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   8 <H1>Amazons (GM[18])</H1>
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  10 For more information about Amazons contact
  11 <A HREF="mailto:mueller@etl.go.jp">Martin Mueller</A> or have a look at
  12 <A HREF="http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/amazons.html">gamerz.net</A>.
  13 A strong Amazons program for Windows can be freely downloaded from
  14 <A HREF="http://plaza15.mbn.or.jp/~yss/index.html">Hiroshi Yamashita's page</A>.
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  16 <H2>Defaults</h2>
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  18 The default board size for Amazons is SZ[10].
  19 <BR>The default start position for two player games is
  20 <TT>AB[dj][gj][ag][jg]AW[da][ga][ad][jd]</TT>,
  21 unless there are setup properties in the root node (AB/AW/AE/AA).
  22 Then the start position is as described by those setup properties.
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  24 <H2><A NAME="types">Point and Move types</A></H2>
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  26 <H3>Point</H3>
  27 The point type is specified by two lowercase letters.
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  30 Coordinate system for points and moves
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  32 The first letter designates the column (left to right), the second the row
  33 (top to bottom). The upper left part of the board is used for smaller
  34 boards, e.g. letters "a"-"m" for 13*13.
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  36 In FF[4] it is possible to specify board sizes upto 52x52.
  37 In this case uppercase letters are used to represent points from 27-52,
  38 i.e. 'a'=1 ... 'z'=26 , 'A'=27 ... 'Z'=52
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  40 <H3>Move</H3>
  41 A move is defined by three points.
  42 <OL><LI>from - where to move from
  43 <LI>to - where to move to
  44 <LI>arrow - where to shoot the arrow
  45 </OL>
  46 The point strings are concatenated in the property value.
  47 <BR>Example: ;B[djddgd];W[addgad];B[gjehea]
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  49 <H2><A NAME="properties">Properties</A></H2>
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  52 <A NAME="AA"><B>Property:</B>   AA</A>
  53 <B>Propvalue:</B>       list of point
  54 <B>Propertytype:</B>    setup
  55 <B>Function:</B>        Adding arrows to the board. This can be used to set up
  56                 positions or problems.
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