4 EGGO stands for "Examine Great Games Online". EGGO is an online database
5 program that facilitates examining and analyzing great games from players such
6 as Fischer, Kasparov, and Karpov. Basically, EGGO allows you to examine a
7 game except that the moves come from EGGO's database, not the chess server.
8 Currently, EGGO's database contains about 15000 to 20000 games. Type "finger
9 EGGO" for more information.
11 In order to use EGGO, send EGGO a command; EGGO then processes the command
12 and returns the output to you. See below for a list of commands and their
15 EGGO can have only one primary user at a time, meaning only one person at a
16 time can select the games to be examined. However, once a game has been
17 loaded for examination, other users can paticipate in examining and analyzing
18 the game using the "mexamine" and "observe" features of the chess server.
23 First step, type "observe EGGO". Second step, type "xtell EGGO begin". If
24 no other game is being examined, EGGO will make you the examiner -- you will
25 then be able to examine a game from EGGO's library. Otherwise, someone else
26 is listed as EGGO's main examiner and you will only be able to examine that
27 game for the moment. If you want someone else to help examine a game with
28 you, use the "mexamine" command. When you are finished examining one game and
29 want to examine another, simply use the examine command. Lastly, use the
30 unexamine command in order to leave EGGO.
33 EGGO'S COMMANDS (list):
35 about examine help revert status
36 begin forward more search who
39 EGGO'S COMMANDS (descriptions):
43 Usage: xtell eggo about
45 If someone is already examining an EGGO's game, this command will display
46 information about the game being examined. This command is also useful
47 for knowing EGGO's status. Anyone can use this command.
51 Usage: xtell eggo begin
53 If EGGO is not busy, this command starts an EGGO session. If EGGO was
54 already in use, this command will have no effect.
58 Usage: xtell eggo examine #
60 You may use this command after a successful "xtell eggo search" command.
61 For example, "xtell eggo examine 1" will begin examination of game #1 from
62 the search output. You can repeat this command for other games from the
63 search output when you are finished examining your current game. That is,
64 you can type "xtell eggo examine #" for the next game; you do not need to
65 "unexamine" the other game first. (Please do not confuse this use of
66 examine with the normal "examine" command.)
70 Usage: xtell eggo forward [n]
72 When you are already examining an EGGO's game, you can go forward 1 or
73 more moves using "xtell EGGO forward [n]". The default value for 'n'
74 is 1. Currently, you cannot go forward more than 20 moves at one time.
78 Usage: xtell eggo more
80 This command allows you view the results of your search command. It will
81 list the next 20 games in the list (if there are any). You must be EGGO's
82 current user to use this command.
86 Usage: xtell eggo revert
88 After making your own moves when examining an EGGO's game, you can go back
89 to your game's mainline by "xtell eggo revert". (Please do not confuse
90 this command with the normal "revert" command.)
94 Usage: xtell eggo search [player1 {player2} {draw|nodraw}]
96 You may use this command after a successful "xtell EGGO begin". The
97 purpose of this command is to search the EGGO game database for games by
98 particular players. "Player1" must be one of the names EGGO recognizes;
99 use the "xtell EGGO who" command to see which names EGGO knows. You can
100 use "draw" and "nodraw" to select a game with a particular result; they
103 "Search" alone without arguments will list the results of your previous
104 search. Here are other examples:
105 xtell eggo search Capablanca
106 xtell eggo search Fischer nodraw
107 xtell eggo search Fischer Spassky
108 xtell eggo search Kasparov Karpov nodraw
109 You can view the results of the search with "xtell EGGO more".
113 Usage: xtell eggo status
115 This command will display information about EGGO's current status, such as
116 whether EGGO is open or closed, and which game (if any) is being examined.
120 Usage: xtell eggo who
122 This command will list all of the "primary" players known to EGGO. These
123 primary players are used in EGGO's search command. Anyone can use this
124 command whether they are EGGO's current user or not.
129 (a) Since many of the EGGO commands are long, you might want to consider
130 creating aliases for the commands you will use a lot (such as "xtell EGGO
131 forward"). Suitable aliases will save you a lot of time as you play through
132 these games from famous players.
134 See Also: alias examine mexamine
136 [Written by Warrior August 18, 1995; last modified: August 21, 1995 -- Friar]