Free chess game displayer

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Jon Mahony
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Free chess game displayer

Post by Jon Mahony » Wed Mar 11, 2015 4:21 pm

Hi,

Does anyone know of a basic free chess program I can download and enter some of my games into, to be converted into pgn format? I don’t currently have Fritz or equivalent and need to show someone some of my games.

Much obliged :)
"When you see a good move, look for a better one!" - Lasker

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Re: Free chess game displayer

Post by Jon Mahony » Thu Mar 12, 2015 11:42 am

Cheers will try one of them :)
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Re: Free chess game displayer

Post by Francis Fields » Mon Mar 16, 2015 2:23 pm

I would recommend Chessbase light in case you want to upgrade to the commercial version. Comes with Fritz.

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Re: Free chess game displayer

Post by Gerry_Jepps » Mon Mar 16, 2015 11:04 pm

i gave up on Chessbase Light (2009) almost immediately after downloading because it won't let you save games unless you purchase an authentication key. (I use Penguin with Houdini, which is also a free download).

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Re: Free chess game displayer

Post by Javier Gil » Sun Oct 21, 2018 7:48 am

I know it's been more than 3 years since this was asked, but I'm surprised nobody mentioned "Arena", which is free and quite nice. (yes, it is a GUI, but can also be used to enter and save games in .pgn format):

http://www.playwitharena.com/

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