Entering PGNs manually? Can it be done?

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MarkChess2012

Hey folks, I'm still shopping around and researching chess software.

Let's say I play a game at a chess club and I write down all the moves made in the game.

Is it possible to then enter the moves into software so my in-person game can be analyzed?

Can Fritz or Shredder or any of the software let me do that?

EscherehcsE

Most of the programs can do that.

KarlDoxsey

There are many programs. What OS are you running? I can suggest some of my favorites.

MarkChess2012
KarlDoxsey wrote:

There are many programs. What OS are you running? I can suggest some of my favorites.

Windows 7.  I'm looking at Fritz 13, Shredder and Chess King right now. 

It seems that Chessmaster is not available or discontinued.  The latest version of Chessmaster -- if you can find a copy somewhere -- is not compatible with Windows 7.

EscherehcsE

Fritz and Shredder can do both manual and auto analysis of a game. Chess King can do manual analysis, but I don't know if it can do auto analysis. (It's hard to get detailed information from the Chess King web site.)

And there are free programs that can also manually and automatically analyse a game, like Scid vs. PC, and Arena, and maybe a few others.

brisket
MarkChess2012 wrote:
KarlDoxsey wrote:

There are many programs. What OS are you running? I can suggest some of my favorites.

Windows 7.  I'm looking at Fritz 13, Shredder and Chess King right now. 

It seems that Chessmaster is not available or discontinued.  The latest version of Chessmaster -- if you can find a copy somewhere -- is not compatible with Windows 7.

I have chessmater 10th edition on windows 7

Dutchday

Yes, you can just turn fritz off or put it on infinite ana and play the moves on your board. Then you can simply save it or copy as pgn. Even a basic pgn reading program with no engine can do this though. 

If you know how to type pgn, you can even put the game in Word and copy-paste it into your preferred program later. 

Czechman

Shredder is simple. Just Start a new game, select Enter Moves and then do just that. When finished, save the game.