© 1979 by British Computer Society
How to read, make and store chess moves

1 Computing Services, University of Sheffield, The Hicks Building, Sheffield, UK, 2 Department of Economics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia
A vast wealth of knowledge lies untapped in the chess libraries of the world. This paper discusses some simple techniques which could allow computers to access, verify and share this information.
Received October 1977.
* Division of Computing Research, CSIRO Canberra, Australia; now at Computing Services, University of Sheffield, The Hicks Building, Sheffield S10 2TN.
Department of Economics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia