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
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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.Bruce Baer wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:01 amCan 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
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Does the 4NCL publishes the non-liveboard games?LawrenceCooper wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 8:35 am...and the 4NCL downloads to be sufficient for my use.
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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.
Lose one queen and it is a disaster, Lose 1000 queens and it is just a statistic.
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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.Joey Stewart wrote: ↑Mon Apr 25, 2022 11:42 amI'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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