The primary PGN data archive repository is located at the ftp site chess.uoknor.edu as the directory "pub/chess/Game-Databases/PGN". It is organized according to the description given in section C.5 of this document. The European site ftp.math.uni-hamburg.de is also reported to carry a regularly updated copy of the repository.
International Olympic Committee country codes are employed for Site nation information because of their traditional use with the reporting of international sporting events. Due to changes in geography and linguistic custom, some of the following may be incorrect or outdated. Corrections and extensions should be sent via e-mail to the PGN coordinator whose address listed near the start of this document.
AFG: Afghanistan AIR: Aboard aircraft ALB: Albania ALG: Algeria AND: Andorra ANG: Angola ANT: Antigua ARG: Argentina ARM: Armenia ATA: Antarctica AUS: Australia AZB: Azerbaijan BAN: Bangladesh BAR: Bahrain BHM: Bahamas BEL: Belgium BER: Bermuda BIH: Bosnia and Herzegovina BLA: Belarus BLG: Bulgaria BLZ: Belize BOL: Bolivia BRB: Barbados BRS: Brazil BRU: Brunei BSW: Botswana CAN: Canada CHI: Chile COL: Columbia CRA: Costa Rica CRO: Croatia CSR: Czechoslovakia CUB: Cuba CYP: Cyprus DEN: Denmark DOM: Dominican Republic ECU: Ecuador EGY: Egypt ENG: England ESP: Spain EST: Estonia FAI: Faroe Islands FIJ: Fiji FIN: Finland FRA: France GAM: Gambia GCI: Guernsey-Jersey GEO: Georgia GER: Germany GHA: Ghana GRC: Greece GUA: Guatemala GUY: Guyana HAI: Haiti HKG: Hong Kong HON: Honduras HUN: Hungary IND: India IRL: Ireland IRN: Iran IRQ: Iraq ISD: Iceland ISR: Israel ITA: Italy IVO: Ivory Coast JAM: Jamaica JAP: Japan JRD: Jordan JUG: Yugoslavia KAZ: Kazakhstan KEN: Kenya KIR: Kyrgyzstan KUW: Kuwait LAT: Latvia LEB: Lebanon LIB: Libya LIC: Liechtenstein LTU: Lithuania LUX: Luxembourg MAL: Malaysia MAU: Mauritania MEX: Mexico MLI: Mali MLT: Malta MNC: Monaco MOL: Moldova MON: Mongolia MOZ: Mozambique MRC: Morocco MRT: Mauritius MYN: Myanmar NCG: Nicaragua NET: The Internet NIG: Nigeria NLA: Netherlands Antilles NLD: Netherlands NOR: Norway NZD: New Zealand OST: Austria PAK: Pakistan PAL: Palestine PAN: Panama PAR: Paraguay PER: Peru PHI: Philippines PNG: Papua New Guinea POL: Poland POR: Portugal PRC: People's Republic of China PRO: Puerto Rico QTR: Qatar RIN: Indonesia ROM: Romania RUS: Russia SAF: South Africa SAL: El Salvador SCO: Scotland SEA: At Sea SEN: Senegal SEY: Seychelles SIP: Singapore SLV: Slovenia SMA: San Marino SPC: Aboard spacecraft SRI: Sri Lanka SUD: Sudan SUR: Surinam SVE: Sweden SWZ: Switzerland SYR: Syria TAI: Thailand TMT: Turkmenistan TRK: Turkey TTO: Trinidad and Tobago TUN: Tunisia UAE: United Arab Emirates UGA: Uganda UKR: Ukraine UNK: Unknown URU: Uruguay USA: United States of America UZB: Uzbekistan VEN: Venezuela VGB: British Virgin Islands VIE: Vietnam VUS: U.S. Virgin Islands WLS: Wales YEM: Yemen YUG: Yugoslavia ZAM: Zambia ZIM: Zimbabwe ZRE: Zaire