PGN Chess Flashcards

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Description

This deck includes a note type that will let you make interactive chess flashcards using chesstempo.com's PGN viewer. It will only work on desktop anki as it requires an addon. The deck contains one example note. Instructions

Install the JS Booster addon as the PGN viewer requires external javascript.
Download the deck.
Make a new card of the "chess" type
Create your diagram using an analysis board like the one at lichess.org or chess.com. You can add annotations and variations. The chess.com editor works better at the moment.
Copy the PGN. It can contain a FEN string in it, or the FEN can be provided in the "fen" field. It should work either way. If no fen is provided at all, it will assume that the PGN starts in the initial position.
Remove the line breaks from the PGN string. The quickest way to do this is to paste the string into your browser's search bar and then copy it again.
Escape any instances of single quotes (') in your annotations. For example, replace "carlsen's" with "carlsen\'s".
Paste the PGN string, with no line breaks or unescaped single quotes, into the "pgn" field.
If there is no result at the end of the game, add a a space followed by an asterisk " *" after the last move. If you get a javascript error, this will probably fix it.
Update the other optional fields to add title text, more explanation, or the source of the position.

It is easy to customize the look of the pieces, color of the squares, and everything else by editing the cards as well. See the chesstempo board viewer documentation or ask me a question on reddit (/u/nukeychess). Please forgive my sloppy HTML and CSS.

Sample (from 1 notes)

Cards are customizable! When this deck is imported into the desktop program, cards will appear as the deck author has made them. If you'd like to customize what appears on the front and back of a card, you can do so by clicking the Edit button, and then clicking the Cards button.

pgn	[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "?"] [Black "?"] [Result ""] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [ECO ""] [FEN "8/8/4k3/8/4K3/8/4P3/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [CurrentPosition "8/5k2/8/5K2/4P3/8/8/8 w - - 1 4"] 1.e3! { Taking the opposition. } 1...Kd6 2.Kf5 Ke7 3.Ke5 ( 3.e4?? Kf7! { and now black has the opposition. } )
fen
Title	White to Move
Front Bottom Text	sample text
Back Bottom Text	sample text
Tags

After the file is downloaded, double-click on it to open it in the desktop program.

At this time, it is not possible to add shared decks directly to your AnkiWeb account - they need to be added from the desktop then synchronized to AnkiWeb.

Reviews

on 1599261600

I have made an "improved" version of this deck here https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1082754005

It has a lot of advantages, such as working offline, promotions, multiple pgn lines offline analysis within card, practice against engine etc. also no need for js booster.

on 1591445497

"Invalid HTML on card: ReferenceError: PgnViewer is not defined"

Card must be tagged as "pgnchess" to activate.

I have try tagged it, but it's still not working.

on 1589992753

Great work!
It would be great if we can promote pieces (at least to the one noted in PGN).

on 1584803334

Hi, I am desperate to get this working, but so far no luck I have tried Anki 2.0 and 2.1 on may Mac OSX 10.12 with every combination of add ons, rebooting and reinstalling that I could think of... Would be really grateful for some trouble shooting help!

on 1575843919

Just what I was looking for.. Thanks!

on 1573645002

I have several issues but I finaly make it work.
I'm french and I made the mistake of using french PGN annotation (Knight = C (cavalier); Bishop = F (Fou)...)
And you need to put a space between each moove. (1.e4e5 is wrong / 1.e4 e5 is correct)

Now I seek how I can make Anki sending a message when the end of the expected move is reached.

however thank you for this stuf

on 1562497034

works in 2.1 with the add-on "JS Loader (For PGN Chess) (JSBooster)", https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/536247578

on 1561902170

Works like a charm! Tough only on 2.0 there are java issues on 2.1

on 1549103959

great tool, the promotion dont work propper though.
is it possible to use the LT-PGN-VIEWER instead? it would be acessable offline and without the danger of sudden disapearence

on 1545237372

Works great. It even works well on Ankidroid on my Kindle Fire HD 8. The only issue on the kindle is that the chess pieces aren't touch sensitive, and the movie controls are too small to be used easily. Overall, I love it. Thank you!

on 1541406885

I've been playing chess for years. I've been using Anki for years as well to learn foreign languages. I've tried combining both chess and Anki in the past, but with poor results: manually creating diagrams from scratch was too time-consuming. Plus, they were too static and they took up too much space in the card.
This add-on changed everything, as I can now create cards super quickly and, most importantly, I can move the pieces on the board.
Thank you so much!

on 1536459105

very easy and useful, thank you!

on 1532706774

That's one of the most incredible things I've ever came across on Anki.

Congrats, congrats and congrats!