Title: Playing chess by email
Author: Solène
Date: 28 September 2020
Tags: chess
Description:
It's possible to play chess using email. This is possible because
there are notations like PGN (Portable Game Notation) that describe
the state of a game.
By playing on your computer and sending the PGN of the game to
your opponent, that person will be able to play their move and
send you the new PGN so you can play.
## Using xboard
This is quite easy with xboard (which should be available in most
bsd/linux/unix distributions), as long as you are aware of the few
keybindings.
When you start a game, press **Ctrl+E** to enter edition mode, this
will prevent the AI to play, then make your move.
From there, you can press **Ctrl+C** to copy the state of the game.
You will have something like this in your clipboard.
[Event "Edited game"]
[Site "solene.local"]
[Date "2020.09.28"]
[Round "-"]
[White "-"]
[Black "-"]
[Result "*"]
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