Google Chrome PGN Viewer

This Google Chrome extension came out (i think) a while back. Then some changes were made to the Chrome browser and the viewer could not be installed. However, for a while you could install it, only if you installed some developer stuff onto chrome. But soon that failed as well.

 That is when I think the developers stopped working on the app altogether.

The good news is that it is working again. At least it worked on my browser, which is the latest self-updated version.

The reason I got it was to quickly view some pgns on my local drive, without having to load any of the major databases. It is just a handy little app.

You can also view PGNs that are online. I haven't tried that feature yet.

You can get it here: 

 https://code.google.com/p/pgn4web/wiki/BrowserExtension_GoogleChrome

The features are listed on the page given above. 

To install it you have to follow these steps:

In Chrome, you can follow these steps to add the extension:

1. Download the extension file from the website and save it to your computer.
2. Click the Chrome menu iconon the browser toolbar.
3. SelectTools > Extensions.
4. Locate the extension file on your computer and drag the file onto the Extensions page.
5. Review the list of permissions in the dialog that appears. If you would like to proceed, clickInstall.

It can load PGN files with multiple games in it. I don't know what is the max. I loaded a PGN with 18,000 games; it struggled a bit but finally managed to load it up. PGNs with 2000 games were no problem.

How to view chess games from a local PGN file?

Start by opening the chess games viewer single large chessboard page by right clicking any web page, a real web page though, like google.com, the chrome new tab page wont work for this. On the context menu select the "chess games viewer" item and then the "Open local PGN chess games FILES...". Bookmark the single large chessboard page for easier access later. A local PGN file can be viewed by using the command files at the top right of the single large chessboard page or by drag and drop on the single large chessboard page.

Hope someone finds this useful!

On Chrome OS Google doesn't allow you to download this extension at all, for security reasons. Fair enough... I'd rather not have a feature than a hacked computer. 

So is there a way to, at least, view PGN files? Or copy and paste them? I tried to load one into Google Docs but it barfed. If you double click on the file you are taken to Google store to find a pgn reader, but there isn't one. 

Thanks so much!

es cierto en chrome no es posible...

me gustaria poder tener un visor de ajedrez que permita abrir el pgn desde un enlace (link) (solo el visor de pgn)

habra algo? 

https://lichess.org/c9aZh313/black

[Event "Rated blitz game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/tH5e3Fzp"]
[Date "2025.01.18"]
[White "aziz095"]
[Black "yugandharalla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[UTCDate "2025.01.18"]
[UTCTime "14:59:16"]
[WhiteElo "938"]
[BlackElo "921"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-12"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+6"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation"]
[Termination "Time forfeit"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:05:00] } 1... e5 { [%clk 0:05:00] } 2. Nf3 { [%clk 0:05:02] } 2... d5 { [%clk 0:04:56] } 3. d4 { [%clk 0:05:03] } 3... Nf6 { [%clk 0:04:58] } { C43 Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Symmetrical Variation } 4. dxe5 { [%clk 0:05:03] } 4... Nxe4 { [%clk 0:04:53] } 5. Ng5 { [%clk 0:05:02] } 5... Nxf2 { [%clk 0:04:47] } 6. Kxf2 { [%clk 0:04:55] } 6... Bc5+ { [%clk 0:04:49] } 7. Be3 { [%clk 0:04:43] } 7... d4 { [%clk 0:04:42] } 8. Nxf7 { [%clk 0:04:38] } 8... Qh4+ { [%clk 0:04:22] } 9. g3 { [%clk 0:04:38] } 9... dxe3+ { [%clk 0:04:23] } 10. Ke1 { [%clk 0:04:34] } 10... Qb4+ { [%clk 0:04:16] } 11. c3 { [%clk 0:04:35] } 11... Qxb2 { [%clk 0:04:10] } 12. Qh5 { [%clk 0:04:18] } 12... Qxc3+ { [%clk 0:04:09] } 13. Ke2 { [%clk 0:04:06] } 13... Qc2+ { [%clk 0:03:55] } 14. Kf3 { [%clk 0:03:49] } 14... Qd1+ { [%clk 0:03:46] } 15. Be2 { [%clk 0:03:49] } 15... Qxh1+ { [%clk 0:03:42] } 16. Kf4 { [%clk 0:03:50] } 16... Rf8 { [%clk 0:03:03] } 17. Bb5+ { [%clk 0:03:51] } 17... Bd7 { [%clk 0:02:52] } 18. Bxd7+ { [%clk 0:03:03] } 18... Nxd7 { [%clk 0:02:52] } { White left the game. } 0-1