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ebillgo

13. C2=5  r3+2  14. H3-2  p7+1

The moves look simple enough, but if you have to copy lots of  them with the keyboard , you have to deal with letters, numbers and the three mathematical symbols. With Excel as assistant,  things can be simplified a little bit. 

   In the past, I sometimes copy game scores from books to some XQ softwares with this little trick. The two moves above becomes: 

    crhp ( the pieces of the two moves first ) and then the coordinates: 

    205312322711 ( the moves with 0 to stand for =, 1 stands for + and 2 stands for - 

     With some tinkering with excel functions, the original moves are then displayed. 

 

     In cases when you find a game  really worth studying, and transferring the game scores from a book or a non-copiable XQ website, the copying is really a breezethrough. 

       For those who have downloaded the QH Toolkit 1.0,  The copied moves are then turned into a format compatible with QianHong .

 The little excel converter will be available very soon from the Downloads section. 


HGMuller

Of course the recommended way to enter games by hand is dragging pieces with the mouse.