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The converter easily converts your SGF file to various formats - free and online. No Steam or extra software needed.
The converter also works in reverse, so you can convert other Game formats to SGF with high quality output.
The .SGF extension primarily denotes the Smart Game Format, a widely adopted standard for recording the history of board games for two players, most notably Go (Weiqi/Baduk), as well as Backgammon and Chess. These files use a text-based tree structure to store moves, variations, and game properties (like player rank, komi, and result).
While .SGF files are technically plain text, they are difficult for humans to read directly due to their heavy use of parentheses and property codes (e.g., ;B[pd]). Users often struggle because standard text editors cannot visualize the board state, and dedicated software like Sabaki or MultiGo is required to replay the game. Furthermore, .SGF files cannot be natively viewed in web browsers or printed as legible game records without conversion.
To overcome these limitations, users should convert .SGF files based on their needs:
Note: A minority of .SGF files may be binary game save files for Rockstar Games titles like Bully (Canis Canem Edit) or 3D model files for the Dragonfly engine. These are proprietary and generally cannot be converted to document formats.
Use Convert.Guru to open and convert your SGF file.
Users also converted SVG, PNG, JPG, PDF, Z64, RPX and DSI files.
If you want to convert SGF file to EXE, ISO, BIN, CUE, PAK, WAD, PK3, PK4, BSP, MAP, SAV or DAT, you can use Sabaki or similar software from the "Board Game Record" category. In the File menu, look for Save As… or Export….
To convert MOD, BIN, CFG, SCX, DAT, MPQ, LOG, CUE, INI, EXE, SCM or ISO files to SGF, try Sabaki or another comparable tool in the "Board Game Record" category.
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 SGF converter.