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excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 3:39 pm
by Kevin O'Rourke
couldn't find any instructions on making a post with the diagram of the moves. PGN i think it's called


thanks

Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 4:05 pm
by IM Jack Rudd
Take a game that's written in pgn format and then put it between {pgn}{/pgn} tags (using square brackets instead of curly).

So for example, this:
[Event "Friendly Game"]
[Site "Yeovil"]
[Round "."]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[White "Rudd, Jack"]
[Black "Chessmaster 2100"]
[Result "1-0"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Qf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Qg6 6.Qxd4 d5 7.O-O-O h6 8.Bd2 dxe4 9.Qd8+ Kxd8 10.Bg5+ Kc7 11.Bd8#

Will, if put between pgn tags, give this:


Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 11:01 am
by David Williams
Maybe just me, but as an occasional poster who can never quite remember, I find a post with a game in it like Jack's, click Quote, copy the game bit into my own post, and change all the names, dates and moves to mine.

Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:15 pm
by Reg Clucas
There is a 'pgn' button on the input screen which puts the pgn tags in for you.

Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Mon Jul 05, 2021 11:05 am
by Roger de Coverly
Reg Clucas wrote:
Fri Jun 11, 2021 2:15 pm
There is a 'pgn' button on the input screen which puts the pgn tags in for you.
For diagrams, play through the game to the required position. Click the b8 square. This opens a separate window containing the FEN string. Copy it back into your posting and put pos tags around it.

Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 7:42 pm
by Nick Ivell
I'm sure that game reminds me of an old classic. By Reti, perhaps.

Re: excuse me.. but how do you post a game

Posted: Wed Jul 07, 2021 7:47 pm
by IM Jack Rudd
I had the Reti game in mind when I played 8.Bd2, yes. Chessmaster 2100 wasn't always all that good at spotting mates in three.