*

The asterisk * is one of the four signs that Portable Game Notation (PGN), the plain-text game format, places at the end of a record. It means that the game is still in progress, was abandoned, or has an unknown or otherwise unavailable result.

Although it occupies the result position, * does not state a score and does not mean a draw. It specifically says that the record is not declaring a final win or draw.

If the result becomes known later, both the marker after the moves and the information field named Result should be updated. The normal final values are 1-0, 0-1, and 1/2-1/2.