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Thibault de Vassal    (2006-04-11 13:28:13)
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Hello Karlheinz & Hannes.

I'll arrange that. But indeed that's the way I developed the "Search games" page. Copy/Paste PGN games should work. (but it may become too big later to display all games in one page)


Elmer Valderrama    (2006-04-20 14:52:47)
search by ECO code

Wonderful feature to have all on-going games available just one click away (an old request to Reimund @chessfriend). Even more interesting to be able to search games by player name. Now would it be too much to ask for a search by ECO? --similar games would be identified in a second, a good thing; and information for choosing different variations would be available..


David Grosdemange    (2006-05-26 19:16:37)
transpositions ...

i think manual modifications aren't really efficient to correct the bug of transpositions .... and for instance , in the transposition f4 e5 e4 to e4 e5 f4 , the move 2)e4 can't be annoted , and will receive the annotation of 2)f4 . and another problem , when i search games on a position , for instance on e4 c5 d4 , i can't find my game who begins with d4 c5 e4 ...


Thibault de Vassal    (2006-07-19 02:54:06)
Search : commented games

I've added a link in the 'Search games' page to find all games commented by players... First comment made by David is very eloquent ;)

Feel free to tell me if you have ideas of criterias to search games. Also added in the 'Search games' page : search by opening. Now 3 ways, this new one, Wikichess, and the form below the menu (improved).


Thibault de Vassal    (2006-09-18 18:06:50)
FICGS correspondence chess database

Hello to all.

FICGS chess database (games rated + unrated, finished + unfinished) is now a unique static PGN file, that will be updated at least every 2 months. You can find it by clicking 'Search games' or at this link :

http://www.ficgs.com/databases/chess.pgn


Other free chess databases (ie. games played by famous players) will be added at :

http://www.ficgs.com/directory_databases.html


Best wishes.


Nick Burrows    (2007-07-10 12:35:13)
Search Games

Hi Andrew,
Click on 'Search Games' in the left hand column, and enter any players name.


Andrew Stephenson    (2007-08-06 03:23:55)
Search games

How do you use the search by opening facility of the search games option? ECO clssification did not work nor the general name.


Andrew Stephenson    (2007-08-08 22:55:21)
Search games

Thanks Thibault that works great


Andrew Stephenson    (2008-01-07 06:22:01)
Search games

How can you use search games to find games in a particular variation?


Thibault de Vassal    (2008-01-07 14:58:27)
Search games

Feel free to try "Search by opening" text field at :

http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=search_games

ie. "1.e4 c5 2.c3" or "e4 c5 c3" should work the same way...


Philip Roe    (2008-01-11 20:49:15)
game search

At present the "search games" facility allows to search by player's name or by opening. It might be convenient also to be able to search by game number. For example when a particular game is mentioned in the forum by number.


Thibault de Vassal    (2008-05-19 06:35:14)
Major update (may 2008)

Hello to all, a new update including :

- Regular tournaments with prizes (see thread "Free tournaments with prizes")

- Norms, titles and prizes are now announced by email.

- Players with Epoints are shown in the connected players list (My messages).

- Affiliate links : For each new player referred by your link (see My account) posted on the world wide web, 1 Epoint will be added to your account.

- Search games function improved : You can now search games by opening and by rating (White & Black)


All feedback welcome :)


Benjamin Block    (2008-09-30 19:32:15)
Download all ficgs.com games!

Press on "Search games" (in left)
Now you can see in the top your name under there you can see Chess and "ALL games (PGN)" /Benjamin


Thibault de Vassal    (2008-11-07 10:30:11)
Downloading games

Did you try 'Search games' on the menu ?
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=search_games

Here you can download all games or search by player (and rating) or opening...


Normajean Yates    (2008-11-10 00:22:58)
more spoonfeeding to Ben Milton..

Go to 'Search Games'.

You see your name on top.

then, a line. ----------------. like this.

Below the line, you can see:

CHESS All games (PGN)

If you are using Microsoft Windows, right-click on 'All games (PGN)'.

[I do not think that, with the amount of spoonfeeding, you need, linux is suitable for you o:) ]

After that, if you *still* do not know what to do, pray to God. But there is no God! :(

Download-managers are not for Ben
They'll put too much stren on his bren. ;)


Thibault de Vassal    (2008-12-31 00:37:01)
One player, one strategy...

I suppose everyone has a personal idea on this, it all depends on the time you want to spend on each move. The very best players obviously use Rybka 3, recent databases and may search games played by their opponents (you may use the "Search games" option) to avoid the openings they master.


