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Dive into a Sea of Chess Games:
Chess players rejoice! This comprehensive guide equips you with a treasure trove of websites offering PGN (Portable Game Notation) downloads. Whether you're a seasoned strategist or a budding beginner, having access to a vast library of games can significantly enhance your chess journey.
Major International PGN Download Sites
Giant Database with intricate search functions.
| 363,829,838 |
games counted |
| 260,741,991 |
games stored |
| 583,627 |
players stored |
| 1,531 | computers stored |
| 18,515 | tournaments |
FICGS correspondence chess database - 85,000 Game PGN Download
IECC - International E-mail Chess Club - PGNs of Games from 1995 -2021
International E-Mail Chess Group - 1995-2010 166,000 Games PGN CBV
Chess Mail - Correspondence Chess - 2005 - 2007 40,400 Games PGN (Zipped)
Grandmaster games (8k games) and a hand full of Openings (17k games) here with game downloads.
As well as other chess resources, to download separate packages please browse "all files
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings - Click any ECO code link here and download a PGN of games of that opening ranging in size from 2000-20,000 games. (From Bookuppro.com)
LiChess.org Open Database - Over 4.1 Billion Standard rated games (Also Variants and Puzzles located here as well)
PGN Mentor - Organized PGN Files By Opening, Players or Events (One of the Best Sites around)
Lumbra’s Giga Base - 13.2 Million Games - Updated monthly (2500+ vs 2300+) is the Low limit. The week in chess, Lichess Elite database. All Curated w/ no duplicates or games under 10 half moves. (Top Free Resource)
Periodicals with Free Game Downloads.
The Week In Chess - Daily Chess News and Games. Weekly digest for download. By Mark Crowther. Started back in 1994 A year of PGN Game Files
USCF Chess Life Magazine - Each Monthly Issue Has All the Games and Puzzles in a Free Download Going back Quite a ways. Many of these Games are Highly Annotated by Top GM's.
National PGN Download Sites
Australian Chess Games Archive - 43,000 Games From Chess Tourneys All Over Australia 2000- 2022 (Very well Organized)
South Australian Chess Association - PGN Downloads Tourneys 1864 to 2023
Chess Association Western Australia - PGN Downloads (Tourneys 1906 - 2023)
British - National Archive of British Games (Pre-1920's -2010)
- BritBase - (Everything British is Here!! )
Canada - National Archive of Canadian Games (1873-2013) 169,000 Games
----British Columbia - Archive of Games 20k British Columbia Chess Federation Page
Denmark - Danbase - a collection of Danish chess games - 116,000 Games (Very well Organized)
France - French Download Page (In French)
Germany - 200,000 Games from High Ranked German Leagues
Greece - 1984-Today Download Games from Greek Tourney and play
Italy - Italian Chess Federation -Well organized Intensive Game Archive
Netherlands - 1800-2002 Database of Tourneys (51,000 Games)
Norway - 1989 - 2015 Games
Poland - Games from Cuiavia Region - 1999- 2010
Russia - Huge Organized Database of Everything Russian (Start at bottom of page and click on a chapter your interested in)
---- Chess Siberia - Download Page
Scotland - Large Scottish Tourney Download Page (Games from 1893 - 2016)
Slovakia - Games from team tournaments in Slovakia, opens and more.
---- Correspondence Chess Tourney Downloads. (Some Annotated)
Ukranian - Downloads of Championships 1924 - 2009
United States
--- CalChess - 36,000 Games California
--- Dallas Chess Club - PGN and CBV (w/Fritz Annotations) Texas Tournaments
--- The Massachusetts Chess Association - 10,000 Games from 1999 - 2003
--- Metro West Chess Club - PGN and CBV (1983 - Present) (New England - Boston)
--- Southern California Chess Federation - Tourneys and Games 2003 - 2022
--- United States Correspondence Chess Championships (USCCC) - 2004-2008
