It's generally accepted that moves, or board states, can...
User MoonlightSolace, in the badukshitposting subreddit,
It's generally accepted that moves, or board states, can not be copyrighted, but annotation or commentary can. For instance…
> Nothing is Plenty of things are....
User Graspar, in the r/Chess subreddit,
> Nothing is "uncopyrightable". Plenty of things are. [Including the moves of a chess game](http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/cont…
http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/10/723.short
User candidate_master, in the r/Chess subreddit,
http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/10/723.short
http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/10/723.short
User KittyFooFoo, in the r/Chess subreddit,
http://jiplp.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/10/723.short