I know you are just asking for a way to concatenate all games one after the other in one single file, and not really merge all games into one game with variations. But in case anyone came here looking for a real pgn merge, have a look at -pgn.
Merge Pgn Chess Files
Yeah, there are several ways to do it. In general, the smaller the PGN files, the easier the task. Here's a thread that discussed merging large PGN files. (The thread began by discussing endgame tablebases, but midway down the first page (Post #8), the discussion evolved into one of merging PGN files.)
I'm not the guy to answer that question - I haven't played any games here, plus I'm still using V2, which no longer allows downloading PGN files. But I think others have said that you can only download PGN files in blocks of 50, or something like that. Maybe someone else can give a more knowledgeable answer.
If your single game is split into multiple PGNs and you want to merge them into a single PGN, then you just need to concatenate the movetext sections of the PGNs. The PGN reader is (by official decree , which I forgot where I read it from) supposed to be lenient on parsing (because PGNs were designed for human edits); this means it should ignore inconsistencies in turn numbers.
I looked everywhere for a command line tool to merge PGN's into one (and I mean really merging the PGN games into one game with variations, either from one file, or from separate files). I found one Python script on GitHub that I modified to have support for also merging text comments and also software comments / annotation (arrows and circles etc). There are some technical caveats but it works:
For those who can't be bothered to install python, and who doesn't have Chessbase, chesstempo.com is another free tool that also does real PGN game merging, but there are some issues with that. In order to get a clean merge, you have to remove all existing repertoires and reload the page before uploading the PGN files to merge, and then export them. If you are already using the opening trainer at chesstempo.com you would have to first export/backup your repertoires and then re-upload them afterwards which could be a nuisance. Also, while it does merge the text comments, it doesn't really merge the annotations (arrows and circles), and it will also include annotations from repertoires of the opposite color (hence the reason why you need to remove all repertoires before you begin). There is a discussion regarding these subtleties at -forum/help_and_support/any_way_to_delete_cal_comments_from_repertoire-t11246.0.html;msg76376#msg76376.
As to merging files, they are just text so you can use command line utilities to merge/concatenate them together. Just do a google search for how to do that. I have a folder with a batch file I to do it.
I have several games in different PGN files and I want them published as a single PGN file. This is how to create it: Open one PGN in a text editor and copy all information to the clipboard. Open the other PGN in a second text editor and paste the clipboard at the beginning or end of this second file. Close and save the file with a new name and with the extension .PGN. Now you have combined both PGN files into one PGN file.
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Select a number of games either by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on individual games, or by holding down the Shift key and moving the band down the list with the cursor keys. Hit Enter to merge them all into a single variation tree. The first game becomes the main line, the others are given as variations.
When you merge the analysis of another commentator (by simply dragging the entire game into the first one) you should manually type in the name of its author the first time there is a deviation from the parent game's analysis. The name is entered as text commentary in the game. All other commentators should be listed in the same way, as text the first time their commentary appears.
Homepage * Nørresundby Chess Club * Chess Graphics * Chess Publishing * Download index * Links * What's new? Chess Playing ProgramsWith the hardware of today commercial chess programs are very very strong, but you can get licked for free! At Chessopolis you'll find links to many more free chess playing programs. Some are strong, some are weak. Today there are quite a few programs with no interface of their own - they rely on the use of an interface like WinBoard. The programs below just serve as an appetizer.
Freeware by Frank Schneider. WindowsA strong program (former Gromit)! Anaconda can use endgame tablebases, and you can edit the evaluation functions if you want to experiment. It is possible to play Fischer-chess (random initial position).Download from: -online.de/AnacondaChess/index.htm
Freeware by Tim Mann. WinBoard (or XBoard for Unix) is a graphical user interface for chess. You can use it as a PGN-viewer or to play chess on the Internet (e.g. at Internet Chess Club). Many freeware chess programs use WinBoard as their graphical interface.Download WinBoard from Tim Mann's Chess Pages (2.1 mb).
