diff --git a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/rules/SGFParser.java b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/rules/SGFParser.java
index 3cc146e50..41070ccd7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/rules/SGFParser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/featurecat/lizzie/rules/SGFParser.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.Stack;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
@@ -652,8 +653,30 @@ private static void saveToStream(Board board, Writer writer) throws IOException
     // *  with 'xy' = coordinates ; or 'tt' for pass.
 
     // Write variation tree
-    builder.append(generateNode(board, history.getCurrentHistoryNode()));
-
+    BoardHistoryNode markerBeg = new BoardHistoryNode(null);
+    BoardHistoryNode markerEnd = new BoardHistoryNode(null);
+    Stack<BoardHistoryNode> stack = new Stack<>();
+    stack.push(history.getCurrentHistoryNode());
+    while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
+      BoardHistoryNode cur = stack.pop();
+      if (cur == markerBeg) {
+        builder.append('(');
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (cur == markerEnd) {
+        builder.append(')');
+        continue;
+      }
+      builder.append(generateNode(board, cur));
+      boolean hasBrothers = (cur.numberOfChildren() > 1);
+      if (cur.numberOfChildren() >= 1) {
+        for (int i = cur.numberOfChildren() - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+          if (hasBrothers) stack.push(markerEnd);
+          stack.push(cur.getVariations().get(i));
+          if (hasBrothers) stack.push(markerBeg);
+        }
+      }
+    }
     // close file
     builder.append(')');
     writer.append(builder.toString());
@@ -698,19 +721,6 @@ private static String generateNode(Board board, BoardHistoryNode node) throws IO
           builder.append(String.format("LZ[%s]", formatNodeData(node)));
         }
       }
-
-      if (node.numberOfChildren() > 1) {
-        // Variation
-        for (BoardHistoryNode sub : node.getVariations()) {
-          builder.append("(");
-          builder.append(generateNode(board, sub));
-          builder.append(")");
-        }
-      } else if (node.numberOfChildren() == 1) {
-        builder.append(generateNode(board, node.next().orElse(null)));
-      } else {
-        return builder.toString();
-      }
     }
 
     return builder.toString();