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I'm posting this so I can analyze my game (I'm white) but I'd rather clutter RHP rooms everytime I want to examine a game. Is there a place where you can just post an analyze games without making a thread?

aquatabby
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Do you need to analyse on the web? If not, you can install a free PGN viewer. I use Winboard, but there are many others.

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Originally posted by aquatabby
Do you need to analyse on the web? If not, you can install a free PGN viewer. I use Winboard, but there are many others.
It doesn't have to be the web. I didn't know PGN viewers exist. Are the files big? I only have dialup over here.

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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper
It doesn't have to be the web. I didn't know PGN viewers exist. Are the files big? I only have dialup over here.
Hi,
A few popular free chess programs that can also view pgn files and analyze games are Arena (my fav), Winboard, and Scid. (Scid is more of a database program, but it can also analyze.)

Arena 2.0.1 Setup - about 19 MB download size.
http://www.playwitharena.com/

Scid 3.7.3 - about 9 MB.
http://scid.sourceforge.net/download.html

Winboard 4.3.15 Gold pack - about 2.5 MB.
http://www.open-aurec.com/wbforum/viewtopic.php?t=49439

There are others, some smaller in size, but these are the big 3 free ones, imho.

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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper
It doesn't have to be the web. I didn't know PGN viewers exist. Are the files big? I only have dialup over here.
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/xboard/winboard/

5.9 megs but that includes a lot of additional software (engines) and sample pgn files.

If that's too large to get, try this page and email them a request.

http://savannah.gnu.org/projects/xboard/

I suspect they'll be decent and provide a way for you to get it.

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Trooper... try this pgn viewer website.... it works every time for me.
It's basic, but it does the job. (Nothing to download)

http://members.shaw.ca/lapides/pgnedit/pgnedit.html


Nice game by the way!

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One more:
I've never used ChessPad, but it's only about 1 MB in size (it can analyze, but it looks like the features are limited):

http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad.html


Edit: OK, I've never used this one either:

ChessCat (1.7 MB)
http://www.chesscat.loncarek.de/index.html

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Originally posted by USArmyParatrooper
I'm posting this so I can analyze my game (I'm white) but I'd rather clutter RHP rooms everytime I want to examine a game. Is there a place where you can just post an analyze games without making a thread?

[pgn][Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.7.8"]
[Round "?"]
[White "USArmyParatrooper"]
[Black "redcard7"] ...[text shortened]... 8-f8 13. Qd1-d2 f5-f4 14. Qd2xf4 Qd7-g4 15. Qf4-h6 Rg8-g7 16. Qh6xg7 1-0[/pgn]
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