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Longer games and slower tempos take a little more time. Please keep this tab open.

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Chess video atelier · SAN & PGN to MP4

Chess Frame

Turn any chess game into a quiet, share-ready film. Paste your moves, replay them on the board, choose a tempo, and render.

New to notation?

Standard Algebraic Notation (SAN)

SAN records each move with a letter for the piece and the destination square — for example, e4 moves a pawn to e4 and Nf3 moves a knight to f3. It's the most common way to write chess moves.

Example: Magnus Carlsen vs Garry Kasparov (Magnus aged 13)

e4 c5 Nf3 e6 d4 cxd4 Nxd4 a6 Nc3 Qc7 Bd3 Nf6 O-O Bc5 Nb3 Ba7
Qf3 Nc6 Bf4 d6 Qg3 Nh5 Bxd6 Qd8 Qg4 Qxd6 Qxh5 Qe5 Qh3 Bd7 Kh1
O-O-O f4 Qc7 e5 Nb4 Ne4 Kb8

Portable Game Notation (PGN)

PGN is a text format for full games, including metadata such as player names, event, and result, followed by the move list. Files use the .pgn extension — Chess Frame reads the players, event and moves automatically.

[Event "Example Game"]
[Site "Chess Club"]
[Date "2025.02.02"]
[White "PlayerA"]
[Black "PlayerB"]
[Result "1-0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 a6 1-0
I

The game

Paste a PGN, upload a file, or type the moves. The board follows as you go.

Drag & drop your PGN file here, or

moves
Waiting for moves…
II

Title & players

Optional. Shown on the opening and closing cards and beneath the board.
III

Style & tempo

Pick a tempo to start, choose the board, then fine-tune if you like.
Board colours ?
Square size ? 50
Bigger board, larger video frame.
Frame rate ? 24
Smoothness of motion (fps).
Glide ? 5
Frames per slide — higher is slower.
Pause after move ? 1s
Breathing room between moves.
Final hold ? 3s
How long the last position lingers.
Title size ? 28
Opening and closing card text.
Caption size ? 15
Current-move caption.
Move list size ? 11
Side move-list text.
Move list rows ? 40
Rows per column, at most.
A Stockfish advantage bar beside the board, as on lichess.
Off flips the board, black at the bottom. The preview flips too.
Estimated running time — ?
Ready

Your film is ready.