I hope this database will continue to be updated so I can keep getting new games. Now I can use this reference database for studying openings or reviewing historic games. You will end up with about 1.5 GB of files
(Optional) Make this your reference database by editing the properties. Wait some more - this took me about 40 minutes. Open Chessbase and import that huge PGN file. 
Wait - Could take a few minutes to a few hours, depending on your computer.
#Download chessbase free install#
Download that free softare if you do not have it already. To install Lc0 in Chessbase, follow the following steps: Open a new board in Chessbase (Ctrl + N): In the window that appeared, click on Create UCI Engine: In the Set up UCI Engine dialog: Click on. You will need to use SCID to do get this database into a format that can be used for Chessbase.
If you want to use this in Chessbase, there are a couple more steps. Just open the database in SCID and you are set. If you are using SCID (or SCIDvsPC/SCIDvsMac), you are ready to use this. The files are in the SCID database format.
The earliest game is from a game in Rome in the year 1610, Giulio Cesare Polerio vs Domenico.įirst, find the correct download from the Caïssabase website. The latest games are from January 3, 2022. As of the time of writing (updated in January 2022), here are some statistics: The largest free database I could find was Caïssabase. I may change my mind in the future, but for now I was just looking for a large free collection of games. I wanted a copy of a large chess database that I could use to look through for opening reports, searching through historic games, etc.įor my purposes, I did not want to spend more money on a database at this time. There are also websites where you can search through chess databases like. Or you can buy the Chessbase Mega Database which has the same number of games, but 85,000 of them are annotated. For example, you can buy the Chessbase Big Database which has over 8 million games. There are a variety of chess databases out there, some free and some for sale. You can also analyze large groups of games for common openings, endgames, etc. You can review and play through historic games. 
Chess databases are a great tool for learning chess.
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