just doesn't make sense that
> being a SCID user you have to download cb light just to make that
> conversion.
It will be nice sure. But games are often available in PGN as well. Also, s=
ome=20
of us probably have access to Fritz or ChessBase, so they may do conversion=
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for you.

Maybe we can even published such converted games on unofficial Scid site (o=
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course, if they are freely available)?

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Michal Rudolf