How to import a PGN file in Anaysis mode in Chess.com

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Hi all,

 

I am new to the Analysis mode so I was wondering are there any tutorials on how to effectively use this feature.  In particular, how to import an existing PGN file, and then annotate it.

 

Any help appreciated.

 

Stephan

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https://www.chess.com/forum/view/help-support/step-by-step-instructions-to-help-you-post-your-game-on-chesscom-forum

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But when you are done importing the PGN, how to computer analyze it? Anyone knows?

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You can't import a game and get the chess.com computer to analyze it. 

There's no reason to do that. Just get a free chess engine like Stockfish and use it. The result will be much deeper and the engine much stronger than anything you could get here.

The chess.com computer analysis is only for games played on Chess.com.

/ You can post a game here on the forums (using the Game Editor-- the little chessboard icon) and (sometimes) get human help with the analysis.

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You can import games Into the analysis board in Live and have it computer analysed if you're on the new Chess.com ("V3" - if you're on the Old version, look at the bortom of the page for a link that says "Try the new Chess.com").

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chrka wrote:

You can import games Into the analysis board in Live and have it computer analysed if you're on the new Chess.com ("V3" - if you're on the Old version, look at the bortom of the page for a link that says "Try the new Chess.com").

 Well I suppose that's good news but you have to enter the moves by hand and again, you will get a much deeper analysis much more easily using one of the free engines available on the web like Stockfish. 

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If you already have the game in a PGN you can just import that into the analysis board. No need to reenter the moves by hand.

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Open analysis board, click load pgn, then paste your pgn then click analysis.  I don't understand the confusion.

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Help! I keep getting the message "unable to parse that pgn" when trying to load in the Analysis section. When I open the .pgn file in a text editor it looks fine. 

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[Event "Rated Rapid game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/z6Ckc3Ft"]
[Date "2020.06.24"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Skromnenkiy"]
[Black "iloostmyname"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.24"]
[UTCTime "23:04:33"]
[WhiteElo "1502"]
[BlackElo "1516"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-6"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Bowdler Attack"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. e4 c5 2. Bc4 e6 3. h3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. g4 Re8 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nc3 d4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Bd2 f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 14. c4 dxc3 15. Nxc3 Bh4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxd3 19. Rc1 c4 20. Be3 Rxe3 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Nf3 Rxe2+ 23. Kc3 Bf6+ 24. Nd4 Bxd4# 0-1

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[Event "Church of Chess Tourney 2 Arena"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/5FVcd2ug"]
[Date "2021.02.07"]
[White "Tzunamii"]
[Black "Panda017"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2021.02.07"]
[UTCTime "03:15:34"]
[WhiteElo "1574"]
[BlackElo "1500"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "600+1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Mason Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bg3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Bxg3 10. hxg3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Qc2 h6 14. O-O-O Bg4 15. Rde1 Rac8 16. f3 c4 17. bxc4 Be6 18. f4 Qc7 19. f5 dxc4 20. fxe6 cxd3 21. exf7+ Qxf7 22. Qb2 Rc6 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. Nxc6 d2+ 26. Kd1 Qd3 27. Re2 Rf2 28. Nd4 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Nf2# 0-1

 

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You can do it here: https://www.chess.com/analysis

Avatar of Ian_Rastall

You can load any PGN you want into the analysis page. You just copy and paste it in, with or without headers.

If your interest is ever in taking a screenshot or in recording screen capture, leaving out the headers on the PGN will give you the biggest board, especially in fullscreen. I believe it's 1048x1048.

To get the analysis to work, make sure "Self Analysis" is unselected.

EDIT: Sorry. I just necroposted.

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is it not possible to analyze chess960 games on chess.com even via PGN? or some other method? really annoying tbh, i can't find it at least

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I found a really annoying way to do it with 2 windows open and using the setup position button to manually do everything, but really wish there was just a way to copy paste a pgn or just have an analysis button on the end screen of chess960 games

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[Event "300303sangili vs. 4lyshaa"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2022-08-07"]
[White "300303sangili"]
[Black "4lyshaa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "425"]
[BlackElo "505"]
[TimeControl "standard"]
[Termination "Game drawn by insufficient material"]
1. e4 Nc6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. b3 d6 5. Ba3 g6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Qd2 Bh5 8. Rd1
Bxd1 9. Kxd1 Qe7 10. Nd5 Qe6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Be2 Ne7 13. f3 Qg5 14. Qxg5 Rg8
15. Qh4 h5 16. Bb4 g5 17. Qxh5 Ng6 18. Qh7 Rh8 19. Qh3 Rxh3 20. Nxh3 O-O-O 21.
Nxg5 Rd7 22. Nh7 Rd8 23. Ng5 f6 24. Nf7 Rd7 25. Bxd6 Rxf7 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 27. g4
Rh8 28. Bf1 Nf4 29. h4 Rh7 30. h5 a5 31. h6 Kb8 32. c5 b6 33. cxb6 cxb6 34. Be2
Rd7 35. h7 Ng6 36. Bf1 b5 37. Rh6 Nh8 38. Rxf6 Rf7 39. Rb6+ Rb7 40. Ra6 Rxh7 41.
Rxa5 Rh1 42. Rxb5+ Kc7 43. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Re7+ Kd6 46. Rh7 Ng6 47.
b4 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 Ng2+ 49. Kd4 Rxa2 50. Rh6+ Kc7 51. Rh7+ Kb6 52. Rh6+ Kb5 53. Kd5
Nf4+ 54. Kd6 Ra6+ 55. Ke5 Rxh6 56. Kxf4 Rf6+ 57. Kg5 Rxf3 58. e5 Rxd3 59. e6 Re3
60. Kf5 Kxb4 61. e7 Rxe7 62. g5 Rf7+ 63. Kg6 Rf8 64. Kg7 Rc8 65. g6 Kc5 66. Kh7
Kd6 67. g7 Rc7 68. Kh6 Rc8 69. Kg5 Ke6 70. Kg6 Rg8 71. Kh7 Rxg7+ 72. Kxg7 1/2-1/2