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Importing annoted PGNs

Hi everyone,

I've started annotating my games recently, but I'm unsure how to set myself up for keeping those files long term. So far I've done the annotations on chesscom (where I play the most), but I prefer the UI of lichess. Seeing the annotations are embedded in the PGN files, I would expect them to carry over into Lichess (or any other chess program I might use someday.) However I just can't figure out how to import my games into lichess with the annotations intact!

I've gone the Tools / Import Game route, and the moves are imported fine. But the annotations don't display. I've tried to add the game to a study, but that doesn't show the annotations either.

Can anybody tell me what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks!!

Here's a quick sample pgn for reference:

[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.01.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "HybriceChess"]
[Black "m0rtal_w0mbat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[CurrentPosition "r1b1kb1r/pp3ppp/2n2n2/3p4/Q1pP1p2/2P1PNP1/Pq3P1P/RN2KB1R w KQkq - 0 10"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "D00"]
[ECOUrl "www.chess.com/openings/Queens-Pawn-Opening-Accelerated-London-System"]
[UTCDate "2023.01.05"]
[UTCTime "16:42:47"]
[WhiteElo "308"]
[BlackElo "849"]
[TimeControl "1/86400"]
[Termination "m0rtal_w0mbat won by resignation"]
[StartTime "16:42:47"]
[EndDate "2023.01.07"]
[EndTime "13:10:59"]
[Link "www.chess.com/game/daily/460539159"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 {trading queens on b3
is a mistake bc it opens up the file for the rook.} 6... c4 {inducing white to
trade queens in favor of black‘s rook} 7. Qa3 $4 e5 $1 8. Qa4 exf4 9. g3 $6 Qxb2
{Game may have continued...} (9... Qxb2 10. Nfd2 b5 11. Qd1 fxe3 12. fxe3 Qxa1
13. Qc2 b4 {-12.3}) 0-1
Annotations are stripped off when you import the game via import function.
You can import to your own studies though.
@bufferunderrun said in #2:
> Annotations are stripped off when you import the game via import function.
> You can import to your own studies though.

thanks friend, that worked!

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