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LINK COLLECTION TO CHESS GAMES AROUND THE INTERNET WHICH YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FOR FREE

online
at http://www.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~balzer/chessgames.html, beginning at 14.11.1997
at http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~balzer/chessgames.html,
beginning at 14.02.2002
at http://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info,
beginning at 17.09.2003
at https://www.chessgameslinks.lars-balzer.info, beginning at 02.01.2022

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Dear chessfriends,

welcome to millions of chessgames (pgn, cbv, cbh, si4, cbf, si3, nic, ...) around the internet which you can download for free (no fees, no registration, just click and download). Below you find links to free downloadable chessgames at the internet I have found since 1997. You can get chess of the best players in the world as well as open tournaments and chess of lower level. You will find large databases with millions of different games as well as small archives. You will find current chess activity as well as historical chess. You will find classical chess, correspondence chess, computer chess, annotated games and lots more!

I have sorted the links by topic or by region/country in alphabetical order (it is important for me where the most games or the most interesting games at one page are from) and I give you some information about them.
Below you find a worldwide list with links to games from all over the world and a national list with links to games from specific countries. These two lists are categorized again. If you want to jump quickly to a category please use the following quick-links No. I and No. II below the next information-sections, otherwise please scroll. With the red quick-navigation bar, you can also go to the most important areas of this site.

 


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Quick-links No. I
Go directly to the different international categories of this link-collection:

 

WORLDWIDE SECTION

large databases

online communities

searchable databases

periodical game collections

current chess news with games

single tournaments

persons

openings

historical chess

correspondence chess

computer chess

annotated games

games from famous books

opening books


 

Quick-links No. II
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NATIONAL SECTION

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large databases (worldwide)
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
http://rebel13.nl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://rebel13.nl/download/data.html

Information:
Million Base 3.45 / Rebel:
3,45 million (human) quality chess games in PGN and SCID format. Regularly updated.

last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
https://archive.org/details/KingBase2019

Download-page / download-overview:
https://archive.org/details/KingBase2019

Information:
KingBase / Pierre Havard:
A database with around 2 200 000 games in PGN, SCID and CBV-format, played since 1990 with a player ELO rating greater than 2000. Games have been last updated in 2019.
The original source is not available anymore, but an archive can be found.

last URL change:
20/12/02
Main-page:
http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/download.html

Information:
Jose Chess / Peter Schäfer:
A database with 1 500 000 games in Jose-format.

last URL change:
14/01/06
Main-page:
http://www.chessopeningspgn.com/chess/Openings.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessopeningspgn.com/chess/Openings.html

Information:
Bookup and Encyclopedia of Chess Openings / Mike Leahy:
A database with more than one million games, pgn-files sorted by ECO-code A00-E99. Games have been last updated in 2003.

 

online communities (worldwide)
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
https://lichess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://database.lichess.org/

Information:
lichess.org:
More than 2 000 000 000 games
played on lichess, in pgn format.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.freechess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ficsgames.org/

Information:
Free Internet Chess Server (FICS):
Games database with
games played at FICS with several download possibilities.

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.desc-online.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.desc-online.de/service/archiv/download.php

Information:
Deutscher E-Mail-Schachclub (DESC):
Games archive of the DESC with
all games ever played there.

last URL change:
01/05/07
Main-page:
http://www.ficgs.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ficgs.com/directory_databases.html

Information:
Free Internet Correspondence Games Server (FICGS):
Games archive of the FICGS with
all games played on the server since it started in April 2006.

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.chess-iecc.com

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-iecc.com/archive.html

Information:
International Email Chess Club:
Games archive of the International Email Chess Club.

last URL change:
03/01/10
Main-page:
http://www.iecg.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.iecg.org/garchive.htm

Information:
International Email Chess Group:
Games archive with
email and server games from the IECG.
Stopped operations in December 2010.

last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.ewccf.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ewccf.com/archive/archive2.htm

Information:
World Correspondence Chess Federation:
Games archives with games from the chess server of the World Correspondence Chess Federation.

last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://www.chessfriends.com

Download-page / download-overview:
http://news.chessfriends.com/chessfriends-games-archive/

Information:
chessfriends.com / Libor Havlicek:
Games played at the chess community "chessfriends.com" (games archive).

last URL change:
01/03/04
Main-page:
http://www.remoteschach.de

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.remoteschach.de/db/finishedmatches.php3

Information:
Remote Schach / Tony Ruprich, Christian Taulien:
Games played at the chess server "remote Schach" (single game download functionality).

last URL change:
23/11/04
Main-page:
http://www.my-corner.de/cgi-bin/schach.pl

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.my-corner.de/cgi-bin/schach.pl?show=showAllFinishedGames&sortBy=1&dir=2

Information:
my-COrNer / Tobias Gerner:
Games played at the chess community my-COrNER (single game download functionality).

