What is PGN, FEN, EPD, CBH, CBF, etc. and how do I handle them [either display or print] in Winboard?
PGN – Portable Game Notation , “a standard designed for the representation of chess game data using ASCII text files.” [ Portable Game Notation Specification and Implementation Guide, 1994.03.12 ]. In simple terms, PGN is a means to store and display your games. You can use Winboard to read, display games in PGN format. One nice feature of Winboard is that you can copy the whole PGN game to the clipboard and then by selecting Copy game from clipboard, display the game in Winboard. PGN files are just ordinary text files so you can open or edit them using simple text editors. Combining two PGN files also only requires a simple copy command. FEN – Forsyth-Edwards Notation – A standard used to store and represent Chess positions. For most part very similar to EPD which extended FEN for use with Computer Chess software. EPD- Extended Position Description – Similar to FEN and is used to store and represent Chess positions. However it extends FEN with a extended set of “structured attribute v
