[SOLVED] pgn chess viewer

[Rytron]

Hi,
I have pgn zip files for Short and Kasparov games.
What chess program can I watch them in?

I tried Xboard but I cannot figure out how ro view pgn zip files.

Any ideas?

[croto]

Unzip the file first, then you'll be able to use xboard to view the games. I don't have ubuntu, I guess you can unzip it by right-clicking on the file and choosing "extract" or something similar.

[Rytron]

I extracted pgn file but the interface in XBoard is very user unfriendly, it doesn't allow me to browse for the pgn file.

:confused:

[croto]

There's another chess program called "eboard", I'm sure it's in the repositories. Try it out, it may be more user friendly. To load the pgn, go to the menu Windows->Games on Client->Load Pgn

[csi_]

eboard is a good choice as it allows you to connect to FICS. (http://www.freechess.org/)

I would personnaly recommend pychess, which is better looking, reads PGN and others, and allows local or remote games. You can find a recent package here: http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=pychess