How to convert CBF to PGN
Converting a .CBF file to .PGN lets you open the content in software that prefers the .PGN format, though some details may change compared with the original. We are still putting together the list of programs that handle .CBF files.
A full step-by-step guide for this conversion is on the way; the information above is drawn straight from our database.
About these formats
.CBF
ChessBase Legacy Games Database
A CBF file is an old ChessBase chess game database (ChessBase versions 1-5, pre-1995). Open it with ChessBase (version 6 or later), the free ChessBase Reader, or Scid. The main concern is…
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.PGN
Portable Game Notation (chess)
A PGN file is a Portable Game Notation file - a plain-text record of one or more chess games, with headers (event, players, result) and the moves in algebraic notation. Open it in Lichess,…
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