PGN Viewer and Importer

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About PGN

PGN stands for Portable Game Notation. It is the standard plain-text format for recording a chess game, and it is supported by essentially every chess program and website. A PGN holds optional header tags in square brackets followed by the moves themselves.

Standard headers

Event, Site, Date, Round: Where and when the game was played. These are the first four tags of the standard Seven Tag Roster.
White and Black: The names of the two players.
Result: 1-0 for a White win, 0-1 for a Black win, 1/2-1/2 for a draw, or * when the game has no result.
SetUp and FEN: Used together to mark a game that began from a non-standard position. The FEN tag holds that starting position.

A minimal game

Headers are optional; the movetext and result are what make the game replayable.

[Event "Example Game"]
[White "White"]
[Black "Black"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 1-0

Move notation

Moves use standard algebraic notation. Castling is O-O or O-O-O, captures use x, checks use +, and checkmate uses #. Promotion is written as the destination square followed by the piece, for example e8=Q. The same notation is used on the analysis board.

Reviewing your own games

Stepping through your own games is one of the fastest ways to improve. Import a game here, then open it on the analysis board: every move is graded against the engine so you can see exactly where the game turned, and your imported games are kept in the Library on this device.