well, it seems I can't load certain games (pgn format)on Chessmaster 11... But I can load it on Shredder Classic 3 or Winboard...

One of those games (PGN):

(All I get is a message saying
'illegal move or unrecognized move'
line #.9 char#.9... With other games, the line and chart are different.)



[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[White "Lilienthal"]
[Black "Suetyn"]
[Event "Benoni Defense"]
[Site "Kiew"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 { This manouevre introduced to practice Nimzovitsch. The Knight starts to c4. } 7... Nbd7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Nc4 Ne8 { It seems passive but suitable for intention of Black. } 14. e3 f5 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Kh2 Rf7 { Weakens the 8th line. } 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Ncxd5 22. Rxa7 Qe6 { It is a sly move. For 23.Nb6 Black kept Nxf4! in his bag. } 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Ndf6 25. Be1 d5 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Ba5 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bc7 Bf8 30. b6 c4 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. g4 Ra2 33. gxf5 $1 gxf5 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qg2+ Kf8 36. Nxc4 Nf6 37. Be5 $1 dxc4 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rb8 Kf7 40. Rxb7+ Be7 41. Ra7 c3 42. b7 { Lost 42.Rxa2? because of Qxa2 43.b7 cxb2 44.Qxb2 Qxb2 45.Bxb2 Bd5. } 42... cxb2 43. b8=Q b1=Q { Before our eyes here is the delightful position: Four Queens on the chessboard! Two prompt falls down, and White remains in advantage of quality and pawn. } 44. Qxb1 Rxg2+ 45. Kxg2 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 Qf3 47. Qa2+ Nd5 48. Bd4 Ke6 49. Qg2 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 { Black resigns. 1-0. }
1-0

I've had this happen occasionally, but not often.

The issue appears to be the annotation on move 42. If you look closely, there's an extra move number (before the three periods). Once you remove that, it loads fine.

While the PGN format is a common one, there are pieces of it that are unique to the program you're using. For instance, all PGN files have a [Date] tag, but [EventDate] is a Chessbase tag that Chessmaster doesn't recognize. Likewise, Chessmaster has the tags [WhiteTitle] and [BlackTitle], which aren't recognized by Chessbase.

Yes, standard Portable Game Notation isn't so standard

Thanks a lot, folks!

I really like this forum... There's something similar, to discuss Fritz?

The problem is that there are to many characters in "one line". You need to brake the line if the game is long.

I just added "enter" after 44 moves and now you can load it in Chessmaster



[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
[White "Lilienthal"]
[Black "Suetyn"]
[Event "Benoni Defense"]
[Site "Kiew"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 { This manouevre introduced to practice Nimzovitsch. The Knight starts to c4. } 7... Nbd7 8. g3 Bg7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a4 Ne5 12. f4 Neg4 13. Nc4 Ne8 { It seems passive but suitable for intention of Black. } 14. e3 f5 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Bd2 Nc7 18. Qb3 Rab8 19. Kh2 Rf7 { Weakens the 8th line. } 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. axb5 Ncxd5 22. Rxa7 Qe6 { It is a sly move. For 23.Nb6 Black kept Nxf4! in his bag. } 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. Rd1 Ndf6 25. Be1 d5 26. Ne5 Rff8 27. Ba5 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Bc7 Bf8 30. b6 c4 31. Qe2 Bc5 32. g4 Ra2 33. gxf5 $1 gxf5 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Qg2+ Kf8 36. Nxc4 Nf6 37. Be5 $1 dxc4 38. Rd8+ Ke7 39. Rb8 Kf7 40. Rxb7+ Be7 41. Ra7 c3 42. b7 { Lost 42.Rxa2? because of Qxa2 43.b7 cxb2 44.Qxb2 Qxb2 45.Bxb2 Bd5. } 42... cxb2 43. b8=Q b1=Q { Before our eyes here is the delightful position: Four Queens on the chessboard! Two prompt falls down, and White remains in advantage of quality and pawn. } 44. Qxb1 Rxg2+
45. Kxg2 Qd5+ 46. Kg1 Qf3 47. Qa2+ Nd5 48. Bd4 Ke6 49. Qg2 Qd1+ 50. Kh2 { Black resigns. 1-0. }
1-0

I removed the double 42 entry and I could load the game... I'll try your solution with the other games I can't load.
Thanks, ebutaljib...