# Having difficulty getting pgn to generate and show up in games history when I play OTB games

**URL:** https://community.playchessup.com/t/having-difficulty-getting-pgn-to-generate-and-show-up-in-games-history-when-i-play-otb-games/301
**Category:** General
**Created:** [August 20, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/having-difficulty-getting-pgn-to-generate-and-show-up-in-games-history-when-i-play-otb-games/301 "2023-08-20T22:11:02Z")
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### Author: ![chessyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f1d935/32.png) [@chessyoshi](https://community.playchessup.com/u/chessyoshi)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/having-difficulty-getting-pgn-to-generate-and-show-up-in-games-history-when-i-play-otb-games/301/1 "2023-08-20T22:11:02Z")

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I bought this board mainly to be able to play in a more natural way than the computer, but still be able to analyse the game afterwards by having the pgn available post game to email to myself and run through my desktop chess software. Once i finish a game, with checkmate and the board light sequence showing the end of the game, the finished game score never shows up in my games archive.

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### Author: ![Ladyhawke79](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Ladyhawke79](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Ladyhawke79)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/having-difficulty-getting-pgn-to-generate-and-show-up-in-games-history-when-i-play-otb-games/301/2 "2023-12-27T14:54:38Z")

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I’m also interested to know how ChessUp works, to download games played on it to my Windows PC.  
I use my DGT Smartboard for this but sometimes I prefere to have a smaller board.

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### Author: ![Jeff](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.playchessup.com/jeff/32/3_2.png) [@Jeff](https://community.playchessup.com/u/Jeff)
#### Post date: [December 27, 2023, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.playchessup.com/t/having-difficulty-getting-pgn-to-generate-and-show-up-in-games-history-when-i-play-otb-games/301/3 "2023-12-27T23:52:40Z")

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We have an export pgn feature:

> **[How to Export a PGN File - ChessUp Knowledge Base](https://bryghtlabs.helpscoutdocs.com/article/117-how-to-export-a-pgn-file)**
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> Playing a game with your ChessUp is fun whether you are playing OTB, against the AI or online with Lichess. However, there might be a time where a player might