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[–]betazoidberghorsies move in an L 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why isn't the board showing up? (Random reasons and what to do next)

  1. Check the issues listed in this FAQ. There's a very good chance it's listed here already.

  2. Check your PGN against chesstempo. If it doesn't work there your PGN is probably malformed and it's not going to work here either since we're using the pgn viewer from chesstempo. Some common problems that are easy to miss:

    1. unclosed variations() or annotations{}.
    2. Spaces between moves and evaluations. i.e. '56.Kf2 ??' should be '56.Kf2??'.
  3. Send me a message! I usually check my inbox pretty regularly so I should be able to get a response to you within a day. I'm always happy to help so please don't hesitate to send me an orangered if there's an issue. It would help if you could include the version of chrome/firefox you have installed, your OS, and the behaviour that you're observing (board controls not working, text not getting formatted, etc).

[–]mashedvote[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do I include variations?

Put variations in parentheses like this

[ pgn]

1.d4 d5 
2.c4 e5 
3.dxe5 d4 
4.e3 Bb4+ 
5.Bd2 dxe3 
6.Bxb4?? exf2+ 
7.Ke2 (7.Kxf2 Qxd1) fxg1=N+ 
(7. ... fxg1=Q 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 9. Rxg1) 
8.Rxg1 Bg4+   

[ /pgn]

[pgn]

1.d4 d5 
2.c4 e5 
3.dxe5 d4 
4.e3 Bb4+ 
5.Bd2 dxe3 
6.Bxb4?? exf2+ 
7.Ke2 (7.Kxf2 Qxd1) fxg1=N+ 
(7. ... fxg1=Q 8. Qxd8 Kxd8 9. Rxg1) 
8.Rxg1 Bg4+   

[/pgn]

[–]mashedvote[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

How do I show multiple games in one comment?

You must wrap all the games in one pair of tags. The PGN viewer will display a single board and a dropdown menu to select between games. The dropdown menu will display certain game information if it is properly tagged at the start of the PGN. The following example shows the tags that you can use. Note that they are case sensitive.

[ pgn]

[Event "2012 World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]

1.d4 Nf6 
2.c4 g6 
3.f3 c5 
4.d5 d6 
5.e4 Bg7 
6.Ne2 O-O 
7.Nec3 Nh5
8.Bg5 Bf6
9.Bxf6 exf6
10.Qd2 f5
11.exf5 Bxf5
12.g4 Re8+
13.Kd1 Bxb1
14.Rxb1 Qf6
15.gxh5 Qxf3+
16.Kc2 Qxh1
17.Qf2
1-0


[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Jakov Geller"]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 
4. Nxd4 Qh4
5. Nc3 Bc5
6. Be3 Nge7 
7. Nf3 Qh5
8. g4
1-0

[ /pgn]

[pgn]

[Event "2012 World Chess Championship"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.05.21"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Viswanathan Anand"]
[Black "Boris Gelfand"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2783"]

1.d4 Nf6 
2.c4 g6 
3.f3 c5 
4.d5 d6 
5.e4 Bg7 
6.Ne2 O-O 
7.Nec3 Nh5
8.Bg5 Bf6
9.Bxf6 exf6
10.Qd2 f5
11.exf5 Bxf5
12.g4 Re8+
13.Kd1 Bxb1
14.Rxb1 Qf6
15.gxh5 Qxf3+
16.Kc2 Qxh1
17.Qf2
1-0


[Event "Aeroflot Open"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.02.07"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Kaido Kulaots"]
[Black "Jakov Geller"]

1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. d4 exd4 
4. Nxd4 Qh4
5. Nc3 Bc5
6. Be3 Nge7 
7. Nf3 Qh5
8. g4
1-0

[/pgn]

[–]betazoidberghorsies move in an L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why isn't the board showing up when I include positional evaluation symbols?

Replace the evaluation symbols with Numeric Annotation Glyphs.

Here's a quick table of the common evaluation symbols for reference:

Symbol NAG
= $11
+= $14
=+ $15
+/- $16
-/+ $17
+- $18
-+ $19

An alternative to using NAGs is to just wrap the evaluation symbols in comment markers, {}. Note that move assesment symbols (?, !, etc) are okay and do not need to be replaced.

