Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your PSQ file.
You’ll see a preview, if available.
Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.
Convert PSQ to another file type
To convert your PSQ file to another format, you need Piskvorky or other Game software.
Convert a file to PSQ
To convert other file formats to the "Replay File" file type, you need software like Piskvorky or a similar tool.
About PSQ files
The .PSQ file extension is primarily associated with Piskvorky, a renowned artificial intelligence interface used for analyzing and recording Gomoku (Five in a Row) and Renju matches. Unlike standard video files (like MP4), a .PSQ file does not contain visual footage; instead, it stores a lightweight, proprietary log of the board dimensions and the exact coordinate sequence of every move played. This format is the standard for the Gomocup AI tournament but presents a significant hurdle for casual sharing: it requires the specific Piskvorky software to view. You cannot open these files in Microsoft Word, VLC Media Player, or web browsers. To make the game data accessible to others, users often need to convert the .PSQ move list into a human-readable TXT file, export the final board state as a PNG image, or translate it to the REC format for compatibility with other Gomoku tools.
Convert.Guru analyzes your PSQ file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.
If you want to convert PSQ file to CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, YML, TOML, INI, CFG, CONF, DAT, DB or SQL, you can use Piskvorky or similar software from the "Gomoku Game Replay" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert DBF, XML, SQLITE, XLSX, SQL, TSV, ACCDB, YAML, MDB, CSV, ODS or JSON files to PSQ, try Piskvorky or another comparable tool in the "Gomoku Game Replay" category.
The PSQ Converter Story
The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our PSQ converter.