                   CLASSIC GAMES DATABASE: A PROPOSAL


There is a need for a database of Scrabble (tm) games, both tournament games 
and those played just "for fun". The criterion is that the games be 
instructive and / or interesting.

Archives of classic chess games are available both in print and on line and 
are valuable resources for learning and analysis. The Scrabble (tm) community 
could benefit from a counterpart to this.

I would suggest a standard notation for game turns, something similar to the 
following:
                Jones:8:d7:v:WORKING:GIKNORW:63:289
This would be interpreted as player Jones at turn 8 constructed the word 
WORKING beginning at square d7, vertically, from rack GIKNORW, for a turn 
score of 63 and a cumulative score of 289.

A classic game archive would be in the Public Domain for unrestricted use by 
anyone. There would be no monetary gain to those submitting their games, only 
the possibility of "immortality" [the famous Anderssen-Kieseritzky chess game 
is still being analyzed 130 years later].


Comments:

M\Cooper
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