Portable Draughts Notation

File Format
Name	Portable Draughts Notation
Ontology	Electronic File Formats Saved Games Portable Draughts Notation
Extension(s)	.pdn
Released	≤2000

Portable Draughts Notation (PDN) is a standard format for recording draughts (checkers) games. It stores the game's moves, and metadata associated with the game. It is the draughts version of the PGN format for chess.

Specifications

• PDN 3.0 standard 1.0
• PDN 2.0 draft
• Original specification

Sample files

• http://www.bobnewell.net/checkers/pdn/pdndownloads.html
• dexvert samples — text/portableDraughtsNotation

Links

• Wikipedia article