PGN (Portable Game Notation)
A plain-text file format for recording one or more complete chess games.
A PGN file stores header tags (players, event, date, result) followed by the move list in algebraic notation. It is the near-universal format for sharing games between chess programs, databases, and websites.
Etymology
PGN is a coined technical acronym, not an inherited word. It was devised in 1993 by Steven J. Edwards, and was first popularized and specified via the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.chess. The word portable refers to the design goal of a plain-text, human-readable format that could be moved between different chess programs and platforms without conversion. The standard defines a Seven Tag Roster of mandatory header tags (Event, Site, Date, Round, White, Black, Result) followed by the movetext in Standard Algebraic Notation. Numeric Annotation Glyphs were formally documented in 1994 in the Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide.
First documented: 1993 — Steven J. Edwards, specification distributed via the Usenet newsgroup rec.games.chess; Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide (1994)
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