Open PGN file

PGN files: what are they and how do I open them?

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.pgn file type #1: Picatinny Arsenal Electronic formstore data

Files with pgn file extension can be found as special TIFF images used by Picatinny Arsenal Electronic Formstore. Just rename it back to TIF.

Further details:

The pgn file extension is used for a TIFF file format used by Picatinny Arsenal Electronic Formstore.

Tagged Image File Format - one of the most widely supported lossless (does not lose information during compression) file formats for storing bit-mapped images (both PCs and Macintosh computers).

TIFF graphics can be any resolution, in black and white, gray-scaled, or color. Is used un-compressed or LZW compressed.

Many different formats (Uncompressed, Huffman compressed, Jpeg,CCITT3/4, G3 FAX, G4 FAX, Packed Bits).

MIME types:
application/formstore

We are sorry, there is currently no specific software link to open this kind of file.

.pgn file type #2: Portable Game Notation format

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

Further details:

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.

Open file with:

ChessMaster

A chess game series

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