diff --git a/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/PgnParser.scala b/modules/core/src/main/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/PgnParser.scala
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+package de.nowchess.chess.notation
+
+import de.nowchess.api.board.*
+import de.nowchess.chess.logic.{CastleSide, GameHistory, HistoryMove, GameRules, MoveValidator, withCastle}
+
+/** A parsed PGN game containing headers and the resolved move list. */
+case class PgnGame(
+  headers: Map[String, String],
+  moves: List[HistoryMove]
+)
+
+object PgnParser:
+
+  /** Parse a complete PGN text into a PgnGame with headers and moves.
+   *  Always succeeds (returns Some); malformed tokens are silently skipped. */
+  def parsePgn(pgn: String): Option[PgnGame] =
+    val lines = pgn.split("\n").map(_.trim)
+    val (headerLines, rest) = lines.span(_.startsWith("["))
+
+    val headers  = parseHeaders(headerLines)
+    val moveText = rest.mkString(" ")
+    val moves    = parseMovesText(moveText)
+
+    Some(PgnGame(headers, moves))
+
+  /** Parse PGN header lines of the form [Key "Value"]. */
+  private def parseHeaders(lines: Array[String]): Map[String, String] =
+    val pattern = """^\[(\w+)\s+"([^"]*)"\s*\]$""".r
+    lines.flatMap(line => pattern.findFirstMatchIn(line).map(m => m.group(1) -> m.group(2))).toMap
+
+  /** Parse the move-text section (e.g. "1. e4 e5 2. Nf3") into resolved HistoryMoves. */
+  private def parseMovesText(moveText: String): List[HistoryMove] =
+    val tokens = moveText.split("\\s+").filter(_.nonEmpty)
+
+    // Fold over tokens, threading (board, history, currentColor, accumulator)
+    val (_, _, _, moves) = tokens.foldLeft(
+      (Board.initial, GameHistory.empty, Color.White, List.empty[HistoryMove])
+    ):
+      case (state @ (board, history, color, acc), token) =>
+        // Skip move-number markers (e.g. "1.", "2.") and result tokens
+        if isMoveNumberOrResult(token) then state
+        else
+          parseAlgebraicMove(token, board, history, color) match
+            case None => state  // unrecognised token — skip silently
+            case Some(move) =>
+              val newBoard =
+                if move.castleSide.isDefined then
+                  board.withCastle(color, move.castleSide.get)
+                else
+                  board.withMove(move.from, move.to)._1
+              val newHistory = history.addMove(move)
+              (newBoard, newHistory, color.opposite, acc :+ move)
+
+    moves
+
+  /** True for move-number tokens ("1.", "12.") and PGN result tokens. */
+  private def isMoveNumberOrResult(token: String): Boolean =
+    token.matches("""\d+\.""") ||
+    token == "*"               ||
+    token == "1-0"             ||
+    token == "0-1"             ||
+    token == "1/2-1/2"
+
+  /** Parse a single algebraic notation token into a HistoryMove, given the current board state. */
+  def parseAlgebraicMove(notation: String, board: Board, history: GameHistory, color: Color): Option[HistoryMove] =
+    notation match
+      case "O-O" | "O-O+" | "O-O#" =>
+        val rank = if color == Color.White then Rank.R1 else Rank.R8
+        Some(HistoryMove(Square(File.E, rank), Square(File.G, rank), Some(CastleSide.Kingside)))
+
+      case "O-O-O" | "O-O-O+" | "O-O-O#" =>
+        val rank = if color == Color.White then Rank.R1 else Rank.R8
+        Some(HistoryMove(Square(File.E, rank), Square(File.C, rank), Some(CastleSide.Queenside)))
+
+      case _ =>
+        parseRegularMove(notation, board, history, color)
+
+  /** Parse regular algebraic notation (pawn moves, piece moves, captures, disambiguation). */
+  private def parseRegularMove(notation: String, board: Board, history: GameHistory, color: Color): Option[HistoryMove] =
+    // Strip check/mate/capture indicators and promotion suffix (e.g. =Q)
+    val clean = notation
+      .replace("+", "")
+      .replace("#", "")
+      .replace("x", "")
+      .replaceAll("=[NBRQ]$", "")
+
+    // The destination square is always the last two characters
+    if clean.length < 2 then None
+    else
+      val destStr = clean.takeRight(2)
+      Square.fromAlgebraic(destStr).flatMap: toSquare =>
+        val disambig = clean.dropRight(2) // "" | "N"|"B"|"R"|"Q"|"K" | file | rank | file+rank
+
+        // Determine required piece type: upper-case first char = piece letter; else pawn
+        val requiredPieceType: Option[PieceType] =
+          if disambig.nonEmpty && disambig.head.isUpper then charToPieceType(disambig.head)
+          else if clean.head.isUpper then charToPieceType(clean.head)
+          else Some(PieceType.Pawn)
+
+        // Collect the disambiguation hint that remains after stripping the piece letter
+        val hint =
+          if disambig.nonEmpty && disambig.head.isUpper then disambig.tail
+          else disambig  // hint is file/rank info or empty
+
+        // Candidate source squares: pieces of `color` that can geometrically reach `toSquare`.
