I had the same problem recently and my solution was to compile PGNs downloaded from "the week in chess" which resulted in a data base covering 2.3 million games. There's a little windows software that you can use for that:
http://code.google.com/p/twic-db-aggregator/downloads/list If you run OSX or Linux, you can use this script instead: http://www.reddit.com/r/chess/comments/l59xt/how_to_make_your_own_data_base_the_easy_way_linux/ Titus On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 9:55 PM, Fred Mellender <fred...@gmail.com> wrote: > You can import pgn files inside SCID. There are many sources for games and > puzzles. > Here is a start: > http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/chess/games/Download-PGN.php > > http://wwwu.uni-klu.ac.at/gossimit/c/chess.htm > chess base light 2009 can convert CBH file to pgn. > On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 3:24 PM, F B <josejavieryma...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> My name is Javier and I'm from Spain. >> >> I have been using Scid for one year or so and I think it is a good >> software. However I couldn't find so much ".sci" files, really the only file >> that I could find was in the mailing list. So, I would like to know where I >> could look for the typical chess Scid files. >> >> On the other hand, I could also watch that there is a binary file that is >> able to get that a chessbase file can be made into another Scid file >> (chb2sci binary?), however I could only find the sources files to compile. >> It is possible to get the compiled file for ubuntu (for example)? >> >> anyway, I'm glad about I can use Scid chess database :) >> >> thanks >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> RSA(R) Conference 2012 >> Save $700 by Nov 18 >> Register now >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 >> _______________________________________________ >> Scid-users mailing list >> Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users >> > > > > -- > Fred Mellender > Rochester, NY > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > RSA(R) Conference 2012 > Save $700 by Nov 18 > Register now > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 > _______________________________________________ > Scid-users mailing list > Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users > > -- Titus von der Malsburg DFG Research Group 868: Mind and Brain Dynamics Dept. of Linguistics, University of Potsdam http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~malsburg/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA(R) Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Scid-users mailing list Scid-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users