Freeware by Martin Blume. Windows.Arena is a graphical user interface for chess programs (engines) and has become quite popular. Arena is compatible to various protocols and has an extensive homepage with support, forums and more. The Arena Homepage.
Freeware by Stefan Immich. A simple Java interface for playing on a chess server. You need the (free) Java runtime environment 1.2 or newer from SUN Microsystems. Download Schachmatt from -engine.de/schachmatt.zip (521 kb). Select "Use folder names" when you unzip.
Freeware by Eric Bentzen. Windows.Broadcast games live on the Internet. Just update a pgn file when new moves are made and Palive will create and upload webpages automatically. In principle it doesn't matter whether you update the pgn file with a text editor like NotePad or advanced software that monitors electronic chess boards. See The Palview Pages for more information.
pChess is a basic chess programme for Macintosh OSX, with graphics and a built-in FEN Viewer. It supports Fischer games, copy/paste of FEN positions, and SAN Notation. Audio and Visual Brain features let you listen and see as it evaluates moves. pChess homepage.
Freeware by Roger Musson. The program is just a chess set: board and pieces. You can use it for playing through games (or whatever), and when you want to go astray in some variation, simply tell the program to remember the position and you'll not have the usual trouble finding your way back.Download from: Pitt Archives (33 KB).
Freeware by Andrew & Paul Lapides. A new idea: an online (Java) pgn editor! If you go to Lapides' website, , you can record, edit or view pgn-files. Once the page is loaded, you can disconnect.The analysis board is a great idea: when you want to record/edit a variation, you just copy the game position and play through the variation on the second board. The pgn is saved by copying the generated text to the clip board and pasting it into your own editor or word processor.
Freeware (Win 3.1 version) and shareware (Win 9x) by David B. Sugden.DBS Chess is a Windows program that records both the game moves and allthe analysis of your correspondence chess. It allows you to prepareemails using the clipboard to send text to your email program. It canhandle a very wide range of formats and international notations. TheWin 3.1 version is now freeware, the Win 9x is shareware costing US$20for registered (registration good for all future versions). Downloadsare 450/510 kbytes respectively.The program can be downloaded from the authors homepage:David B. Sugden's homepage or from
Shareware for the correspondence or email chess player by Andres Valverde Toresano. Win 3.*/95. There is also a freeware lite-version.The program keeps track of your games. Games can be analysed on screen, and positions can be saved in BMP or GIF format. Reads and saves PGN. Sends and receives email. The unregistrated version has some limitations. Link: ECTool Homepage.
Freeware by Peter Klausler. Windows 9*.CDB builds databases of chess games and positions and keeps track of all known moves in a position as well as game statistics. Games are added from the user interface or by importing PGN, text, NIC, ChessBase or Chess Assistant. Positions can be analysed with Crafty.CDB also works fine as a PGN-browser and is a useful tool for conversion from different database formats to PGN.Download from -activities/chess/UTIL/ or directly from -1_5.exe (398 KB).
Freeware by Mark van der Leek. Win 9*/NT.A handy and easy-to-use database. There's no limit to the number of games, but with more than 250.000 it gets a bit slow. ChessPad has its own file format, but reads and writes PGN. There are several search options, but you cannot search for a certain position.ChessPad can export games and diagrams as HTML or in RTF-format, that can be imported by most wordprocessors. For diagrams and (if you like) figurine notation you can choose between different true type chess fonts. Games and diagrams can also be exported for use on webpages. Compared to commercial products this excellent program has a few limitations that are unimportant for most players - and it's free!Download from ChessPad Homepage (902 kb).
Freeware by Dr. David Kirkby. Windows, Unix, Linux.A project based on Scid (see above) and with several enhancements. For instance ChessDB supports more languages, and you can download pgn files directly from The Week In Chess (TWIC) and ICC. See the program's homepage for further information and download.Link: ChessDB homepage. 2ff7e9595c
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