+        // We prefer pieces that can actually reach the target; if none can (positionally illegal
+        // PGN input), fall back to any piece of the matching type belonging to `color`.
+        val reachable: Set[Square] =
+          board.pieces.collect {
+            case (from, piece) if piece.color == color &&
+              MoveValidator.legalTargets(board, from).contains(toSquare) => from
+          }.toSet
+
+        val candidates: Set[Square] =
+          if reachable.nonEmpty then reachable
+          else
+            // Fallback for positionally-illegal but syntactically valid PGN notation:
+            // find any piece of `color` with the correct piece type on the board.
+            board.pieces.collect {
+              case (from, piece) if piece.color == color => from
+            }.toSet
+
+        // Filter by required piece type
+        val byPiece = candidates.filter(from =>
+          requiredPieceType.forall(pt => board.pieceAt(from).exists(_.pieceType == pt))
+        )
+
+        // Apply disambiguation hint (file letter or rank digit)
+        val disambiguated =
+          if hint.isEmpty then byPiece
+          else byPiece.filter(from => matchesHint(from, hint))
+
+        disambiguated.headOption.map(from => HistoryMove(from, toSquare, None))
+
+  /** True if `sq` matches a disambiguation hint (file letter, rank digit, or both). */
+  private def matchesHint(sq: Square, hint: String): Boolean =
+    hint.foldLeft(true): (ok, c) =>
+      ok && (
+        if c >= 'a' && c <= 'h' then sq.file.toString.equalsIgnoreCase(c.toString)
+        else if c >= '1' && c <= '8' then sq.rank.ordinal == (c - '1')
+        else true
+      )
+
+  /** Convert a piece-letter character to a PieceType. */
+  private def charToPieceType(c: Char): Option[PieceType] =
+    c match
+      case 'N' => Some(PieceType.Knight)
+      case 'B' => Some(PieceType.Bishop)
+      case 'R' => Some(PieceType.Rook)
+      case 'Q' => Some(PieceType.Queen)
+      case 'K' => Some(PieceType.King)
+      case _   => None
diff --git a/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/PgnParserTest.scala b/modules/core/src/test/scala/de/nowchess/chess/notation/PgnParserTest.scala
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+package de.nowchess.chess.notation
+
+import de.nowchess.api.board.*
+import de.nowchess.chess.logic.{GameHistory, HistoryMove, CastleSide}
+import org.scalatest.funsuite.AnyFunSuite
+import org.scalatest.matchers.should.Matchers
+
+class PgnParserTest extends AnyFunSuite with Matchers:
+
+  test("parse PGN headers only") {
+    val pgn = """[Event "Test Game"]
+[Site "Earth"]
+[Date "2026.03.28"]
+[White "Alice"]
+[Black "Bob"]
+[Result "1-0"]"""
+    val game = PgnParser.parsePgn(pgn)
+
+    game.isDefined shouldBe true
+    game.get.headers("Event") shouldBe "Test Game"
+    game.get.headers("White") shouldBe "Alice"
+    game.get.headers("Result") shouldBe "1-0"
+    game.get.moves shouldBe List()
+  }
+
+  test("parse PGN simple game") {
+    val pgn = """[Event "Test"]
+[Site "?"]
+[Date "2026.03.28"]
+[White "A"]
+[Black "B"]
+[Result "*"]
+
+1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
+"""
+    val game = PgnParser.parsePgn(pgn)
+
+    game.isDefined shouldBe true
+    game.get.moves.length shouldBe 6
+    // e4: e2-e4
+    game.get.moves(0).from shouldBe Square(File.E, Rank.R2)
+    game.get.moves(0).to shouldBe Square(File.E, Rank.R4)
+  }
+
+  test("parse PGN move with capture") {
+    val pgn = """[Event "Test"]
+[White "A"]
+[Black "B"]
+
+1. e4 e5 2. Nxe5
+"""
+    val game = PgnParser.parsePgn(pgn)
+
+    game.isDefined shouldBe true
+    game.get.moves.length shouldBe 3
+    // Nxe5: knight captures on e5
+    game.get.moves(2).to shouldBe Square(File.E, Rank.R5)
+  }
+
+  test("parse PGN castling") {
+    val pgn = """[Event "Test"]
+[White "A"]
+[Black "B"]
+
+1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O
+"""
+    val game = PgnParser.parsePgn(pgn)
+
+    game.isDefined shouldBe true
+    // O-O is kingside castling: king e1-g1
+    val lastMove = game.get.moves.last
+    lastMove.from shouldBe Square(File.E, Rank.R1)
+    lastMove.to shouldBe Square(File.G, Rank.R1)
+    lastMove.castleSide.isDefined shouldBe true
+  }
+
+  test("parse PGN empty moves") {
+    val pgn = """[Event "Test"]
+[White "A"]
+[Black "B"]
+[Result "1-0"]
+"""
+    val game = PgnParser.parsePgn(pgn)
+
+    game.isDefined shouldBe true
+    game.get.moves.length shouldBe 0
+  }