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.chess-server.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-server.com/

Information:
Correspondence Chess Server (CCS):
Games played at CSS (view a single game, then you can see pgn; direct download only for members).

last URL change:
21/12/04
Main-page:
http://www.playchess.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.playchess.de/pgn.cgi

Information:
PlayChess / Th. Stahl:
Games played at the chess server "PlayChess".

last URL change:
06/11/05
Main-page:
http://www.chess-mail.com

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-mail.com/index.php?page=tele

Information:
Chess Mail / Sebastien Karclop:
Games archive with games from the chess community "Chess Mail".


searchable databases (worldwide)
last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.ichessbase.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ichessbase.com/

Information:
Internet Chessbase:

More than 11 000 000 searchable games with download-functionality.

last URL change:
01/01/14
Main-page:
http://chessbites.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chessbites.com/

Information:
chessbites:

Nearly 6 000 000 searchable games with download-functionality.

last URL change:
26/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.365chess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.365chess.com/

Information:
365chess.com / Alberto Mancuso:

More than 4 000 000 searchable games with download-functionality.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://chesstempo.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chesstempo.com/game-database.html

Information:
ChessTempo:
More than 2 000 000 searchable games with download-functionality.

last URL change:
15/01/19
Main-page:
http://www.newinchess.com

Download-page / download-overview:
https://secure.newinchess.com/NICBase/Default.aspx?PageID=400

Information:
Nic-Base:
Nic-Base online database with single game download.

last URL change:
08/02/02
Main-page:
http://www.chessgames.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessgames.com/

Information:
Chessgames.com / Daniel Freeman:
Nearly 1 000 000 searchable games with free single game download.

 

periodical game collections (worldwide)
last URL change:
02.01.2013
Main-page:
https://theweekinchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://theweekinchess.com/twic

Information:
The Week in Chess (TWIC) / Mark Crowther:
The first and "the Original One": Daily Chess News and Games since 1994. Weekly digest with games from current tournaments. T
he TWIC archive includes all issuses since 920.

last URL change:
22.10.2011
Main-page:
http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/
archive 2011-2013: http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/?page_id=140
archive 2000-2010: http://www.messaggeroscacchi.it/?page_id=142

Information:
Messaggero Scacchi:
News and games from current tournaments since 2000 in pgn, weekly updated.

last URL change:
19.04.2021


Main-page:
https://chessok.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
latest issues: https://chessok.com/?page_id=694
archive: https://chessok.com/?page_id=30495

Information:
Chessok chess shop (former Convekta):
Games from current tournaments in pgn and Chess Assistant format since October 2011, weekly updated.

last URL change:
15/01/19

Main-page:
http://www.newinchess.com

Download-page / download-overview:
https://secure.newinchess.com/Magazine/Default.aspx?PageID=123
https://secure.newinchess.com/Yearbook/Default.aspx?PageID=223

Information:
Nic-Base:
Download section (NIC Magazine, NIC Yearbook).

last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.chessmix.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://pro.chessmix.com/chess-games/

Information:
10days / Ventzislav Inkiov:
Games from current tournaments, 3 times in a month updated. The latest file is free.

 

current chess news with games (worldwide)
last URL change:
19/11/02

Main-page:
http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/

Information:
Ajadrez en Madrid / Lusi Maseda:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, often with games (in Spanish).

last URL change:
22/10/11
Main-page:
http://www.chess-international.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-international.de/

Information:
Chess-International / Norbert Lukas:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, often with games (in German).

last URL change:
30.12.2009
Main-page:
http://www.sachovespravy.eu/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.sachovespravy.eu/

Information:
Peter Mego:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, often with games (in Slovakian). Games are regularly updated.

last URL change:
07/09/01
Main-page:
http://TeleSchach.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://TeleSchach.com/aktuelles/

Information:
Teleschach / Gerhard Hund:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, sometimes with games (in German).

last URL change:
17/12/03
Main-page:
http://www.chessib.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessib.com/news.html

Information:
Chess Siberia / Boris Schipkov:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, sometimes with games (in English).

last URL change:
14/04/03
Main-page:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.europe-echecs.com/

Information:
Europe Echecs:
Information about current tournaments all around the world, sometimes with games (in French).

