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JaiS2004
Apr 11, 2016
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Games are recorded in one format called algebraic notation. Individual moves are recorded by naming the piece that moved and the square it moved to or the opponent's piece it captured. 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 and so on. (If a major piece is not named, a pawn move is indicated.) When those moves are put into a text file following certain conventions, computers can display them. A .pgn file is the main format these days.
You talk about two formats. It is unclear what you mean. .pgn is the only game recording format used on Chess.com.
Games can be displayed with different piece and board choices. Is that what you mean?