To save the trouble of download/extract/convert/twin pruning/compact I have uploaded the latest ICOfY database here:
http://chessmob.org/files/ibase.rar
The database contains 2,955,670 games instead of the original 2,981,465 because duplicated were deleted. The rar contains all three required files and is 367 MB. The database works in both ChessDB and SCID (new and old versions). Download is about 600KB/s. Enjoy!
If you want to do the work yourself you can find the instructions here:
http://chessforblood.blogspot.com/2007/02/building-free-database.html
http://www.icofy.com/
http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/
http://scid.sourceforge.net/ old version
http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/ new version
note there are two databases on the ICOfY page that may contain newer games. I did not roll these into the DB I uploaded.
Originally posted by giantrobotThanks you so much, the links are very helpful.
To save the trouble of download/extract/convert/twin pruning/compact I have uploaded the latest ICOfY database here:
http://chessmob.org/files/ibase.rar
The database contains 2,955,670 games instead of the original 2,981,465 because duplicated were deleted. The rar contains all three required files and is 367 MB. The database works in both ChessD ...[text shortened]... es on the ICOfY page that may contain newer games. I did not roll these into the DB I uploaded.