Thibault de Vassal    (2009-04-29 21:12:36)
Player games search

You may use the right-click "open in a new window" for each game... or download the FICGS database (in Search games - by the way you may use Search games by specifying the name of your opponent) then view the games in Chessbase or.. or.. :)


Don Groves    (2009-05-01 00:20:56)
game search

No, I stupidly tried the "Search games" menu item ;-)


Thibault de Vassal    (2009-12-02 17:50:27)
Major update : Go openings (joseki)

A major update just occured, finished FICGS Go games (chess & poker as well) are now analyzed by the server that gives the name of each known joseki [the first 2 moves at the moment] played in each corner, sometimes it also gives the way it should be played...

See an example at the bottom of this page :

http://www.ficgs.com/game_2481.html
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=2481

Finished games are not analyzed in real time, but this update opens new perspectives to see one day a function to search games by joseki.

Please do not hesitate to comment this update or to report any bug you may see.


Thibault de Vassal    (2009-12-02 18:28:19)
Major update : Chess openings & endgames

A major update just occured, finished FICGS chess games (Go & poker as well) are now analyzed by the server that gives the name of each known opening & classifies the games by endgames, castlings & promotions !

Best, now you can find games by material on the board (like Chessbase) for endgames with less than 10 pieces. Just click "Search games" in the menu, eg. enter KRPP vs. KRP (whatever the order of the letters & colors), and you'll find among others this game (see the description of the game at the bottom of the page) :

http://www.ficgs.com/game_3724.html
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=3724

Note : Finished games are not analyzed in real time, but this update clearly opens new perspectives :)

Please do not hesitate to comment this update or to report any bug you may see.


Thibault de Vassal    (2010-06-05 16:20:30)
FICGS chess database

Hello all,

As a reminder the complete FICGS chess database is available here (or see the link in Search Games in the menu) :

http://www.ficgs.com/databases/chess.pgn

Bullet, lightning & blitz games (including freestyle cup games) are no more included in this database to make it more coherent and of a better quality (too many losses on time because of connection problems or without any move played by one player)... This way bullet games are even more just for fun!


Thibault de Vassal    (2010-08-08 01:33:05)
PGN files

Several ways :

- Click the printer icon in My games then copy/paste the games in PGN format. (I still have to add a filter for the chess games)
- Save the complete FICGS database (click 'Search games' in the menu), then filter by your name in eg. Chessbase.


Daniel Parmet    (2010-09-24 09:51:02)
whole database transfers madfe simple

Step one.
Click on 'search games'
Step two.
At the top you will see 'all games (pgn)' click on this to download.
Step three.
Use whatever program you have to open this file (chessbase, chess assistant, scid, etc).
Step four.
Filter this file by your name.
Step five.
Copy all the games you have here into a new pgn.
Step 6.
Run Rybka.


Wayne Lowrance    (2010-09-26 20:46:49)
whole database transfers made simple

Is this what your talking about ?


How to import my Chess games in a chess database ?

There are several ways to import your chess games played at FICGS in a chess database like Chessbase or SCID. 1) You may download the complete FICGS correspondence chess database: Click "Search games" in the menu, right click & save "All games (PGN)". Import the file in your database, then you may filter the games by using your name. 2) You may create a PGN file by going to "My games" (please use the chess filter, click the rook icon if you also play Go or Poker, you may also select pending, running or all games) then clicking the printer icon. You just have to copy/paste the content of the new page into a new text file, then importing it in your chess database. 3) You may download the PGN file of a particular game or tournament, right click and save the "download" link at the bottom of

Do you mean "left mouse click" if I right click I get Link copy options, none of which seem to do what I want. I do not see a way to save "all games pgn" in any case which is what has stopped me for days. Left mouse click copies all database to where i want to open, Ie scid (which I cannot figure out either), notebad, but i see no filtering capability in notepad. So I do not know how/able to do "Import the file in my database" as your instructions say, sorry Thib, I am a pain in the butt. can you clear these things up for me ? especially your step 1.


Garvin Gray    (2013-07-07 14:46:16)
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Click on search games on the left hand side.

The scroll down till you see chess games, then right click and choose your save location.


Thibault de Vassal    (2020-06-04 13:04:11)
chess archives in pgn

Hello Roberto,

Thanks for detailing your question here.

Yes, the "Go" function below the menu is very general and does not help much for what you would like to do.

The "Search games" option in the menu (below "Waiting lists" and "Tournaments") brings more specific ways:

Years ago, I considered that the complete PGN database was enough to build easily specific databases (player or any criteria, combinations of it, etc.) by using a database software.

Then I added a few search options, per player & per game (chess or Go), per opening, per rating (black or white) and per material for endgames... Of course, this will not replace a serious database like Chessbase.

I hope I was clear too... Does this help?








 		 
 
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