PGN FAQ
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PGN FAQ |
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What is PGN? |
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| PGN stands for Program Game
Notation.
For tormented souls who want more, refer to the zipped PGN spec. If you want, download a very basic zipped standalone PGN player. If you need a ZIP / un-Zip program, visit www.shareware.com, and search for "zip". |
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Example of a game written in PGN format |
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| [Event "KO-50.2"] [Site "IECC"] [Date "1997.04.15"] <--- Date of Start of game [White "Brown, Mary"] [Black "Green, John"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 b6 4.O-O Bb7 5.d4 Qf6 6.c3 O-O-O 7.Nbd2 exd4 8.cxd4 Nge7 9.d5 Ne5 10.Qe2 N7g6 11.Ba6 Bd6 12.Nxe5 Qxe5 13.Bxb7+ Kxb7 14.Nf3 Qh5 15.b3 c5 16.dxc6+ dxc6 17.Bb2 Rhe8 18.Rfc1 Bf4 19.Rc4 Rd2 20.Qxd2 Bxd2 21.Nxd2 Nf4 22.e5 f5 23.exf6 Qg5 24.g3 Ne2+ 25.Kf1 Qb5 26.f7 Kc8 27.fxe8=Q+ Kc7 28.Rd4 Nc1+ 29.Kg1 c5 30.Qe3 Nxb3 31.axb3 g5 32.Rda4 c4 33.Ra6 Qa5 34.R6xa5 c3 35.Nc4 cxb2 36.Rd1 b1=N 37.Qe4 Nc3 38.Rxa7+ Kb8 39.Qb7# 1-0 |
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Winboard - PGN Player/editor & Chess Server and Engine Interface |
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| There are many free ".pgn" viewers available. The latest
standard is Winboard. Here is a site that you can download it from...http://www.tim-mann.org/xboard.html
Winboard lets you play/edit PGN files as well as function as an interface
to a chess server (like ICS) or a chess engine like Craft. |
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