Quick answer
PGN Movetext is a notation skill: the legal-move test. Work from the first evidence position for PGN Movetext, and begin by testing Kd7.
Begin from Kd7 in 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3 b - - 0 3. List the fields needed to reconstruct the board and distinguish a position snapshot from a complete game record. The evidence answer is: PGN Movetext: identify checks, captures, pins and king safety before accepting a move as legal. Candidate line: Kd7.
In the PGN Movetext example, notice: side Black; pieces Black king e6, White pawn e5, White king e1; legal first moves Kd7, Ke7, Kf7, Kf5, Kxe5, Kd5. The candidates above are taken from this FEN snapshot and should be re-checked on any new board.
What the record contains
The first evidence board tests the legal-move test; the second board tests the legal-move test. Use direct FEN setup to reconstruct A and direct FEN setup to reconstruct B when the evidence includes move text. Definitions for adjacent ideas are on the Chess Wiki and the Notation And Tools hub. Then compare Notation with Pgn Tag Pairs, Eco Opening Codes, Chess Rating Vocabulary around the tag pair identifying a game.
The two inventories make the distinction concrete. A contains side Black; pieces Black king e6, White pawn e5, White king e1; legal first moves Kd7, Ke7, Kf7, Kf5, Kxe5, Kd5; B contains side Black; pieces Black king e6, White pawn e5, White king e1; legal first moves Kd7, Ke7, Kf7, Kf5, Kxe5, Kd5. Compare the side to move before comparing the labels in the context of a malformed token.
Topic dossier for this page and board pair r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 / r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3: start with the tag pair identifying a game; then test a malformed token; keep a promotion suffix separate from the side-to-move marker; use round-trip reconstruction as the transfer check; and reserve annotation punctuation for the exception.
Reconstruction test
On the first board, calculate Kd7 after Kd7 and write down the opponent's best reply around the tag pair identifying a game. On the second board, calculate Kd7 after Kd7 and check a malformed token. Use the notation to preserve state, not to infer history that the record does not contain. In this case the useful condition is annotation punctuation.
Key claim: PGN Movetext is illustrated here by the legal-move test; the first concrete test is Kd7. The board anchor is 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3; the example is intentionally narrower than the topic label and should not be generalised without checking the surrounding position..
Practical boundary: To answer “How can a player read pgn movetext accurately and reconstruct the position or game record it describes?”, compare the recorded setup with Kd7 and the opponent's reply. The decision is useful only when the stated condition survives that concrete test on board 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3. The evidence records The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters and the second board signature r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3. The false-positive test is whether a promotion suffix appears without the side-to-move marker, so the conclusion is useful only when the stated condition survives that concrete test.
Evidence positions
example-1: the legal-move test
Show answer
PGN Movetext: identify checks, captures, pins and king safety before accepting a move as legal. Candidate line: Kd7.
Why this position is here: PGN Movetext is represented by the legal-move test. This is a direct FEN setup with board anchor 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3; no opening history is inferred from the diagram.
FEN: 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3 b - - 0 3
Question: What is the first concrete decision in this pgn movetext position?
Answer cue: PGN Movetext: identify checks, captures, pins and king safety before accepting a move as legal. Candidate line: Kd7. The first candidate to test is Kd7. Replay Kd7 on board anchor 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3 and write down what changes after it.
Evidence boundary: The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters.
Reading the record
Read the first example (id example-1) as a complete record: continuation Kd7, source fide-laws. This is a direct FEN setup with board anchor 8/8/4k3/4P3/8/8/8/4K3; no opening history is inferred from the diagram. If A does not expose the legal-move test, correct the evidence before relying on the prose.
Read the second example (id example-1) separately: continuation Kd7, source fide-laws. Its feature is the legal-move test; inventory side Black; pieces Black king e6, White pawn e5, White king e1; legal first moves Kd7, Ke7, Kf7, Kf5, Kxe5, Kd5. Compare what changes between Kd7 and Kd7.
Missing information
The main mistake to avoid with PGN Movetext is treating a compact notation field as if it encoded history or context that it does not actually contain. In A, the missing condition must be located in r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 after Kd7; in B, test it against r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 after Kd7.
For PGN Movetext, the first board's evidence boundary (after Kd7) is The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters. The second board's evidence boundary for PGN Movetext is The position tests the stated rule or record field; verify the relevant source when a procedural decision matters. If a trusted source or careful calculation changes the conclusion around round-trip reconstruction, update both the evidence record and this article.
Practice protocol
decode one record at a time, reconstruct the board, and deliberately test one malformed or incomplete input. Start with A's side to move and r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3; record two candidates, the reply to Kd7 and the correction. Repeat with B's side to move and r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3; the changed board tests transfer rather than diagram memory.
After the drill, compare your notes with Pgn Tag Pairs, Eco Opening Codes, Chess Rating Vocabulary through the side-to-move marker. Keep A's rejected alternative beside B's chosen line Kd7; this shows whether the conclusion survived a new board signature.
Sources and scope
Sources for PGN Movetext: Portable Game Notation Specification, 1chess.online editorial scope, FIDE Laws of Chess. Source ids are pgn-specification, original-analysis, fide-laws. Primary evidence hook: fide-laws. Comparisons and practice notes are editorial. Evidence revision: 2026-08-remediation-r2.
Scope note for board pair r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3 / r1:8 | r2:8 | r3:4k3 | r4:4P3 | r5:8 | r6:8 | r7:8 | r8:4K3: this page does not claim that Kd7 is an engine principal variation, that an exact endgame result is verified when the evidence says it is not, or that a tool output replaces human calculation. The conclusion is limited to the recorded boundary and the exception a promotion suffix.