PGN Standard: Long Index

0: Preface

1: Introduction

2: Chess data representation
2.1: Data interchange incompatibility
2.2: Specification goals
2.3: A sample PGN game

3: Formats: import and export
3.1: Import format allows for manually prepared data
3.2: Export format used for program generated output
3.2.1: Byte equivalence
3.2.2: Archival storage and the newline character
3.2.3: Speed of processing
3.2.4: Reduced export format

4: Lexicographical issues
4.1: Character codes
4.2: Tab characters
4.3: Line lengths

5: Commentary

6: Escape mechanism

7: Tokens

8: Parsing games
8.1: Tag pair section
8.1.1: Seven Tag Roster
8.1.1.1: The Event tag
8.1.1.2: The Site tag
8.1.1.3: The Date tag
8.1.1.4: The Round tag
8.1.1.5: The White tag
8.1.1.6: The Black tag
8.1.1.7: The Result tag
8.2: Movetext section
8.2.1: Movetext line justification
8.2.2: Movetext move number indications
8.2.2.1: Import format move number indications
8.2.2.2: Export format move number indications
8.2.3: Movetext SAN (Standard Algebraic Notation)
8.2.3.1: Square identification
8.2.3.2: Piece identification
8.2.3.3: Basic SAN move construction
8.2.3.4: Disambiguation
8.2.3.5: Check and checkmate indication characters
8.2.3.6: SAN move length
8.2.3.7: Import and export SAN
8.2.3.8: SAN move suffix annotations
8.2.4: Movetext NAG (Numeric Annotation Glyph)
8.2.5: Movetext RAV (Recursive Annotation Variation)
8.2.6: Game Termination Markers

9: Supplemental tag names
9.1: Player related information
9.1.1: Tags: WhiteTitle, BlackTitle
9.1.2: Tags: WhiteElo, BlackElo
9.1.3: Tags: WhiteUSCF, BlackUSCF
9.1.4: Tags: WhiteNA, BlackNA
9.1.5: Tags: WhiteType, BlackType
9.2: Event related information
9.2.1: Tag: EventDate
9.2.2: Tag: EventSponsor
9.2.3: Tag: Section
9.2.4: Tag: Stage
9.2.5: Tag: Board
9.3: Opening information (locale specific)
9.3.1: Tag: Opening
9.3.2: Tag: Variation
9.3.3: Tag: SubVariation
9.4: Opening information (third party vendors)
9.4.1: Tag: ECO
9.4.2: Tag: NIC
9.5: Time and date related information
9.5.1: Tag: Time
9.5.2: Tag: UTCTime
9.5.3: Tag:; UTCDate
9.6: Time control
9.6.1: Tag: TimeControl
9.7: Alternative starting positions
9.7.1: Tag: SetUp
9.7.2: Tag: FEN
9.8: Game conclusion
9.8.1: Tag: Termination
9.9: Miscellaneous
9.9.1: Tag: Annotator
9.9.2: Tag: Mode
9.9.3: Tag: PlyCount

10: Numeric Annotation Glyphs

11: File names and directories
11.1: File name suffix for PGN data
11.2: File name formation for PGN data for a specific player
11.3: File name formation for PGN data for a specific event
11.4: File name formation for PGN data for chronologically ordered games
11.5: Suggested directory tree organization

12: PGN collating sequence

13: PGN software
13.1:  The SAN Kit
13.2:  pgnRead
13.3:  mail2pgn/GIICS
13.4:  XBoard
13.5:  cupgn
13.6:  Zarkov
13.7:  Chess Assistant
13.8:  BOOKUP
13.9:  HIARCS
13.10: Deja Vu
13.11: MV2PGN
13.12: The Hansen utilities (cb2pgn, nic2pgn, pgn2cb, pgn2nic)
13.13: Slappy the Database
13.14: CBASCII
13.15: ZZZZZZ
13.16: icsconv
13.17: CHESSOP (CHESSOPN/CHESSOPG)
13.18: CAT2PGN
13.19: pgn2opg

14: PGN data archives

15: International Olympic Committee country codes

16: Additional chess data standards
16.1: FEN
16.1.1: History
16.1.2: Uses for a position notation
16.1.3: Data fields
16.1.3.1: Piece placement data
16.1.3.2: Active color
16.1.3.3: Castling availability
16.1.3.4: En passant target square
16.1.3.5: Halfmove clock
16.1.3.6: Fullmove number
16.1.4: Examples
16.2: EPD
16.2.1: History
16.2.2: Uses for an extended position notation
16.2.3: Data fields
16.2.3.1: Piece placement data
16.2.3.2: Active color
16.2.3.3: Castling availability
16.2.3.4: En passant target square
16.2.4: Operations
16.2.4.1: General format
16.2.4.2: Opcode mnemonics
16.2.5: Opcode list
16.2.5.1:  Opcode "acn": analysis count: nodes
16.2.5.2:  Opcode "acs": analysis count: seconds
16.2.5.3:  Opcode "am": avoid move(s)
16.2.5.4:  Opcode "bm": best move(s)
16.2.5.5:  Opcode "c0": comment (primary, also "c1" though "c9")
16.2.5.6:  Opcode "ce": centipawn evaluation
16.2.5.7:  Opcode "dm": direct mate fullmove count
16.2.5.8:  Opcode "draw_accept": accept a draw offer
16.2.5.9:  Opcode "draw_claim": claim a draw
16.2.5.10: Opcode "draw_offer": offer a draw
16.2.5.11: Opcode "draw_reject": reject a draw offer
16.2.5.12: Opcode "eco": _Encyclopedia of Chess Openings_ opening code
16.2.5.13: Opcode "fmvn": fullmove number
16.2.5.14: Opcode "hmvc": halfmove clock
16.2.5.15: Opcode "id": position identification
16.2.5.16: Opcode "nic": _New In Chess_ opening code
16.2.5.17: Opcode "noop": no operation
16.2.5.18: Opcode "pm": predicted move
16.2.5.19: Opcode "pv": predicted variation
16.2.5.20: Opcode "rc": repetition count
16.2.5.21: Opcode "resign": game resignation
16.2.5.22: Opcode "sm": supplied move
16.2.5.23: Opcode "tcgs": telecommunication: game selector
16.2.5.24: Opcode "tcri": telecommunication: receiver identification
16.2.5.25: Opcode "tcsi": telecommunication: sender identification
16.2.5.26: Opcode "v0": variation name (primary, also "v1" though "v9")

17: Alternative chesspiece identifier letters

18: Formal syntax

19: Canonical chess position hash coding

20: Binary representation (PGC)
20.1: Bytes, words, and doublewords
20.2: Move ordinals
20.3: String data
20.4: Marker codes
20.4.1:  Marker 0x01: reduced export format single game
20.4.2:  Marker 0x02: tag pair
20.4.3:  Marker 0x03: short move sequence
20.4.4:  Marker 0x04: long move sequence
20.4.5:  Marker 0x05: general game data begin
20.4.6:  Marker 0x06: general game data end
20.4.7:  Marker 0x07: simple-nag
20.4.8:  Marker 0x08: rav-begin
20.4.9:  Marker 0x09: rav-end
20.4.10: Marker 0x0a: escape-string

21: E-mail correspondence usage

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