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.thechessoracle.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.thechessoracle.com/

Information:
The Chess Oracle / John Sharp:
World chess news, often with games (in English). Games have been last updated in 2007.

 

single tournaments (worldwide)
last URL change:
02/03/08
Main-page:
http://chess-results.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chess-results.com/

Information:
chess-results.com / Heinz Herzog:
Online tournament database, sometimes with games-download.

last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://www.fide.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ratings.fide.com/archive.phtml

Information:
FIDE Tournaments Archive:
Fide-rated tournaments sorted by country, sometimes with pgn-archive.

last URL change:
01/01/15

Main-page:
http://www.ajedrezenmadrid.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ajedrezenmadrid.com/torneos/lista_torneos/2015/01

Information:
Ajadrez en Madrid / Lusi Maseda:
Single tournaments, sorted by date, often with games.

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#events

Information:
PGN Mentor:

Single tournaments, sorted by year.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.argedrez.com.ar/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.argedrez.com.ar/ListadoEventos.aspx

Information:
Argedrez / Ariel Fabian, Daniel Bertaccini:
Single worldwide tournaments in pgn, sorted by date.

last URL change:
14/11/97

Main-page:
http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/

Download-page / download-overview:
ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/chess/PGN/Events

Information:
University of Pittsburgh:
One of the first internet resources: Single tournament files. Games have been last updated in 2000.

last URL change:
03/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.schachlinks.com/schach/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schachlinks.com/schach/index-86-schachpartien.html

Information:
schachlinks.com:
Collection of current tournaments. Games have been last updated in 2009.

last URL change:
04/04/05
Main-page:
http://garri.wz.cz/htm1/en_chess.php

Download-page / download-overview:
http://garri.wz.cz/htm1/download.php

Information:
J. Sula:
Collection of important tournaments. Games have been last updated in 2006.

last URL change:
07/04/05
Main-page:
http://www.olimpbase.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.olimpbase.org/

Information:
Olimp Base / Wojciech Bartelski:
History of Chess Olympiads.

last URL change:
13/10/00
Main-page:
http://www.mark-weeks.com

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.mark-weeks.com/chess/wcc-indx.htm

Information:
Mark Weeks:
World-championships with games.

last URL change:
29/08/06
Main-page:
http://www.schachundmuenzen.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schachundmuenzen.de/shop/shop_dls.php?VID=f9o8H2bX4cQ8DGHN

Information:
Schach & Eurokursmünzen / Firma Fruth:
Various tournaments.

 

persons (worldwide)
last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#players

Information:
PGN Mentor:

Games from very strong chess-players.

last URL change:
02/03/08
Main-page:
http://www.chess-poster.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-poster.com/english/pgn/pgn_files.htm

Information:
chess-poster:
Games from famous chess-players.

last URL change:
15/04/06
Main-page:
http://www.chesszone.net.ru/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chesszone.net.ru/bases/player/player.html

Information:
Chess Zone / Roman Vilyavin:
Games from famous chess-players.

last URL change:
14/11/97
Main-page:
http://www.phileo.demon.co.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.phileo.demon.co.uk/

Information:
Uncrowned Kings / Phil Hughes:
Games from famous chess-players (Keres, Rubinstein, Nimzowitsch, Larsen, Korchnoi ...).

last URL change:
04/08/05
Main-page:
http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chessproblem.my-free-games.com/chess/games/Download-PGN.php

Information:
Bruno's Chess Problem of the Day / Bruno Berenguer:
Grandmaster games in PGN.

last URL change:
07/03/03
Main-page:
http://www.thechessdrum.net

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.thechessdrum.net/gamelibrary.html

Information:
The Chess Drum / Daaim Shabazz:
News about and games of coloured chessplayers.

last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
https://www.maxeuwe.nl/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://maxeuwe.nl/max-euwe-s-partijen/

Information:
Max Euwe Centrum:
All games from Max Euwe.

last URL change:
14/11/97

Main-page:
http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/

Download-page / download-overview:
ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/chess/PGN/Players

Information:
University of Pittsburgh:
One of the first internet resources: Player files. Games have been last updated in 2000.

