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Paul Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard
Opera Game, Paris, 1858, White won
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A queen sacrifice. After Nxb8, the rook mates.
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What is a PGN?
PGN, short for Portable Game Notation, is the plain-text format chess sites use to save games. Tags in square brackets name the players, the event, the date and the result. Then come the moves in algebraic notation, numbered by move. Comments go in curly braces and side lines in round brackets.
[White "Paul Morphy"] [Black "Duke of Brunswick and Count Isouard"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. dxe5 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 dxe5 6. Bc4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bg5 b5 ...
Questions
How do I get the PGN of a Chess.com game?
Open the game, click the Share icon at the bottom of the Analysis tab, choose the PGN tab and click Download. Open the file in any text editor, copy everything and paste it here. In the Android app it's under More, then Export PGN. On iPhone, open the analysis, tap Options, then Share or Copy.
How do I get the PGN of a Lichess game?
Open the game and go to the Share & export tab under the board. Lichess offers a raw PGN with only the moves played, or an annotated one with engine comments and side lines. Either works here.
What's the difference between PGN and FEN?
A FEN describes one position: where every piece stands, whose move it is and who can still castle. A PGN records a whole game, move by move. The viewer shows the FEN of whatever position is on the board, with a button to copy it.
Why won't my PGN load?
Usually one illegal move or a typo, and the viewer names the move it couldn't read. Only standard chess loads: variants such as Crazyhouse or Atomic don't.
Does it show comments and side lines?
Comments, yes: each one appears under the move it follows. Side lines are left out, and the viewer says so when your PGN had some. It plays the main line.
Can I paste several games at once?
The viewer shows the first game and tells you how many it found. Paste the others one at a time.
Is my game uploaded anywhere?
No. The PGN is read in your browser and never leaves it.
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