diff --git a/__tests__/chess.test.js b/__tests__/chess.test.js
index d68d6a1a..84a746f8 100644
--- a/__tests__/chess.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/chess.test.js
@@ -741,6 +741,16 @@ describe("Load PGN", function() {
       expect: true,
       sloppy: true
     },
+
+    // parse should succeed with missing blank line after headers
+    {pgn: [
+      '[Round "1"]',
+      '1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4',
+      ],
+      fen: 'rnbqkbnr/pp2pppp/3p4/8/3pP3/5N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 4',
+      expect: true,
+      sloppy: true
+    },
   ];
 
   var newline_chars = ['\n', '<br />', '\r\n', 'BLAH'];
diff --git a/chess.js b/chess.js
index ae7e73ba..ebd62b16 100755
--- a/chess.js
+++ b/chess.js
@@ -1580,16 +1580,10 @@ var Chess = function(fen) {
           ? options.newline_char
           : '\r?\n'
 
-      // RegExp to split header. Takes advantage of the fact that header and movetext
-      // will always have a blank line between them (ie, two newline_char's).
-      // With default newline_char, will equal: /^(\[((?:\r?\n)|.)*\])(?:\r?\n){2}/
+      // RegExp to split header.  This assumes that the header is the initial
+      // set of lines which begin with [ and end with ].
       var header_regex = new RegExp(
-        '^(\\[((?:' +
-          mask(newline_char) +
-          ')|.)*\\])' +
-          '(?:' +
-          mask(newline_char) +
-          '){2}'
+        '^((?:\\[.*\\]' + mask(newline_char) + ')+)'
       )
 
       // If no header given, begin with moves.