 

openings (worldwide)
last URL change:
01/01/15

Main-page:
http://www.webalice.it/costa.f/chess.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.webalice.it/costa.f/archivio_scacchi/archivio_en.html
http://www.webalice.it/costa.f/archivio_scacchi/archivio.html  (Italian version)

Information:
Francesco Costa's Web Page on Chess - Chess Opening Database / Francesco Costa:
An archive of games, classified by opening, useful for those who want to begin studying openings without having to immediately purchase books and software. You can find and download recent OTB and correspondence chess games, mainly played by the most famous Grand Masters. The downloadable files are in cbh format and to read them you have to use either ChessBase or its freeware version Chess Base Light.

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.pgnmentor.com/files.html#openings

Information:
PGN Mentor:

Games sorted by opening.

last URL change:
14/11/97

Main-page:
http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/

Download-page / download-overview:
ftp://ftp.pitt.edu/group/chess/PGN/Openings

Information:
University of Pittsburgh:
One of the first internet resources for chessgames: Games sorted by opening. Games have been last updated in 2000.

last URL change:
21/08/05
Main-page:
http://nestore.mysteria.cz/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://nestore.mysteria.cz/database.htm

Information:
The World of Grob's Attack / Frantisek Brokes:
Games of the Grob opening (1.g4).

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.rochade-kuppenheim.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.scrkuppenheim.de/herbie/training/owen/index.htm

Information:
Chess club Rochade Kuppenheim - Herbies Eröffnungstheorie / Christof Herbrechtsmeier:
Games - some annotated - from the Owen (1.e4 -b6) opening. Games have been last updated in 2004.

last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page:
http://www.chesstree.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chesstree.net/

Information:
An interactive tree graph of openings and traps. You can export the openings and traps as PGN files.

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.expertchessstrategies.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.expertchessstrategies.com/

Information:
Expert Chess Strategies / Norbert Thomas:
This site helps you to learn chess, and gives some opening files free for download.

 

historical chess (worldwide)
last URL change:
04/10/01
Main-page:
http://www.gambitchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.gambitchess.com/antiques.htm

Information:
Franco Pezzi, Roberto Carosi, Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi:
Historical chess: events and players.

 

correspondence chess (worldwide)
last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
https://www.iccf.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.iccf.com/tables

Information:
The International Correspondence Chess Federation:
List of ICCF tournaments, often with games.

last URL change:
22/05/04
Main-page:
http://www.cceurope.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.cceurope.de/games.htm

Information:
The International Correspondence Chess Federation / Europe:
Correspondence-chess in Europe. Games have been last updated in 2004.

last URL change:
03/09/03
Main-page:
http://www.iccfus.com/index.htm

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.iccfus.com/index.htm

Information:
The International Correspondence Chess Federation / US and North American-Pacific Zone:
The ICCF-US and NAPZ Games Archive.

last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://ccn.correspondencechess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ccn.correspondencechess.com/content2.htm

Information:
Correspondence Chess News / John C. Knudsen:
Periodical correspondence chess games collections; 29.10.2000 - 09.11.2003. Has ended with issue 100, not longer updated.

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://correspondencechess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://archive.correspondencechess.com/index2.htm

Information:
Correspondence Chess / John C. Knudsen:
Games archive from correspondencechess.com/. Games have been last updated in 2003.

 

computer chess (worldwide)
last URL change:
28/12/10
Main-page:
http://lefouduroi.pagesperso-orange.fr/computerchess.htm

Download-page / download-overview:
http://lefouduroi.pagesperso-orange.fr/archives/archives.htm

Information:
Patrick Buchmann:
Engine tournaments with games.

last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page:
http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://web.archive.org/web/20150213221444/http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/html/download.htm

Information:
WBEC Ridderkerk / Leo Dijksman:
About 100000 engine tournament games.

last URL change:
01/01/14
Main-page:
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.computerchess.org.uk/

Information:
CCRL (Computer Chess Rating Lists):
Engine tournaments with games.

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://tcec.chessdom.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://tcec.chessdom.com/archive.php

Information:
Martin Thoresen:
Engine tournaments with games.

