Answers.Body: <p>PGN files need to be converted to UTF-8 as pointed out by @Artem Mostyaev, then most apps would support this.</p>
  
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Body: <p>I have a PGN file, in which I can view non-English (Cyrillic) comments on my PC in Chessbase or in Notepad++, but all Android apps (playchess, masterchess, scid on the go, droidfish) I tried instead show garbage for the comments. Is there an app that is worth trying that might support this? Example below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Event "chessclub.com"]
  [Site "-"]
  [Date "2016.8.5"]
  [Round "?"]
  [White "PlayerA"]
  [Black "PlayerB"]
  [Result "0-1"]
  [PlyCount "6"]
  
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {Белые сдались.} 0-1
  </code></pre>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-08-09T04:50:21.363Z
Comments.Text: Could you please post such a pgn here and i can try loading in my Analyze This app?
Comments.UserDisplayName: AAP
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-08-09T06:49:18.467Z
Comments.Text: So you're asking for a PGN viewer with unicode support, aren't you? Or would you need further functionality as UCI engine integration for analysis and so on?
Comments.UserDisplayName: sharcashmo
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-08-10T02:51:48.373Z
Comments.Text: Added example with the comment that says "White resigned", and yes, a PGN viewer with unicode support would be sufficient for the purpose of this question; granted, support in desktop tools is also quite bad; e.g. exporting to PGN from Fritz works; exporting same data with Chessbase fails, pasting into neither works, and so on (I could elaborate ...);
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-10-25T14:04:20.537Z
Comments.Text: @AAP did you have any luck getting it to work?
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-11-27T15:21:03.897Z
Comments.Text: @Joe, sorry not sure how I missed this comment. I just pasted in Analyze This app and the comment was fine. Have you tried it yet?
Comments.UserDisplayName: AAP
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-11-28T09:39:36.350Z
Comments.Text: ChessOK Playing Zone app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.convekta.android.chessplanet also imports your PGN fine.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Artem Mostyaev
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-07T16:04:39.547Z
Comments.Text: @ArtemMostyaev but ... ChessOk only lets you paste a string, not import a file. or am I missing something? Ultimately I want to use a real-life pgn file for reviewing games.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-07T16:06:29.010Z
Comments.Text: @AAP what do you mean by 'pasted'? I have this string saved in a file, and when I imported it as a file in Analyze this, it showed garbage characters. I feel the settings/encoding for creating a pgn file is what matters, so I wonder what exactly you did.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-08T05:46:43.193Z
Comments.Text: ChessOK provide opening files from various file managers, but you can't import file from the main GUI.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Artem Mostyaev
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-08T16:46:10.877Z
Comments.Text: @Artem Mostyaev Thanks, that allowed me to open the pgn file, but comments still show as garbage characters (and as a side note it feels like the ChessOk viewer only shows first game in the file with no way to see list of games).
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-08T17:11:04.693Z
Comments.Text: @Joe: there are two ways to import the game in Analyze This: 1. Paste the pgn string via Menu - Paste or 2. Assuming your pgn file is already on your sdcard, you open it via the App's game browser (1st icon) - locate the file and then it will show all games in that file.
Comments.UserDisplayName: AAP
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-14T01:31:14.850Z
Comments.Text: @AAP I loaded it up from the pgn file on the sdcard. I suspect the issue has to do with how one saves the text in my post into a text file (what encoding/software did you use? If that works for you and fails for me - that seems like the only thing that could explain the difference. The files I use show up well in Chessbase, but not in android apps).
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-15T09:27:56.303Z
Comments.Text: The easiest way for you to correctly open the comments is re-encode file into UTF8. As Android was created in a UTF world, there is no need in encoding support. I suppose you file is in Win1251 encoding (ANSI). just recode in into UTF8 using some text editor as Notepad++.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Artem Mostyaev
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Comments.CreationDate: 2016-12-17T04:55:43.760Z
Comments.Text: @Artem Convert to UTF-8 in Notepad++ did the trick, thank you very much! It now works in playchess, Master chess, and probably most other apps.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Joe
Tags: <pgn><android>
Title: Is there an Android viewer that understands international language comments in PGN?
ThreadText: # Is there an Android viewer that understands international language comments in PGN?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-08-09)
  
  I have a PGN file, in which I can view non-English (Cyrillic) comments on my PC in Chessbase or in Notepad++, but all Android apps (playchess, masterchess, scid on the go, droidfish) I tried instead show garbage for the comments. Is there an app that is worth trying that might support this? Example below:
  
  ```
  [Event "chessclub.com"]
  [Site "-"]
  [Date "2016.8.5"]
  [Round "?"]
  [White "PlayerA"]
  [Black "PlayerB"]
  [Result "0-1"]
  [PlyCount "6"]
  
  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 {Белые сдались.} 0-1
  
  ```
  
  **Tags:** pgn, android
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Could you please post such a pgn here and i can try loading in my Analyze This app?  
  > **username_2**: So you're asking for a PGN viewer with unicode support, aren't you? Or would you need further functionality as UCI engine integration for analysis and so on?  
  > **username_0**: Added example with the comment that says "White resigned", and yes, a PGN viewer with unicode support would be sufficient for the purpose of this question; granted, support in desktop tools is also quite bad; e.g. exporting to PGN from Fritz works; exporting same data with Chessbase fails, pasting into neither works, and so on (I could elaborate ...);  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 did you have any luck getting it to work?  
  > **username_1**: @username_0, sorry not sure how I missed this comment. I just pasted in Analyze This app and the comment was fine. Have you tried it yet?  
  > **username_3**: ChessOK Playing Zone app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.convekta.android.chessplanet also imports your PGN fine.  
  > **username_0**: @username_3 but ... ChessOk only lets you paste a string, not import a file. or am I missing something? Ultimately I want to use a real-life pgn file for reviewing games.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 what do you mean by 'pasted'? I have this string saved in a file, and when I imported it as a file in Analyze this, it showed garbage characters. I feel the settings/encoding for creating a pgn file is what matters, so I wonder what exactly you did.  
  > **username_3**: ChessOK provide opening files from various file managers, but you can't import file from the main GUI.  
  > **username_0**: @username_3 Thanks, that allowed me to open the pgn file, but comments still show as garbage characters (and as a side note it feels like the ChessOk viewer only shows first game in the file with no way to see list of games).  
  > **username_1**: @username_0: there are two ways to import the game in Analyze This: 1. Paste the pgn string via Menu - Paste or 2. Assuming your pgn file is already on your sdcard, you open it via the App's game browser (1st icon) - locate the file and then it will show all games in that file.  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 I loaded it up from the pgn file on the sdcard. I suspect the issue has to do with how one saves the text in my post into a text file (what encoding/software did you use? If that works for you and fails for me - that seems like the only thing that could explain the difference. The files I use show up well in Chessbase, but not in android apps).  
  > **username_3**: The easiest way for you to correctly open the comments is re-encode file into UTF8. As Android was created in a UTF world, there is no need in encoding support. I suppose you file is in Win1251 encoding (ANSI). just recode in into UTF8 using some text editor as Notepad++.  
  > **username_0**: @username_3 Convert to UTF-8 in Notepad++ did the trick, thank you very much! It now works in playchess, Master chess, and probably most other apps.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2016-12-17. Score: 2 | Accepted answer
  
  PGN files need to be converted to UTF-8 as pointed out by @username_3, then most apps would support this.
  
  
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