WELCOME!

Thank you for your interest in the CD/DVD of internet chess data (cbf, cbh, pgn, si3) based on my link collection of free downloadable chess games at http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info.

I have put nearly all the free chessgames files I have ever downloaded from the pages of my linklist in the last 7 years on 4 full CDs (alternatively 1 DVD). That is about 2600 MB of compressed (about 12 (!) GB uncompressed) chess-data.

For this I have uncompressed every file I found if necessary, categorised everything and finally compressed them again in a few number of new files.

CONTENT OF THE CHESS GAMES CD/DVD IN DETAIL

In detail I have prepared the four sections "megabases", "periodic", "tournaments" and "persons".

The first section (megabases) includes large databases with millions of different games I found somewhere at the internet - "different" means how many games you get when using a quite conservative algorithm of doubles-search. The original amount of games you get is even higher.
Some of these databases are not online any more and can't be found somewhere else. In detail that is:

The second section (periodic) includes several periodically published game-collections. In detail that is:

The third section (tournaments) includes three compressed files with thousands of different single tournaments (from past to present, from amateur chess to world championships, from single tournaments to team tournaments, computer chess and lots more) in cbf, cbh or pgn-format.
In detail that is 4187 pgn-databases, 3863 cbf-databases and 2177 cbh-databases.

The fourth section (persons) includes one newly built compressed file with many single pgn, cbf and cbh-files of famous chess-players. In detail that is 29 pgn-databases, 343 cbf-databases and 3 cbh-databases.

All together that is about 2600 MB of compressed chess-data including many files from sites which you can not find at the net any more. You will get thousands of tournaments and millions of different games.

WHAT IS YOUR BENEFIT IN DETAIL?

The data of this CD/DVD fits many different needs:

First of all you save the time and the money to search for and download about 2600 MB of compressed (about 12 (!) GB uncompressed) chess-data (Not to speak about the fact that you do not have the chance to get everything because not all files are online any more).

Then there are several different ways to work with the data:

• With the games of the section "megabases" you have a very convenient way to build your own large database with millions of different games within a few minutes.
• With the games of the section "periodic" you have an easy access to the most important current games played all over the world.
• With the games of the sections "tournaments" and "persons" you can find very specific data in the original format. Many large databases available at the net have the problem that someone edited the names, tournaments, elos; and many mistakes have been made at this step. With the files of this collection you get the original files with the original editing and you can decide what to do next.

If you have this data it will be no problem for you to prepare yourself for your next opponent; to search for example games (master games as well as amateur chess) for your favorite opening, even if you like side-lines; to search for one specific game of the past, to have a look at "ideas" of computers, ...

The quality of games (especially editing of names, tournaments, etc.) varies from database to database. Some of them are perfectly edited, some of them emphasize on collecting each game that could be found at the internet. With the material of this CD/DVD you can decide what kind of database you would like to built for yourself: If you want to have a high-quality database you will find games to put in; if you prefer to have a very large one it will be no problem for you, too. Or perhaps you want to have a computer-chess database, or something else?

Furthermore, you get an interesting view into the development of chessgames publishing at the internet from the very beginning up to now.

Furthermore,...

FORMAT OF THE GAMEFILES

I provide all the files to you in the original way I found them at the internet with the exception of uncompressing every file, categorising them and finally compressing them again in a few number of new compressed files. I have used the rar-compression method because it has the highest compression rate for this kind of data so you can get most out of the 4 CDs / 1 DVD. Most freeware or shareware packers can handle this format. After unpacking everything you will find pgn-files as well as cbf and cbh-files and a few si3-files.

COSTS OF THIS SERVICE

Getting this data would cost you:
4CDs (alternatively 1DVD):

4 CDs (alternatively 1 DVD): 29,90 EUR (1 EUR is about 1,20 US$)
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shipping to Germany: 1,44 EUR = 31,34 EUR
shipping to Europe: 4,00 EUR = 33,90 EUR
shipping to the rest of the world: 8,00 EUR = 37,90 EUR.