Chess Downloads for Your Chess Database
'Chess Downloads' can mean two things. • (1) Looking to load a chess database with chess games, chess openings, and other chess game collections? This page has links to find and download digital copies of millions of chess games on the Web. • (2) Looking for free software to play chess? See the subtopic 'Shareware / Freeware' for a list of directories.
Portable Game Notation (PGN)
Downloading chess games is one of the most popular chess activities on the Internet. PGN makes it simple to download. The 'Tower of Babel' for chess stands tall.
Downloading chess games is one of the most popular chess activities on the Internet. PGN makes it simple to download. The 'Tower of Babel' for chess stands tall.
Chesslab
Online database with more than 2.000.000 chess games. Search and review online, then download.
Online database with more than 2.000.000 chess games. Search and review online, then download.
Chess Downloads by Lars Balzer
Links to chess games downloads around the Internet. The best site in its category.
Links to chess games downloads around the Internet. The best site in its category.
Britbase by John Saunders
National archive of British tournament chess games. Download in PGN format. The forerunner of the many national databases. See the links page for more download databases.
National archive of British tournament chess games. Download in PGN format. The forerunner of the many national databases. See the links page for more download databases.
Britbase download links
BritBase has many cousins. Looking for an obscure event to download? Don't miss the other national chess game databases.
BritBase has many cousins. Looking for an obscure event to download? Don't miss the other national chess game databases.
RUSBASE by Alexey Popovsky
Everyone needs to download Russian chess events. 'A project to record all important chess tournaments and matches held in Russia.'
Everyone needs to download Russian chess events. 'A project to record all important chess tournaments and matches held in Russia.'
Annotated Chess Databases by Jan van Reek
Free downloads of chess matches from 'Lopez to Kramnik' and super tournaments. Separate information about Euwe's matches.
Free downloads of chess matches from 'Lopez to Kramnik' and super tournaments. Separate information about Euwe's matches.
Chess Database by Karl-Heinz Milaster
'Annotates your chess game or position with reference games, sorted by strength of players.' Available for download.
'Annotates your chess game or position with reference games, sorted by strength of players.' Available for download.
GambitChess
Download files with games from well known chess books. In Italian and English.
Download files with games from well known chess books. In Italian and English.
ChessMix.com
Database of recent chess games (called '10 Days' after its update frequency), calendar, and tools. By GM Ventzislav Inkiov for the serious chess player. Download the newest issue free. Download past issues with a free trial.
Database of recent chess games (called '10 Days' after its update frequency), calendar, and tools. By GM Ventzislav Inkiov for the serious chess player. Download the newest issue free. Download past issues with a free trial.
TWIC Archive
Past issues of the The Week in Chess for download. Has chess game downloads in PGN and ChessBase format.
Past issues of the The Week in Chess for download. Has chess game downloads in PGN and ChessBase format.
University of Pittsburgh (UPITT) Chess Archives
One of the first chess download services. Good starting place for thousands of master-level chess games to download. No longer updated regularly.
One of the first chess download services. Good starting place for thousands of master-level chess games to download. No longer updated regularly.
PGN standard
The original Portable Game Notation (PGN) standard for digital chess games in Web page format. Read this to understand the techhical format of your downloads.
The original Portable Game Notation (PGN) standard for digital chess games in Web page format. Read this to understand the techhical format of your downloads.
An Extension to the PGN Standard
Addresses some of the issues that the original Portable Game Notation (PGN) standard missed.
Addresses some of the issues that the original Portable Game Notation (PGN) standard missed.