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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #10 - 05/24/12 at 19:50:56
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Thank you very much.  I knew I could read the PGN spec and troubleshoot, but I honestly had no idea when I would be able to undertake the task.
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #9 - 05/24/12 at 12:55:43
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Well, there was something wrong with the pgn-header in the site line - maybe the direct link to [site: "www.chesscube.com"].
Anyway, if you want to post a pgn here...you have to delete this line from the pgn-header, or just to delete "www." and ".com" by hand.
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #8 - 05/23/12 at 17:27:13
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Jay wrote on 05/23/12 at 02:18:20:
Could someone let me know what is hanging up the following Chessbase/Fritz12 pgn from getting hung up on the site?  Correcting the code is okay, but I want to know so I can fix it and post to the site when I want to.

I just used copy game, and then I pasted it here, but I get that the first move is bad.  Any assistance is appreciated.

[Event "ChessCube Game"]
[Site "www.chesscube.com"]
[Date "2012.05.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "jdkuyken@chesscube.com"]
[Black "ruxo@chesscube.com"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "1696"]
[BlackElo "1770"]
[Annotator "FireBird 1.2 w32 (20m)"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{A42: Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. e4 d6
{Black has a cramped position} 5. Nge2 $146 c6 {Controls b5+d5} 6. Ng3 b5 7.
Be3 b4 8. Nce2 Bg4 (8... h5 9. h4 $11) 9. f3 Be6 {Black threatens to win
material: Be6xc4} 10. Nf4 Nh6 (10... Bc8 11. Qb3 $16) 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qd2 Nf7
13. Be2 a5 14. h4 (14. O-O Nd7 $16) 14... O-O 15. h5 c5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. d5
exd5 18. cxd5 (18. exd5 a4 19. Qc2 Nh8 $16) 18... Ne5 (18... a4 $5 {must
definitely be considered} 19. O-O-O Nd7 $14) 19. f4 $16 Ned7 (19... Nf7 {[%tqu"","","",e5,"",10]} 20. e5 $1 {Deflection: c5} dxe5 21. f5 $16) 20. f5 (20. Bg4
Rf6 $18) 20... gxf5 $2 (20... Qe8 $142 $5 $16) 21. Nxf5 Ne5 $4 {sad, but how
else could Black save the game?} (21... Rxf5 22. exf5 Qf8 $18) 22. Bh6 Rf7 (
22... Rxf5 {hoping against hope} 23. Bxg7 Nf7 24. exf5 Kxg7 $18) 23. Bxg7 Rxg7
24. Nxg7 (24. Qh6 Nd3+ 25. Kd2 Qf8 26. Raf1 Nf4 27. Rxf4 Qf6 28. Qh8+ (28. Nxg7
Qxh6 29. Rxh6 Nd7 30. Ne6 Ne5 31. Rh5 b3 32. Rg5+ Ng6 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rg3
bxa2 35. Rh4#) (28. Qxg7+ {is a useless try} Qxg7 29. Nxg7 Nd7 $18) 28... Kf7
29. Bh5+ (29. Qxg7+ {is a bad alternative} Ke8 30. Qxf6 exf6 31. Rg4 Kd8 32.
Rg7 Nd7 33. Rh8+ Kc7 34. Rxa8 c4 35. Ra7+ Kb6 36. Rgxd7 Kc5 37. Rab7 c3+ 38.
Ke3 cxb2 39. Rb5#) (29. Nxg7 {is easily refuted} Qxf4+ 30. Kd1 Qe5 31. Bh5+
Qxh5+ 32. Qxh5+ Kxg7 33. Rf1 Nc6 34. Qg4+ Kh8 35. Rh1#) 29... Rg6 30. Nh6#)
24... Kxg7 (24... Qf8 {there is nothing better in the position} 25. Ne6 Qf6 $18
) 25. Qh6+ Kf7 (25... Kg8 {doesn't do any good} 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27. Rh7+ Kg6 28.
Qg7#) 26. Bh5+ Kg8 {White has a mate attack} 27. Qg5+ Kf8 28. Bg6 (28. O-O+ Nf7
29. Rxf7+ Ke8 30. Rxe7+ Kf8 31. Qg7#) 28... Nbd7 (28... Nf7 {is not much help}
{[%tqu "","","",Rh8+,"",10]} 29. Rh8+ $1 {Mate attack} Kg7 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.
Rh7+ Kf8 32. Qf4+ Ke8 33. Qf5 c4 34. Rh8#) 29. Rh8+ (29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qh8#)
29... Kg7 30. Rxd8 (30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Bf5+ Kf8 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Be6#) 30... Rxd8
$18 31. Bf5+ Kf7 32. Qh5+ (32. Be6+ Ke8 33. Qh5+ Kf8 34. Qh8#) 32... Kf6 33.
Qh6+ Kf7 (33... Ng6 {cannot change what is in store for ?} 34. Qxg6+ Ke5 35.
Qg7+ Nf6 36. Qg3+ Kd4 37. Rd1+ Kc4 38. Qd3#) 34. Qh7+ (34. Be6+ Ke8 35. Qh5+
Ng6 36. Qxg6+ Kf8 37. Qf7#) 34... Kf6 35. O-O-O Rf8 36. Bxd7 Nxd7 (36... Ng6 {
hardly improves anything} 37. Rf1+ Ke5 38. Qh5+ Kd4 39. Rd1+ Ke3 40. Qh3+ Kf4
41. Qg4+ Ke5 42. Qg5+ Kxe4 43. Re1+ Kd3 44. Qe3+ Kc4 45. Qe4#) 37. Rf1+ (37.
Rf1+ Ke5 38. Qxe7+ Kd4 39. Rd1+ Ke3 40. Re1+ Kd3 41. Qxd7 Rf2 42. Rd1+ Ke3 43.
Qh3+ Kxe4 44. Qg4+ Ke5 45. Re1+ Re2 46. Rxe2+ Kf6 47. Rf2+ Ke7 48. Qg7+ Ke8 49.
Rf8#) 1-0

