Opening books format

[beachknight]

Is there any executable that takes *.abk book as input
and produce *.pgn as output.

I'd be glad to have such a tool.

Best to you,

[beachknight]

OS: WinXPSP2

Best!

[Jim Ablett]

Is there any executable that takes *.abk book as input
and produce *.pgn as output.

I'd be glad to have such a tool.

Best to you,

Here's the compiled windows exe 'abk2pgn.exe' from Dann's modified src.
Works fine, but output still needs a little bit of post-processing
with pgn-extract/pgntrim.

http://www.zshare.net/download/10653257fcb8f902/

Jim.

[CThinker]

One more modification...

Replace this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo)
        fprintf(ft, "Q");       // allways queen: this is incorrect 

with this:

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    if (move_promo) {
        static const char prm[] = "RNBQ";
        fprintf(ft, "%c", prm[abs(move_promo)-1]);
    }

[Jim Ablett]

One more modification...

Replace this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo)
        fprintf(ft, "Q");       // allways queen: this is incorrect 

with this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo) {
        static const char prm[] = "RNBQ";
        fprintf(ft, "%c", prm[abs(move_promo)-1]);
    }

abk2pgn with Lance Perkins mod

http://www.zshare.net/download/106703053e39962e/

For cleaning up pgns I created a little batch script for my personal use
which run a series of pgn tools one after the other automatically (saves a lot of typing on the command line).

http://www.zshare.net/download/1067058909ff22e0/

This what it does automatically >

To clean/normalize and process a pgn file

Step 1: Backup original pgn file.
Step 2: 'Pgn-Extract' to remove duplicates.
Step 3: 'CleanTag' to remove erroneous tags.
Step 4: 'Trim' to correctly re-format pgn file.
Step 5: 'PgnMan' to add ECO to openings.
Step 6: 'AddElo' to fill in missing Elo tags.
Step 7: 'CleanUp' to remove incorrect null values.
Step 8: 'NameList' to produce player stats file.
Step 9: 'Ratelist' to produce player elo stats file

Step 10: Output completed/processed pgn 'processed.pgn' and stats files.


On the command line type:
-----------------------------------------------

process <name of pgn file>

EXAMPLE:

process anand.pgn


When completed directory will additionally contain >

1. processed.pgn - the fully cleaned/normalized/processed pgn file.
2. Ratelist.txt - Ratings list of all players contained in the pgn.
3. Namelist.txt - List of all players contained in the pgn.

Jim.

[Jim Ablett]

On the command line type:
-----------------------------------------------

process <name of pgn file>

EXAMPLE:

process anand.pgn

Small amendment to that. The don't have to type the name of the pgn.
Just drop the pgn into the folder and type process

Jim.

[beachknight]

Thanks Jim.

I'll try them out.

Best to yoU!

[Jimbo I]

One more modification...

Replace this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo)
        fprintf(ft, "Q");       // allways queen: this is incorrect 

with this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo) {
        static const char prm[] = "RNBQ";
        fprintf(ft, "%c", prm[abs(move_promo)-1]);
    }

abk2pgn with Lance Perkins mod

http://www.zshare.net/download/106703053e39962e/

For cleaning up pgns I created a little batch script for my personal use
which run a series of pgn tools one after the other automatically (saves a lot of typing on the command line).

http://www.zshare.net/download/1067058909ff22e0/

This what it does automatically >

To clean/normalize and process a pgn file

Step 1: Backup original pgn file.
Step 2: 'Pgn-Extract' to remove duplicates.
Step 3: 'CleanTag' to remove erroneous tags.
Step 4: 'Trim' to correctly re-format pgn file.
Step 5: 'PgnMan' to add ECO to openings.
Step 6: 'AddElo' to fill in missing Elo tags.
Step 7: 'CleanUp' to remove incorrect null values.
Step 8: 'NameList' to produce player stats file.
Step 9: 'Ratelist' to produce player elo stats file

Step 10: Output completed/processed pgn 'processed.pgn' and stats files.


On the command line type:
-----------------------------------------------

process <name of pgn file>

EXAMPLE:

process anand.pgn


When completed directory will additionally contain >

1. processed.pgn - the fully cleaned/normalized/processed pgn file.
2. Ratelist.txt - Ratings list of all players contained in the pgn.
3. Namelist.txt - List of all players contained in the pgn.

Jim.

Hi Jim,
I stumbled across this thread and was wanting to try out your abk2pgn compile with the Lance Perkins mod, but it seems the link has expired. Would it be possible for you to repost a new link so I can download it to play with? Thanks.

[Jim Ablett]

One more modification...

Replace this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo)
        fprintf(ft, "Q");       // allways queen: this is incorrect 

with this:

Code: Select all

    if (move_promo) {
        static const char prm[] = "RNBQ";
        fprintf(ft, "%c", prm[abs(move_promo)-1]);
    }

abk2pgn with Lance Perkins mod

http://www.zshare.net/download/106703053e39962e/

For cleaning up pgns I created a little batch script for my personal use
which run a series of pgn tools one after the other automatically (saves a lot of typing on the command line).

http://www.zshare.net/download/1067058909ff22e0/

This what it does automatically >

To clean/normalize and process a pgn file

Step 1: Backup original pgn file.
Step 2: 'Pgn-Extract' to remove duplicates.
Step 3: 'CleanTag' to remove erroneous tags.
Step 4: 'Trim' to correctly re-format pgn file.
Step 5: 'PgnMan' to add ECO to openings.
Step 6: 'AddElo' to fill in missing Elo tags.
Step 7: 'CleanUp' to remove incorrect null values.
Step 8: 'NameList' to produce player stats file.
Step 9: 'Ratelist' to produce player elo stats file

Step 10: Output completed/processed pgn 'processed.pgn' and stats files.


On the command line type:
-----------------------------------------------

process <name of pgn file>

EXAMPLE:

process anand.pgn


When completed directory will additionally contain >

1. processed.pgn - the fully cleaned/normalized/processed pgn file.
2. Ratelist.txt - Ratings list of all players contained in the pgn.
3. Namelist.txt - List of all players contained in the pgn.

Jim.

Hi Jim,
I stumbled across this thread and was wanting to try out your abk2pgn compile with the Lance Perkins mod, but it seems the link has expired. Would it be possible for you to repost a new link so I can download it to play with? Thanks.

New link - abk2pgn (Lance Perkins mod)
Download:
http://www.mediafire.com/?nt2jvxzmttz

Jim.

[Jimbo I]

Many thanks, Jim!