Note: You may want to download chess game conversion
programs (i.e. CBF to PGN format) here.
América-Base
- Games from (mostly) Central and South America, with a dash of North
America thrown in. Sorted by country.
Anatoly
Karpov database - Over 3000 games from one of the original Big K's.
ARG-Base
- Games from Argentina.
Australian
Archive (Ozbase) - Games from Australia.
Britbase
- British game archive, 1930-Present. Huge.
Canadian
Database - Games from Canadian tournaments and Canadian players.
Chess Archaeology
- Excavating the history of chess. Articles, annotated historical games,
photographs, and more. Updated regularly.
Chessbase-Online
- Game database online searchable with Java interface. Similar to Chesslab,
faster but with less features.
Chesslab - Sites
like this make you appreciate the power of the internet. 2 million game
searchable database online with Java interface. Also has analysis capability,
and is updated constantly.
Chess
Mail - Correspondence games from Chess Mail magazine. Selection
changes every month. Usually the collections are centered around specific
themes.
Chess
Methodical Bulletin - Czech games database.
DanBase
- Games from Denmark.
Dann Corbit's FTP
server - Home of the CAP (Chess Analysis Project), an attempt to
analyze openings with computers, as well as a huge archive of games
sorted by ECO code and specially compiled chess engines. (Note: this
server is not always available.)
DutchBase - Games
from the Netherlands going back 100 hundred years. (scroll to Dutchbase
link)
Encyclopedia
of Chess Openings - An easy interface to the openings collection
on Dann Corbit's FTP server (see above).
Finnish
Chess Games Database - Games from Finland.
GambitChess
- Gambits analyzed, plus games from chess books.
GreekBase
- Games from Greece.
ItalBase-
Games from Italy.
Kasparov
vs. Karpov: World Championship 1984-1990 - Some details and the
games from their grueling matches.
Knut
Neven's Research Database - Knut has created a huge, high-quality
game collection in Chessbase format for sale on CD with regular updates.
La
Régence - Huge database containing all of the important games
from the last few years, sorted by ECO code and updated regularly. Very
nice.
Lars
Balzer - Links to game collections on the internet. Like this list,
but more international.
MontrealBase
- Games from Montreal players past and present.
Old
In Chess - In Spanish. Historical site includes a database
of old games (mostly from the 70's last I checked).
PolBase
- Polish games database.
RebelBase
- Strong human players vs the Rebel computer program.
Rusbase
- Games from events in Russia.
Schaak!
- Lots of correspondence games to download.
Slovenia
Base - Games from Slovenia.
SSDF
database & Man vs. Machine games - The test games used to create
the SSDF ratings of chess programs, as well as a collection of man vs.
machine games.
TWIC
Past Issues - Keep up on current trends with the last 50 or so issues
of The Week In Chess.
UkrBase
- Games from the Ukraine.
Uncrowned Kings
- Games from top-notch, but not world champ players like Paul Keres,
Nimzowitsch, and Bent Larsen.
University
of Pittsburgh Chess Club - Has probably
the biggest collection of games and downloadable chess stuff on the
internet. However, it seems they are no longer updating it. Access the
collection via our web interface here.
World
Chess Championship - The games from the history of the World Championship,
and from all the candidate and interzonal events. Well-organized and
thorough.
YuBase
- Yugoslavian games database.