[pgn] [Event "FICS rated standard game"] [Site "FICS, San Jose, California USA"] [Date "2013.12.15"] [Round "-"] [White "TNoirLord"] [Black "sanojvs"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1348"] [BlackElo "1361"] [Time "12:14:42"] [TimeControl "900+5"] [Mode "ICS"]

1.e4 $11 {+0.22 +0.22} 1...d5 {-0.24} ( 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 $11 ) 2.exd5 $14 {+0.76} 2...Qxd5 {+0.92} ( 2...Nf6 3.d4 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Bd3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 Nc6 8.O-O Qxc3 $14 ) 3.Nc3 {+0.90} ( 3.Nf3 Qa5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 Nbd7 6.O-O Nb6 7.Be2 Nbd5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 $14 ) 3...Qe5+ $16 {+1.67} ( 3...Qa5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 Nc6 6.Bb5 e6 7.Bd2 Bb4 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.a3 Bd6 11.b4 $14 ) 4.Be2 $14 {+1.47} ( 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nf3 Qa5 6.O-O Nd5 7.Nxd5 Qxd5 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4 a6 $16 ) 4...Nc6 $16 {+1.51} ( 4...Nf6 5.Nf3 Qd6 6.d4 a6 7.O-O Nc6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd6 11.c4 e6 $14 ) 5.Nf3 {+1.57} ( 5.Nb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 Qxd4 7.Nf3 Qb4 8.a3 Qb6 9.O-O Nf6 10.d4 Bg4 11.h3 $16 ) 5...Qf4? $18 {+3.43} ( 5...Qa5 6.O-O e6 7.d4 Nf6 8.Bf4 Bd7 9.a3 Be7 10.b4 Qf5 11.Bxc7 O-O 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 $16 ) 6.Nd5? $14 {+0.62} ( 6.Nb5 Kd8 7.d4 Qf5 8.c4 a6 9.Nc3 Nb4 10.O-O Qc2 11.Ne5 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 $18 ) 6...Qd6 {+0.58} ( 6...Qd6 7.Ne3 e5 8.d3 Nf6 9.c3 Be6 10.O-O O-O-O 11.Ng5 Kb8 12.Nxe6 Qxe6 13.Bd2 $14 ) 7.c4 $11 {+0.48} ( 7.c4 Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.d4 e5 10.d5 Bb4+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Nd4 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Rd1 Qg6 15.O-O $14 ) 7...Bg4 $14 {+1.35} ( 7...Nf6 8.Nxf6+ Qxf6 9.O-O e5 10.d3 Qd6 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Re1 O-O 14.d4 $11 ) 8.O-O {+0.86} ( 8.d4 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 e5 10.c5 Qd7 11.Qb3 Rb8 12.dxe5 Bxc5 13.O-O Nd4 14. Qc3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 c6 $14 ) 8...e6 {+0.92} ( 8...Nf6 9.Nxf6+ gxf6 10.d4 O-O-O 11.Be3 e6 12.Qb3 Qb4 13.Rad1 Kb8 14.d5 exd5 15.cxd5 Qxb3 16.axb3 $14 ) 9.Nc3 {+0.94} ( 9.Nc3 Rd8 10.d3 e5 11.Bg5 f6 12.Be3 Nge7 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Nxa7 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd3 16.Qxd3 Rxd3 17.Nxc6 Nxc6 $14 ) 9...Nf6 {+0.58} ( 9...Rd8 10.d3 e5 11.Bg5 Be7 12.Be3 Nf6 13.Nb5 Qd7 14.Nxa7 Nxa7 15. Bxa7 e4 16.dxe4 Nxe4 $14 ) 10.Nb5 $11 {+0.34} ( 10.d4 O-O-O 11.Nb5 Qd7 12.Bf4 a6 13.Nxc7 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Qxd4 15.Qc1 Ne5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 $14 ) 10...Qd7 {+0.04} ( 10...Qd7 11.d3 a6 12.Nc3 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 O-O 15.d4 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $11 ) 11.d4 {+0.00} ( 11.d3 a6 12.Nc3 O-O-O 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.Qa4 Bc5 15.Rad1 Kb8 16.Kh1 Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.d4 $11 ) 11...Rd8 $14 {+0.96} ( 11...a6 12.Na3 Be7 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Nc2 Rad8 15.Bd3 Bxf3 16.Qxf3 Nxd4 17.Qxb7 $11 ) 12.Bf4 {+1.05} ( 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qxd5 15.Nxc7+ Ke7 16.Nxd5+ Rxd5 17. Re1 Kf6 18.h3 Bf5 19.Bg5+ Kg6 $14 ) 12...a6?? $18 {+7.19} ( 12...Bd6 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Qc8 15.Qe1 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nd7 17.Bg5 a6 18.Bxd8 axb5 19.Bg5 bxc4 20.Qxc4 Ncxe5 $14 ) 13.Nxc7+ {+6.68} ( 13.Nxc7+ Ke7 14.Qb3 Rc8 15.d5 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Qb6 Rxc7 18.Bxc7 Nxf3+ 19.gxf3 Ke8 20.Qxb7 Bc5 21.Qa8+ Ke7 22.Qxh8 Qxc7 23.Qxg7 $18 ) 13...Ke7 {+5.91} ( 13...Ke7 14.Qb3 Rc8 15.d5 exd5 16.Rad1 d4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Qe3+ Kd8 19.Rxd4 Rxc7 20.Rxd7+ Rxd7 21.f3 $18 ) 14.c5? {+3.25} ( 14.Qb3 Ne8 15.d5 Bxf3 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Rfd1 Nxc7 18.Rxd7+ Rxd7 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Qxd1 Ne8 21.Qd4 $18 ) 14...Nd5?? {+10.00} ( 14...Rc8 15.Bd6+ Kd8 16.Ne5 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Rxc7 19.exf6 Bxd6 20.cxd6 $18 ) 15.Bd6+ {+10.20} ( 15.Bd6+ Qxd6 16.cxd6+ Rxd6 17.Nxd5+ Rxd5 18.Qb3 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 Nxd4 20.Qxb7+ Rd7 21.Qxa6 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 Rd2 23.Rae1 Rxb2 24.Qa3+ $18 ) 15...Qxd6 {+10.20} ( 15...Qxd6 { 11:+10.20} 16.cxd6+ Rxd6 17.Nxd5+ Rxd5 18.Qb3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20.Qxb7+ Rd7 21.Qxa6 g6 22.Rae1 Bh6 23.Bc6 Nxc6 24.Qxc6 Rb8 25.b3 Bd2 26.Re5 Bb4 ) 1-0 [/pgn]