  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #7 - 05/23/12 at 13:16:34
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Jay wrote on 05/23/12 at 12:31:52:
These pgn files don't paste with the pgn tags here.

Paste it in new post so we can have a look at it.
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #6 - 05/23/12 at 12:31:52
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These pgn files don't paste with the pgn tags here.  Maybe it's the site?
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #5 - 05/23/12 at 08:24:40
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Jay wrote on 05/23/12 at 01:22:53:
What do I need to do to make them real pgn files postable here?

Open the file ('cbv' or 'cbh') with Fritz, open the game you need, then from the main menu (File) "Save Game As", files of type ('databases' drop down menu) choose 'pgn' and save it. And you will have a pgn-file which you can post here.  Wink
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #4 - 05/23/12 at 01:22:53
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Okay, I have Fritz 12 on some Chessbase platform.  It's PGN files are not the real deal.  What do I need to do to make them real pgn files postable here?
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #3 - 11/05/09 at 00:20:53
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none of the programs mentioned run with wine. One ugly, but functional solution, is to install VirtualBox, install xp within it, install chessbase there...do the conversion and save the files base to linux. 

that's how i do it, anyway.
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #2 - 11/02/09 at 10:50:01
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*.cbv is compressed/zipped Chessbase format. When unpacked, it becomes a set of 10+ files *.cbh, etc. These file formats are all Chessbase proprietary format. In other words, only Chessbase knows how to convert them to PGN.

In order to convert cbv->pgn you need to buy/download/install some Chessbase software like Fritz, Chessbase or the cost-free Chessbase Light. But all there programs are available as Windows software only.

Free tools are not around for this job. (SCID won't help either.)
  
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Re: Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
Reply #1 - 11/02/09 at 10:08:26
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I have been in a similar situation before, and this is what I do (with CB10):

a) Converting CBV to PGN: Create a new database, but instead of setting the database to be a CBV file, set the database as a PGN file. Then copy and paste the games from your CBV database to your PGN database. This will let you send ChessBase files through the Internet, and post game files at this Forum.

b) Converting PGN to CBV: This is the same, but in reverse: Download the database as a PGN file. Then open the program using ChessBase (you may need to extract the files first depending on your software), and create a new database in cbv format. Copy and paste the games from the PGN database to the CBV database.

If you don't have ChessBase, then I cannot help you as I have never needed to search for alternative solutions.
  
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Convert *.cbv-files to pgn
11/02/09 at 07:42:11
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There are a bunch of pgn-viewers available online. I was wondering if there is a *.cbv-viewer online, or at least a program which converts *.cbv-files to pgn-files. 
I'm working under Linux, and installing scid is unfortunately not an option...
  
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