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Topic: how to open PGN file/program?
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to anybody
how to open PGN file/program?
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Most chess software - such as WinBoard - will open .PGN files.
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Also, .pgn files are just text. You can open them in any text editor you like if you just want to view them.
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I like scid very much.
You should maybe consider checking it out if you don't own any software to manage your PGN files (which, I assume, means you don't have an engine either).
Basically, scid is a "database manager" of some sort, but I never liked the way it works (it's way too complicated for me anyway, and I barely have ten games to handle anyway). However, it is an excellent PGN viewer, most notably because it lets you add most UCI-compliant chess engines to it, making it easy to get computer evaluations on positions.
I consider this an excellent alternative to my commercial Chessmaster softwares, which are not free, but most of all are not portable to Linux.
Anyway, if you're interested, check out http://sourceforge.net/projects/scid/ for scid, and try http://www.superchessengine.com/ for engines (I'd recommend Toga II from the list, it's free and a good engine as a whole).
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There is also an older version of the Rybka engine out there that was released for free, 2.2n I think. It seems to be a good engine to use.
I use SCID too to store all my games and to do analysis when I have time.
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My personal favourite is Chessbase Light 2007. The free version let's you open pgn files and add engines to analyse your game. Fritz 6 (the engine) comes bundled with it.
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