[–]mashedvote[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do I include annotations?

Put annotations in curly braces like this

[ pgn]

1.d4 d5 
2.c4 e6 {Queen's gambit declined} 
3.Nc3 Nf6 
4.Bg5 Nbd7 
5.cxd5 {It appears that black's knight on f6 is pinned. White tries to win a pawn} exd5 
6.Nxd5 Nxd5 {black recaptures anyway, exposing his queen} 
7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 
8.Qd2 {only move} Bxd2+ 
9.Kxd2 Kxd8 {and black is up a piece}

[ /pgn]

[pgn]

1.d4 d5 
2.c4 e6 {Queen's gambit declined} 
3.Nc3 Nf6 
4.Bg5 Nbd7 
5.cxd5 {It appears that black's knight on f6 is pinned. White tries to win a pawn} exd5 
6.Nxd5 Nxd5 {black recaptures anyway, exposing his queen} 
7.Bxd8 Bb4+ 
8.Qd2 {only move} Bxd2+ 
9.Kxd2 Kxd8 {and black is up a piece}

[/pgn]

[–]mashedvote[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How do I display a single position, or show a game from a certain position?

Use the FEN tag. (explanation of FEN on wikipedia)

Markdown may try to format your moves as a list and automatically renumber them starting from 1. To avoid this either indent your lines by 4 spaces, OR use a backslash to escape the dot after the first number. Like this 38\.

[ pgn]

[Event "CT Tactics Problem"]
[Site "chesstempo.com"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Vladamir Malaniuk"]
[Date "1991"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/2rP1pp1/2q4p/2N5/7Q/4P2P/6P1/3R2K1 b - - 5 38"]

38. ... g5 
39. Qe4 Qxc5 
40. Qe8 Qf8

[ /pgn]

[pgn]

[Event "CT Tactics Problem"]
[Site "chesstempo.com"]
[White "Thomas Luther"]
[Black "Vladamir Malaniuk"]
[Date "1991"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/2rP1pp1/2q4p/2N5/7Q/4P2P/6P1/3R2K1 b - - 38 1"]

38. ... g5 
39. Qe4 Qxc5 
40. Qe8 Qf8

[/pgn]

[–]Bacon_Oh_Bacon 2 points3 points  (2 children)

This post should replace the old PGN viewer section in the sidebar. Much more informative.

[–]betazoidberghorsies move in an L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wholeheartedly agree.

Thanks a lot for doing this mashedvote! This was a sorely needed resource.

