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Portable Game Notation (PGN) parser
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Description
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This package provides a parser for chess game scores in `PGN`_ format.

Both the strict export format and many less strict import formats are supported.

Classes for handling a single game and files of games are provided.

These classes verify that a game score represents a legal game.


Installation Instructions
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Usually this package will be installed by installing `ChessTab`_.

Install the package by typing

   python setup.py install

at the command prompt with setup.py in the current directory.

You may need to give the path and version of Python depending on your system's configuration:

   <path to python>/python<version> setup.py install

   For example

      C:\\Python33\\python setup.py install

         on Microsoft Windows or

      python3.3 setup.py install

         on Unix-like systems.

Use `Python`_ 3.3 or later.


Notes
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Project name and package name changed from 'pgn' to 'pgn-chess' prior to upload to PyPI.

The version numbers of pgn-chess continue on from pgn.


.. _Python: https://python.org
.. _PGN: http://www6.chessclub/help/PGN-spec
.. _`ChessTab`: http://solentware.co.uk/downloads.html
