Possibility of PGN Display

[fresh_42]

I wondered, if it was possible to have a PGN interpreter on the server?

E.g.

[Event "World Chess Championship 2018"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2832"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.10.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "playchess.com"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Ne4 12. O-O Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. a4 Ne7 15.
Ne5 Bd6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bf3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bxe5 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. fxe5 Qc7
21. Rb1 Rb8 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. a5 Bc6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. exd6 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Kf8 27.
c4 Ke8 28. a6 b6 29. c5 Kd7 30. cxb6 axb6 31. a7 Ra8 32. Rxb6 Rxa7 33. Kg2 e5
34. Rb4 f5 35. Rb6 Ke6 36. d7+ Kxd7 37. Rb5 Ke6 38. Rb6+ Kf7 39. Rb5 Kf6 40.
Rb6+ Kg5 41. Rb5 Kf4 42. Rb4+ e4 43. fxe4 fxe4 44. h3 Ra5 45. Rb7 Rg5+ 46. Kf1
Rg6 47. Rb4 Rg5 48. Rb7 Rg6 49. Rb4 1/2-1/2

As seen in the header, this is the second match of the current world championship (1:1); the third will be played on Monday. It would be nice to have a thread, where the matches could be followed live and commented by our members.

I don't know how many of us are interested in the matches, so it is probably not a high priority issue. However, it would be fancy.

Another possibility would be that someone livestreams the match and updates a post here, so that we could follow the match with local PGN viewers, but this is a bit complicated and people would likely switch to a news site which provides the format.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I've never heard of PGN viewing before. My guess is it wouldn't be used much? Aren't there youtube or other live streaming methods out there?

 

[fresh_42]

I've never heard of PGN viewing before. My guess is it wouldn't be used much? Aren't there youtube or other live streaming methods out there?

I have only German pages which I use to follow the matches. But to get an impression, here is an example (it's self explaining and the language is only important if one wants to read the live comments; the magazine site is serious, so no need to fear the click; a bit like the NYT):
http://www.spiegel.de/sport/sonst/s...-fabiano-caruana-im-liveticker-a-1237462.html

For local use I downloaded this: https://sourceforge.net/projects/chessx/ (server in SD(CA))
It allows me to load those files and replay the matches.

 

[berkeman]

Nice article on the chess match: https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/spor...orld-championships-london-spt-intl/index.html

 

[fresh_42]

Btw. 2:2 after 4 tied matches. Bye day today. 5th tomorrow Caruana with white (1500 GMT)

 

[fresh_42]

By the way: the current match (#5) is very exciting and active, including a sacrifice of a pawn on b4 in the 6th of a Sicilian.

6th match and Carlsen with white struggles heavily to keep the tie in a Russian. Looks as if Caruana could win this one.

 

[fresh_42]

For all who are interested: Caruana with white in the eighth at 3.5 : 3.5; Sicilian (Sveshnikov) and as a general description: Fury in the Slaughterhouse!

Last regular match: 5.5:5.5, Cauana with white.