Animated chess diagrams as GIF files

The new Chess Puzzle Editor offers these options:

• Create any animated diagram from PGN.
• Note that the animation can include any number of lines from the initial position.
• Coordinatess around the board are optional.
• Arrows indicating the last move are optional.
• You can add white, gray, and black tokens in the shape of circles.
• Positions without kings or with only one king are allowed.
• The speed of animation is adjustable.

hide animations

The old Chessboard Editor offers the extra option to create an animation from any sequence of positions whether legal or not, but without tokens. Consult this image to navigate to this functionality noting the two elements marked in red. Additionally, nonstandard board sizes are supported.

hide animations

Careful with the file size, which is proportional to the number of positions displayed. You might consider converting it into a video file.

Chess at Apronus.com is free for non-commercial use only.