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Date: 28 Jan 2007 18:40:03
From: responsible
Subject: looking for a database of lots of chess games
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Hi,
I am doing a small research project related to chess. I was looking
for lots of chess games to use. They don't have to be from top players
(though that would definitely be a plus).
I need tons of games, though. Maybe 10,000, maybe more.
Does such a database exist? Is it free?
Any links would be much appreciated.
Also, are there any freeware chess board libraries for Windows? I
tried WinBoard but it is too old and getting it to build looks like a
major pain.
Thank you very much in advance.
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Date: 02 Feb 2007 23:13:34
From:
Subject: Re: looking for a database of lots of chess games
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On Jan 29, 5:44 am, [email protected] wrote:
> On Jan 28, 6:40 pm, "responsible" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > I am doing a small research project related to chess. I was looking
> > for lots of chess games to use. They don't have to be from top players
> > (though that would definitely be a plus).
> > I need tons of games, though. Maybe 10,000, maybe more.
> > Does such a database exist? Is it free?
> > Any links would be much appreciated.
>
> > Also, are there any freeware chess board libraries for Windows? I
> > tried WinBoard but it is too old and getting it to build looks like a
> > major pain.
>
> > Thank you very much in advance.
>
> You can get SCID, a very good free chess database, by going to http://
> scid.sourceforge.net/
>
> You can import any large PGN file into SCID. I recommend this one:ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/pgn/enormous.zip. It's about 270MB of
> compressed text, which means that it has MILLIONS of games in it.
>
> Enjoy!
Go to http://www.icofy.com/ it's the largest chess game database I
know
(370 MB compressed pgn, almost 3 million games from more than 200,000
players
during the period 1515-2007)
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Date: 28 Jan 2007 20:44:28
From:
Subject: Re: looking for a database of lots of chess games
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On Jan 28, 6:40 pm, "responsible" <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi,
> I am doing a small research project related to chess. I was looking
> for lots of chess games to use. They don't have to be from top players
> (though that would definitely be a plus).
> I need tons of games, though. Maybe 10,000, maybe more.
> Does such a database exist? Is it free?
> Any links would be much appreciated.
>
> Also, are there any freeware chess board libraries for Windows? I
> tried WinBoard but it is too old and getting it to build looks like a
> major pain.
>
> Thank you very much in advance.
You can get SCID, a very good free chess database, by going to http://
scid.sourceforge.net/
You can import any large PGN file into SCID. I recommend this one:
ftp://ftp.cis.uab.edu/pub/hyatt/pgn/enormous.zip. It's about 270MB of
compressed text, which means that it has MILLIONS of games in it.
Enjoy!
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