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Click here to learn more about ChessFlash mobile apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android.

Please note that some of the publishing defaults and options below have recently changed (February 2013).

1. Paste the PGN data for your chess game into the text area below:


2. Optional. Select your preferred display settings. Visit Chess Around the World and the ChessFlash Gallery for examples of different display options.
Basic Publishing Options
Horizontal Layout  |  Width:  |  Height:  |  Color Theme:

Advanced Publishing Options
Variations Tab  |  Puzzle Mode (use FEN in PGN data for initial position)  |  Board Only  |  Human Plays Black  |  Two Boards
Color Overrides modify the Color Theme and may be specified as six character RGB color values. See the FAQ for help selecting colors.
Dark Color Override: (Changes the color of the chessboard dark squares and matching elements.)
Background Color Override: (If your blog background is white, leave blank; if black enter 0; for others see the FAQ.)
Enter localized characters to display pieces. Ex: use KDTLSB for German. The PGN moves must still use English but will display with these characters.
Piece Character Overrides (KQRBNP):
Diagram Initial Position (in number of half moves):
Embedded mobile support. Experimental. Let me know if you have issues. See the FAQ and the Blog for more information.
3. Press the preview button to see the game in the viewer. Repeat steps 1-3 until the desired result is obtained.

4. Copy and paste the html below into blogger or your web page. Do not add any new line breaks within this html text.

In Blogger, select HTML before pasting this code into your post: Blogger Html


Tips, tricks and known issues:

ChessFlash Viewer and Web Site Copyright 2008 - 2013 Glenn Wilson
Initial diagram position changes contributed by Etienne Dupuis
GNU General Public License v 3 (GPLv3)
Source code (anonymous, anonymous)
ChessFlash Simple Publisher Version 1.45 March 26, 2013

Chess piece graphics

The chess pieces used in ChessFlash are based on the svg chess pieces from Wikimedia at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_chess_pieces and the work of users Cburnett and Antonsusi and are licensed under the BSD license:

Copyright The author

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met: THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

Jangaroo

The mobile version ChessFlash PGN Web Publishing leverages Jangaroo from CoreMedia AG, Hamburg and is licensed under the Apache license:

Copyright (c) 2008-2010 CoreMedia AG, Hamburg. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this software except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.