How do you get a PGN of a game I played (I think that's what it's called) to save or post for people to review? I know it's very simple to do but I can't figure this out.
Thxs
Click on one of the games in your archive and then click "Get PGN". You copy that and paste it into one of these threads (or wherever you want) using the game editor icon (the chessboard that shows on the top left of the text box).
I have a Apple Imac and when I click "get PGN" I get an error message that says something like "chess cannot open a PGN when it's in the moves setting" with a picture of a 3 dimensional chessboard. If I try to save it by downloading the file, I get same message and picture of 3D board. If I view the game and copy the link from my web browser, I am able to click on link and open the game. Is that the same thing as a PGN?
I have a Apple Imac and when I click "get PGN" I get an error message that says something like "chess cannot open a PGN when it's in the moves setting" with a picture of a 3 dimensional chessboard. If I try to save it by downloading the file, I get same message and picture of 3D board. If I view the game and copy the link from my web browser, I am able to click on link and open the game. Is that the same thing as a PGN?
Sorry, I don't know anything about overcoming the problems of an imac.
If you would paste in what you get from the web browser, we could tell if it is a PGN. Here is a sample PGN from wikipedia:
[Event "F/S Return Match"]
[Site "Belgrade, Serbia Yugoslavia|JUG"]
[Date "1992.11.04"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Fischer, Robert J."]
[Black "Spassky, Boris V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {This opening is called the Ruy Lopez.}
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7
11. c4 c6 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Bg5 b4 15. Nb1 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. dxe5
Nxe4 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. exd6 Qf6 20. Nbd2 Nxd6 21. Nc4 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 Nb6
23. Ne5 Rae8 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kxf7 27. Qe3 Qg5 28. Qxg5
hxg5 29. b3 Ke6 30. a3 Kd6 31. axb4 cxb4 32. Ra5 Nd5 33. f3 Bc8 34. Kf2 Bf5
35. Ra7 g6 36. Ra6+ Kc5 37. Ke1 Nf4 38. g3 Nxh3 39. Kd2 Kb5 40. Rd6 Kc5 41. Ra6
Nf2 42. g4 Bd3 43. Re6 1/2-1/2
It's just a text file.
Click the PGN tab for whatever game you want, you should be given an option on how to open it. Don't open it with chess default, change it to textfile. It should open a text tab that looks similar to notmtwain's last post. Copy that entire text, then click the chess diagram icon here above the text portion, it's the first icon top left when you are writing a post here. Then click game or sequence of moves option, hit continue, then paste that entire notation thing into the PGN game option, and hit continue. That'll fill in all information needed and you can continue hitting continue and then insert which will put the diagram embeded in your post here.
[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2014.08.18"]
[White "drieseibert"]
[Black "Empathy1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1222"]
[BlackElo "1133"]
[TimeControl "15|10"]
[Termination "Empathy1 won by resignation"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 d6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 Nbd7 5.Qd2 g6 6.O-O-O Bg7 7.Kb1 O-O 8.f3 Nh5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 b5
11.g4 b4 12.Na4 Qa5 13.b3 Nb6 14.Nb2 Be6 15.gxh5 Nc4 16.Bxc4 Bxc4 17.Nxc4 Qb5 18.hxg6 a5 19.gxh7+ Kh8 20.Nb2 a4
21.Qd3 Qa5 22.Nc4 Qa7 23.d5 c5 24.Nh3 axb3 25.Qxb3 Rfb8 26.Nf4 Kxh7 27.Ne6 Rb5 28.Nxg7 Kxg7 29.Rhg1+ Kf7 30.Bh6 Rb7
31.Rg7+ Kf8 32.Rh7+ Kg8 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Rg2 Qa6 35.Kb2 Rba7 36.Ra1 Qb5 37.Bg7+ Kh7 38.Bxf6 Ra3 39.Nxa3 Rxa3 40.Rg7+ Kh8
41.Rxe7+ Kg8 42.Rg7+ Kf8 43.Rag1 Rxb3+ 44.axb3 Qa5 45.Rg8+ Kf7 46.R1g7+ Kxf6 47.Rg6+ Ke5 48.Re8+ Kd4 49.Rxd6 Qa3+ 50.Kb1 Kc3
0-1
Hi NotMtTwain and Windwill64....I followed your advice and I came close to posting a game, but I was not able to delete the text above the game as seen in previous post. Do you know what option allows me to do so? If I click edit after posting, it still does let me delete the text above game. Thanks
The message you got, "chess cannot open a PGN WHEN IT'S IN THE MOVES SETTINGS. You can't post a game IN PROGRESS. It has to be a completed game.
It was completed. That's the problem. Look at above game just posted. I am close to figuring this out, but I can not delete the text above the game board which is not needed. Most people just post the game board and we can click the buttons to move the pieces.
How do you get a PGN of a game I played (I think that's what it's called) to save or post for people to review? I know it's very simple to do but I can't figure this out.
Thxs