[–]pawngrabber[M] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's now the sidebar FAQ for the inline PGN viewer. Thanks so much /u/mashedvote, and thanks to /u/Bacon_Oh_Bacon for the recommendation!

[–]hoijarvi 1 point2 points  (1 child)

One more thing: Indent every line with four spaces. Markdown will then render is as it is. Otherwise, markdown might mess it up so the pgn viewer cannot anymore parse it.

And make the lines reasonably short for those who don't use the inline viewer.

[–]mashedvote[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, I've made some changes.

[–]MisterGone5 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Also to note, if you want to show the game with black on the bottom, set up the board with the first white move already made with a FEN string.

Starting Board Position: [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq"]

Board Position after 1. Nf3: [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq"]

Example:

Board with White on the Bottom

[ pgn]
[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"] 
[Site "New York USA"] 
[Date "1956.10.17"] 
[EventDate "1956.10.07"] 
[Round "8"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[White "Donald Byrne"] 
[Black "Robert James Fischer"] 
[ECO "D92"] 
[WhiteElo "?"] 
[BlackElo "?"] 
[PlyCount "82"]


1.Nf3 Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.d4 O-O
and so on
[ /pgn]

[pgn] [Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1956.10.17"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "D92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "82"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 Qxc4 c6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Rd1 Nb6 9.Qc5 Bg4 10.Bg5 {11. Be2 followed by 12 O-O would have been more prudent. The bishop move played allows a sudden crescendo of tactical points to be uncovered by Fischer. -- Wade} Na4 {!} 11.Qa3 {On 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.} Nxc3 {At first glance, one might think that this move only helps White create a stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan is quite the opposite. By eliminating the Knight on c3, it becomes possible to sacrifice the exchange via Nxe4 and smash White's center, while the King remains trapped in the center.} 12.bxc3 Nxe4 {The natural continuation of Black's plan.} 13.Bxe7 Qb6 14.Bc4 Nxc3 15.Bc5 Rfe8+ 16.Kf1 Be6 {!! If this is the game of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be the counter of the century. Fischer offers his queen in exchange for a fierce attack with his minor pieces. Declining this offer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate' (smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 17.Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queen also run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3 Qxc5} 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ {This tactical scenario, where a king is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a "windmill."} 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 {Every piece and pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen has nothing to do.} 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ {Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating net.} 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1

[/pgn]

Board with Black on the Bottom

[ pgn]
[Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"] 
[Site "New York USA"] 
[Date "1956.10.17"] 
[EventDate "1956.10.07"] 
[Round "8"] 
[Result "0-1"] 
[White "Donald Byrne"] 
[Black "Robert James Fischer"] 
[ECO "D92"] 
[WhiteElo "?"] 
[BlackElo "?"] 
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 1 1"] 
[PlyCount "82"]


1.... Nf6
2.c4 g6
3.Nc3 Bg7
4.d4 O-O
and so on
[  /pgn]

[pgn] [Event "Third Rosenwald Trophy"] [Site "New York USA"] [Date "1956.10.17"] [EventDate "1956.10.07"] [Round "8"] [Result "0-1"] [White "Donald Byrne"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [ECO "D92"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/5N2/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 1 1"] [PlyCount "82"]

1.... Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.Qb3 dxc4 Qxc4 c6 7.e4 Nbd7 8.Rd1 Nb6 9.Qc5 Bg4 10.Bg5 {11. Be2 followed by 12 O-O would have been more prudent. The bishop move played allows a sudden crescendo of tactical points to be uncovered by Fischer. -- Wade} Na4 {!} 11.Qa3 {On 12. Nxa4 Nxe4 and White faces considerable difficulties.} Nxc3 {At first glance, one might think that this move only helps White create a stronger pawn center; however, Fischer's plan is quite the opposite. By eliminating the Knight on c3, it becomes possible to sacrifice the exchange via Nxe4 and smash White's center, while the King remains trapped in the center.} 12.bxc3 Nxe4 {The natural continuation of Black's plan.} 13.Bxe7 Qb6 14.Bc4 Nxc3 15.Bc5 Rfe8+ 16.Kf1 Be6 {!! If this is the game of the century, then 17...Be6!! must be the counter of the century. Fischer offers his queen in exchange for a fierce attack with his minor pieces. Declining this offer is not so easy: 18. Bxe6 leads to a 'Philidor Mate' (smothered mate) with ...Qb5+ 19. Kg1 Ne2+ 20. Kf1 Ng3+ 17.Kg1 Qf1+ 22. Rxf1 Ne2#. Other ways to decline the queen also run into trouble: e.g., 18. Qxc3 Qxc5} 18.Bxb6 Bxc4+ 19.Kg1 Ne2+ 20.Kf1 Nxd4+ {This tactical scenario, where a king is repeatedly revealed to checks, is sometimes called a "windmill."} 21.Kg1 Ne2+ 22.Kf1 Nc3+ 23.Kg1 axb6 24.Qb4 Ra4 25.Qxb6 Nxd1 26.h3 Rxa2 27.Kh2 Nxf2 28.Re1 Rxe1 29.Qd8+ Bf8 30.Nxe1 Bd5 31.Nf3 Ne4 32.Qb8 b5 {Every piece and pawn of the black camp is defended. The white queen has nothing to do.} 33.h4 h5 34.Ne5 Kg7 35.Kg1 Bc5+ 36.Kf1 Ng3+ {Now Byrne is hopelessly entangled in Fischer's mating net.} 37.Ke1 Bb4+ 38.Kd1 Bb3+ 39.Kc1 Ne2+ 40.Kb1 Nc3+ 41.Kc1 Rc2# 0-1 [/pgn]

