How to copy a png field from a game played on a DGT chess board

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INFLJAKE

I am having trouble finding a way to upload a game i played OTB off my DGT chess board. I have software that recorded all the moves from the game and saved it to my computer as a png. I do note know how to open it so that I can then copy and paste it into the chess.com analysis. Is there some software that can open it so that i can then copy and paste it? I really need help i just spend 300$ and cant analyze my games that i play with my grandfather.

notmtwain
INFLJAKE wrote:

I am having trouble finding a way to upload a game i played OTB off my DGT chess board. I have software that recorded all the moves from the game and saved it to my computer as a png. I do note know how to open it so that I can then copy and paste it into the chess.com analysis. Is there some software that can open it so that i can then copy and paste it? I really need help i just spend 300$ and cant analyze my games that i play with my grandfather.

Yes. Pgn files are just text files and any word or other document program should be able to open them. Microsoft always had a program called notepad that was useful for that.

They are quite simple. Just a bunch of attributes of the game ( where and when it was played, who played, etc.) and then the move list.

Png files, however, are image files and shouldn't be confused with pgn's.

INFLJAKE

Thank you! I was able to open it in note pad but i ran into another issue. I was able to copy it in text form and this is what I got.

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. f4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Ndb4 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Na6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bb5 Nc5 13. b4 a6 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Bxa5 g6 16. c4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Bg4 f6 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Ne4 Rg7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 Qf8 24. Re1 d6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Be3 Ne4 27. Qf3 Nf2 28. Kxf2 Re8 29. Rab1 h6 30. Rxb7 Ree7 31. Ra7 Rgf7 32. Rxa6 h5 33. c5 Rg7 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 Ref7 36. Bd4 h4 37. Bxg7 Rxg7 38. Rb6 Rf7 39. Re4 Rg7 40. Ra4 Rf7 41. g3 h3 42. a6 Ra7 43. d6 g5 44. f5 g4 45. Qd5+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rd4 Re7 48. dxe7 Kxe7 49. a7 Ke8 50. Rc4 Ke7 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Rb8#

 

I pasted it into the analysis and nothing happened am I missing a step?

notmtwain
INFLJAKE wrote:

Thank you! I was able to open it in note pad but i ran into another issue. I was able to copy it in text form and this is what I got.

[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. f4 Nc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bc4 Ndb4 9. d4 O-O 10. c3 Na6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bb5 Nc5 13. b4 a6 14. Be2 Ne4 15. Bxa5 g6 16. c4 Rb8 17. Nd2 Nc5 18. Bg4 f6 19. Qc2 Rf7 20. Ne4 Rg7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qf2 Qf8 24. Re1 d6 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Be3 Ne4 27. Qf3 Nf2 28. Kxf2 Re8 29. Rab1 h6 30. Rxb7 Ree7 31. Ra7 Rgf7 32. Rxa6 h5 33. c5 Rg7 34. cxd6 cxd6 35. Rxd6 Ref7 36. Bd4 h4 37. Bxg7 Rxg7 38. Rb6 Rf7 39. Re4 Rg7 40. Ra4 Rf7 41. g3 h3 42. a6 Ra7 43. d6 g5 44. f5 g4 45. Qd5+ Qf7 46. Qxf7+ Kxf7 47. Rd4 Re7 48. dxe7 Kxe7 49. a7 Ke8 50. Rc4 Ke7 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Rb8#

 

I pasted it into the analysis and nothing happened am I missing a step?

No. It looks like there was a mistake in transcribing the moves.

Move 15 should have been 15. bxa5 instead of Bxa5.  Computers are literal.

INFLJAKE

Thank you so much that worked Ill learn chess notation so I can look though my games to make sure there isn't any typos before uploading them.

er642

There seems to be a bug with the DGT RabbitQueen software. In some cases what should be a lowercase "b" appears as "B" in the pgn. Below is an example from my board  - see the red text. The first example is blatantly wrong, the last two were like the OP's situation where the PGN says Bishop captured but it was instead the b pawn.

I have raised this with DGT support but I am not holding my breath as I can see the last release of RabbitQueen was in 2015 (v1.5.6). Bit frustrating.

% -- Game #1 --
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2021.06.11"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Game_1"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. O-O Nge7 6. d3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Bd5 Qf6 14. Qd1
b4 15. NBd2 Rhd8 16. Nb3 Qg6 17. Kh2 Bxc3 18. Bxc3 Qf6 19. Nxc5 Re8 20.
Nxd7 Qf4+ 21. Kg1 Nd8 22. Qa4 Ra7 23. Bc6 f6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Bxe8 a5 26.
Rab1 Nf7 27. Bxf7 Kxf7 28. Qd7+ Kf6 29. Qf5+ Qxf5 30. exf5 a4 31. g4 a3
32. Rb3 Ra4 33. Rfb1 Kf7 34. Rb7 Ra8 35. Rxc7+ Kg8 36. Nd2 d5 37. d4 Re8
38. Ra7 exd4 39. Rxa3 Re2 40. Rd1 d3 41. Kf1 Re5 42. Nf3 Re7 43. Rxd3 Rb7
44. Rxd5 Kf7 45. c4 g5 46. fxg6+ Ke7 47. Ra8 Rb6 48. g7 Kf6 49. g8=Q Rb8
50. Rxb8 h5 51. Rb6+ Ke7 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53. Rb8# *

 

 

CaptnKong

I am having the same issue; this smart board is a paperweight if it can’t do simple pgn exports.  I’m so frustrated, I just got my new board and I can’t even do the simplest of games and get a correct file.  As you stated it’s the “b” file that causes issues and it’s a shame dgt doesn’t care to fix this.  

er642

DGT support got back to me. RabbitQueen is no longer supported and you can use DGT Livechess to retrieve the pgns. If you are playing with DGT board on chess.com then you already have Livechess. If you notice that sometimes you don't see your games in Livechess, do note that the games only get saved once pieces are put back to their starting positions (this signals the end of the previous game apparently). This worked for me.

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