🚀 go-pugleaf

Hello specialists!

Two short questions:
1) Does the pgn format require "x" for captures or is
   also ":" possible?
2) Does xboard require "x" for captures in "Load Game" files? 
   With both xboard3.3.3 and xboard3.6.2 I get the strange error 
   message "Bad move 20. ... Rac8"
   when trying to load the first of the following three games. 
   The second game (correct with "x") and the third (without
   any of "x" and ":") work well.

   (I read that xboard accepts many formats, but the one with ":" as 
   capture sign, that is very common at least in Germany, doesn't
   seem to work.)

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[Event "Edited game"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 d6 11. e:d6 Q:d6 12. b3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. b:c4 B:c4 17. Na3 Bd5 18. Bb3 Ne5 19. d4 Nec4 20. N:c4
N:c4 21. Nc5 e5 22. Be3 N:e3 23. f:e3 B:b3 24. Q:b3 b6 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rac1
Rac8 27. d5 e4 28. Nf2 Qc4 29. Red1 f5 30. Qa3 Rf7 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. d6 Be5
*

[Event "Edited game"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. b3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. bxc4 Bxc4 17. Na3 Bd5 18. Bb3 Ne5 19. d4 Nec4 20. Nxc4
Nxc4 21. Nc5 e5 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxb3 24. Qxb3 b6 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rac1
Rac8 27. d5 e4 28. Nf2 Qc4 29. Red1 f5 30. Qa3 Rf7 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. d6 Be5
*
[Event "Edited game"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 g6 8.
O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 d6 11. ed6 Qd6 12. b3 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd5 14. Ne4
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. bc4 Bc4 17. Na3 Bd5 18. Bb3 Ne5 19. d4 Nec4 20. Nc4
Nc4 21. Nc5 e5 22. Be3 Ne3 23. fe3 Bb3 24. Qb3 b6 25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Rac1
Rac8 27. d5 e4 28. Nf2 Qc4 29. Red1 f5 30. Qa3 Rf7 31. Rd2 Rd7 32. d6 Be5
*