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Bruce Baer
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Chess Database

Post by Bruce Baer » Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:01 am

Can anyone recommend a good chess database to use for looking at top players games and researching potential opponents games - im assuming it would need to be a subscription one
Thanks

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Re: Chess Database

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:35 am

Bruce Baer wrote:
Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:01 am
Can anyone recommend a good chess database to use for looking at top players games and researching potential opponents games - im assuming it would need to be a subscription one
Thanks
I've not used them but this was recommended to me recently: https://www.openingtree.com/ along with https://gchess.com/ I used to use chessdb before it disappeared. As a virtually retired player I find the weekly TWIC download and the 4NCL downloads to be sufficient for my use.

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Re: Chess Database

Post by Wadih Khoury » Mon Apr 25, 2022 10:02 am

LawrenceCooper wrote:
Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:35 am
...and the 4NCL downloads to be sufficient for my use.
Does the 4NCL publishes the non-liveboard games?

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Re: Chess Database

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Re: Chess Database

Post by Joey Stewart » Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:42 am

Chesstempo and chessgames have decent databases, but If you are really keen on database surfing I personally think it's a better idea to build your own by downloading every pgn you can get your hands on and putting them into one massive file - I've seen too many chess sites close down and take away years of information to trust it to be in anyone elses hands but my own.
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Re: Chess Database

Post by NickFaulks » Mon Apr 25, 2022 12:10 pm

Joey Stewart wrote:
Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:42 am
I've seen too many chess sites close down and take away years of information to trust it to be in anyone elses hands but my own.
Or start charging for things which used to be free. To be honest, I suppose this is a perfectly reasonable business plan, but that doesn't stop me getting annoyed about it.
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