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.pgn

File Type Portable Game Notation File IconPortable Game Notation File
File Format Standard (developed by Steven Edwards)
Usage Open manually
Popularity ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆  Common
Description

Text-based file format used to record moves in a chess match; also includes the event name, location, date, round, player names, and result of the game.

The header information of a PGN file is formatted using tags. After the header, player moves are described using "movetext," a syntax based on Standard Algebraic Notation (SAN).

Various chess programs and PGN Viewers can be used to view PGN files.

Open With
Windows

IconChessBase Reader

IconChessBase Fritz

IconChessBase

macOS

IconApple TextEdit

IconAny text editor

Unix

IconXBoard

IconVim

IconAny text editor

Published 2007
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