Large DB of chessgames 140646 games!

They have a single download of all those games in one DB. Many of them are computer engines against other computer engines.. there are some others too, but not sure what they were .. (140K is quite a few to try to go through!)

http://www.chess-database.com/Downloads/downloads.html

Anything else out there with a few thousand games that are good to download? I was using chessgames.com, but, I don't like how you can't search for the moves like you can in the keys in Chessbase Light.

Originally posted by MIODude
They have a single download of all those games in one DB. Many of them are computer engines against other computer engines.. there are some others too, but not sure what they were .. (140K is quite a few to try to go through!)

http://www.chess-database.com/Downloads/downloads.html

Anything else out there with a few thousand games that are good to down ...[text shortened]... , I don't like how you can't search for the moves like you can in the keys in Chessbase Light.

Originally posted by pineapple42
would this not pose a problem for a player making use of it? Every move would be a computer move, and look like it, thus being difficult to distinguish from one freshly generated by a computer?

Originally posted by pineapple42
would this not pose a problem for a player making use of it? Every move would be a computer move, and look like it, thus being difficult to distinguish from one freshly generated by a computer?

I sent feedback asking, just incase.

http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html

Every issue comes with the latest weeks tournaments and games from the top players. Put all of the past issues together and you have half a million top class recently played games.

There's no problem with using databases no matter the source.

Try this link: http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info/

Might proof usefull.

--SEVES

Originally posted by pineapple42
would this not pose a problem for a player making use of it? Every move would be a computer move, and look like it, thus being difficult to distinguish from one freshly generated by a computer?

Received confirmation from Chris (using feedback option) that since its a database its fine.. its when you use a computer program to select what the next move is from your current position..

Originally posted by ark13
No, because all database moves are ignored by the game mods.

Originally posted by MIODude
Received confirmation from Chris (using feedback option) that since its a database its fine.. its when you use a computer program to select what the next move is from your current position..

Can I just rename all the opponents names to that of the seven dwarfs? 😀

Actually, tmetzler, this would open a whole can of worms.. 'cause.. what would the difference between this, and me using my db of games that have been analyzed with Fritz after the fact.. In the analysis, it would say I should have done something else, so.. my next game, I would do that something else.

Originally posted by MIODude
Actually, tmetzler, this would open a whole can of worms.. 'cause.. what would the difference between this, and me using my db of games that have been analyzed with Fritz after the fact.. In the analysis, it would say I should have done something else, so.. my next game, I would do that something else.

Originally posted by MIODude
Actually, tmetzler, this would open a whole can of worms.. 'cause.. what would the difference between this, and me using my db of games that have been analyzed with Fritz after the fact.. In the analysis, it would say I should have done something else, so.. my next game, I would do that something else.