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+chessParser
+===========
+PHP class for conversion of Chess PGN files to PHP array or JSON.
+
+This is the chess parser used in DHTML Chess at dhtml-chess.com
+
+License: GPL
+
+Example of use: 
+
+<?php
+
+$parser = new PgnParser('my-games.pgn');
+
+echo json_encode($parser->getGames());
+
+?>