How to post chess games

[Jeremy Bernstein]

When stepping through the game with next button, Is it possible to get a FEN string from the position one is interested? A button for that would be nice or present at the bottom of the board all the time for the current position.

Good luck for the new site

- Jarkko

Unfortunately, no, it's not supported by the software I'm using. I can probably modify the JavaScript board/game representation to permit this, though. I'll look into it. I want to add a "side to move" indicator, as well, at some point.

[govert]

It's great that a posted pgn will result in a playable diagram, but how do I go the other way around: How do I access the source pgn in order to paste it into my own gui?

[Jeremy Bernstein]

It's great that a posted pgn will result in a playable diagram, but how do I go the other way around: How do I access the source pgn in order to paste it into my own gui?

Just copy and paste the PGN text. The symbols will be converted to the english piece letters.

Jeremy

[Jarkko]

Just don't copy the tags below but everything in the middle

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[pgn][/pgn]

Is is possible to leave them out when the pgn is shown in the text box?

[Jeremy Bernstein]

Just don't copy the tags below but everything in the middle

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[pgn][/pgn]

Is is possible to leave them out when the pgn is shown in the text box?

You mean, you want to see the board and the controls, but not the move list?

[Jarkko]

Just don't copy the tags below but everything in the middle

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[pgn][/pgn]

Is is possible to leave them out when the pgn is shown in the text box?

You mean, you want to see the board and the controls, but not the move list?

Sorry, I got confused. I think everyhting is fine the way they are now.

[kingliveson]

It would be nice if we can get the coordinates (rank/file).

[pgn4web]

It's great that a posted pgn will result in a playable diagram, but how do I go the other way around: How do I access the source pgn in order to paste it into my own gui?

click on the square D8 (full pgn of all games) or C8 (current game only)
click on H8 for an help file

[64x]

How did we live without this before?? I _really_ like this pgn4web thing.

[Jeremy Bernstein]

How did we live without this before?? I _really_ like this pgn4web thing.

Paolo's done an amazing job with it -- great to see him here. I have a pretty clear idea now of how to generate the FEN for the current position (at least as part of the PGN output, but possibly also as a display element, if it looks ok). If I get to it this week, that's great, otherwise it'll have to be in a couple of weeks (Chalkidiki and JavaScript don't mix).