A pgn file extension is related to the Portable Game Notation format used by Chess games.

There is one other file type using
the PGN file extension!

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PGN file extension - Portable Game Notation format

What is pgn file? How to open pgn files?

File type specification:

Game file type icon Game file type

Portable Game Notation (used for chess). PGN is "Portable Game Notation", a standard designed for the representation of chess game data using ASCII text files. PGN is structured for easy reading and writing by human users and for easy parsing and generation by computer programs.

Mime types:
application/x-chess-pgn

The pgn files uses the Chess game, that is installed in Mac OS X.

The default software associated to open pgn file:

ChessMaster picture or screenshot

Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. logoChessMaster  Microsoft Windows software

Company or developer:
Ubisoft Entertainment S.A.

ChessMaster is chess playing computer game series developed by Ubisoft. The last version was released in 2007.

Help how to open:

Use compatible Chess games to work with *.pgn files.

How to convert:

Probably cannot be converted to anything else.

List of software applications associated to the .pgn file extension

Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open pgn file, edit pgn file, convert pgn file, view pgn file, play pgn file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).

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Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting pgn files.

Software that open pgn file - Portable Game Notation format

Programs supporting the exension pgn on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about listed programs for open pgn file action.

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Apple macOS / Mac OS X:

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