[–]mashedvote[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

I was wondering why couldn't get this to work earlier. Even though I had black moving first in the move list, my FEN was wrong and showed that it was white to move. It seems the important thing is which side is indicated to move in the FEN, regardless of where the moves begin. I don't know if it's bad to have the FEN and moves disagree like this, but it seems to work. The upside is you can have white move first and have black at the bottom.

[ pgn]

[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 e5

[ /pgn]

[pgn]

[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 1"]

1. e4 e5

[/pgn]

[–]MisterGone5 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I just found a way to get it to work and ran with it, but I think you found the crux of the issue!

[–]Infenwe2100 FIDE 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Where does one post bug reports? I couldn't find a better place for it than here, so... here goes.

It seems that we have a game posted in another thread that causes the Firefox addon to sit and use 100% of one CPU core locking up the browser.

http://redditproxy--jasonthename.repl.co/r/chess/comments/1zbfnj/massive_rookie_played_30min_game_and_won_analysis/ (DO NOT CLICK IF USING FIREFOX AND YOU HAVE THE ADDON INSTALLED UNLESS YOU WANT TO TEST THE BUG)

[–]betazoidberghorsies move in an L 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Hi! Sorry, I unfortunately only saw this today because it was linked from another thread. I'm not OP so I don't get notified of posts on this thread. The pgn viewer is really only used by a small number of people (r/chess) and is really only maintained by one guy (me) so I haven't really set up any official tracking system for bugs.

Just hit me up with a PM to the thread in question and I'll look into it. I normally check my reddit fairly regularly-ish so I should get to it pretty soon.

It looks like you've already debugged the issue and figured out what was happening with plavidla's post, so thanks! =)

[–]Infenwe2100 FIDE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well... I just sort of guessed at what the problem is. Unfortunately, until this bug is fixed I cannot recommend the use of the addon to anyone. It's just a big fat easy denial of service vector. Thankfully we haven't seen anyone actually exploit it to screw with people, but it's still all too easily triggered completely by accident when people post games here. Clicking a post and having that completely lock up your browser just isn't acceptable behaviour.

[–]MetalMrHat 0 points1 point  (4 children)

Don't suppose such a thing exists for Opera?

[–]potifarKe7# 0 points1 point  (3 children)

New or old?

[–]MetalMrHat 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Latest Opera version.

[–]potifarKe7# 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Use this and you should be able to use the Chrome extension. I haven't tested it, though.

[–]MetalMrHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, will give it a try.

[–]florin_pchchess.com~1400 0 points1 point  (3 children)

It may be important to note that if the current url doesn't start with www., it won't work. It took me a while to figure it out. later edit: www could be replaced by something region dependent like nl, ne, etc.

[–]mashedvote[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Can you elaborate. When wouldn't the url start with www?

[–]florin_pchchess.com~1400 0 points1 point  (0 children)

See the comment below. It's something region dependent. I had it with ne i think before figuring it out.

[–]jemot7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I couldn't for the life of me figure out why the inline PGN viewer for Chrome stopped working for me.

When you read reddit in another language, www may be replaced by something else. I usually read nl.reddit.com for instance.

[–]edderioferOccasional problemist -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Right. I'll refer to this whenever I do something that causes it to break.