 

annotated games (worldwide)
last URL change:
17/10/03
Main-page:
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/rekius/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/rekius/

Information:
Annotated chess-databases / Jan van Reek:
Annotated classical match-games.

last URL change:
26/05/04
Main-page:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/smartbridge/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.angelfire.com/games3/smartbridge/

Information:
About 4000 annotated games from various tournaments.

last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
https://grandmastermac.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://grandmastermac.com/free-chess-lessons-chess-courses-and-chess-analysis/

Information:
GM Mackenzie Molner:
Annotations, used in the chess lessons of
GM Mackenzie Molner. When looking at a video there is a PGN tab where the PGN analysis is shown. Games are regularly updated.

last URL change:
17/10/03
Main-page:
http://www.gambitchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.gambitchess.com/antiques.htm

Information:
Franco Pezzi, Roberto Carosi, Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi:
Historical chess: events and players with some annotated games.

last URL change:
31/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.soloscacchi.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://soloscacchi.altervista.org/?page_id=1015

Information:
Claudio Sericano:
Annotated recent and old games.

last URL change:
01/06/04
Main-page:
http://www.schachserver.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess-database.com/

Information:
Chess-Database / Karl-Heinz Milaster:
This is something special: Upload a game, and get it back annotated with reference games (sorted by strength of players) and computer analyses.


games from famous books (worldwide)
last URL change:
06/11/05
Main-page:
http://www.gambitchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.gambitchess.com/semi/db1.htm

Information:
Franco Pezzi, Roberto Carosi, Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi:
Games from famous books. Here you have to trade: Upload one file and download the whole archive.


opening books (worldwide)
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
http://rebel13.nl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://rebel13.nl/home/scid-with-knowledge-base.html

Information:
Knowledge Base 1.0 / Rebel:
Knowledge Base 1.0 is the work of months carefully building a quality openingbook (Polyglot database) with analyzed positions by top engines, mainly by Stockfish 12 and Stockfish 13 covering about 95% of the general opening theory. Nearly 100 million positions have been
analyzed. Regularly updated.



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Albania
national chess
last URL change:
09/07/02
Main-page:
http://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://foreignaffairs.tripod.com/armillotta/chess.html

Information:
Giovanni Armillotta:
Albania in World Chess Olympiads.

 

Andorra
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.escacsandorra.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.escacsandorra.com/

Information:
Chess Federation of Andorra:
Chess in Andorra, sometimes with games.

 

Armenia
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
23/11/04
Main-page:
http://www.armchess.am/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.armchess.am/

Information:
Chess Federation of Armenia:
Chess in Armenia, sometimes with games.

 

Australia
country base
last URL change:
26/11/06

Main-page:
http://www.ozbase.com.au/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ozbase.com.au/

Information:
Ozbase / Australian Chess Federation - Paul Dunn:
Ozbase: very well organized download-area of chess in Australia.

 

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Austria
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.schachbundesliga.at/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://live.schachbundesliga.at/

Information:
Schach Bundesliga / Austria Chess Federation:
News and games from the Austrian Bundesliga.

national chess
last URL change:
02/01/10
Main-page:
http://chess-results.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chess-results.com/Meisterschaft.aspx

Information:
Chess-Results:
Team championships in Austria, sometimes with games.

last URL change:
22/12/99
Main-page:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://schach.wienerzeitung.at/

Information:
Newspaper of Vienna:
Chess in Austria.

single open tournament
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
http://www.chessopengraz.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessopengraz.com/2020/en/

Information:
Chess-Results:
Games form the Chess Festival Graz. Games are regularly updated.

 

Barbados
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
15.01.2019
Main-page:
http://www.barbadoschess.org

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.barbadoschess.org

Information:
Chess Federation of Barbados:
Chess in Barbados, sometimes with games.
Games are regularly updated.

 

Belarus
national chess
last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.chess.by/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess.by/lib/bases/

Information:
Chess in Belarus.

 

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Belgium
correspondence chess
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.ebbs.be/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ebbs.be/res.html

Information:
Belgian Correspondence Chess Association / Marc Smet:
Site of the Belgian correspondence chess association, with most games of the email tournaments.

 

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Brazil
country base
last URL change:
04/09/01
Main-page:
http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.brasilbase.pro.br/

Information:
BrasilBase / Adaucto Wanderley da Nobrega:
BrasilBase: very well organized download-area of chess in Brazil.

 

Bulgaria
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
05/02/03
Main-page:
http://www.chessbg.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessbg.com/

Information:
Chess Federation of Bulgaria:
Chess Portal in Bulgaria, some games included.

national chess
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.chessbgnet.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessbgnet.org/games.php

Information:
Bulgarian chess network:
One of the largest sites about Chess in Bulgarian. This page has PGN databases with all available games from local Bulgarian tournaments for online view or free download.

 

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Canada
country base
last URL change:
27/12/10
Main-page:
http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://canbase.fqechecs.qc.ca/canbaseii.htm

Information:
Montreal Chess News / Hugh Brodie:
Canbase II offers games from the chess scene in Canada (top players, olympiad, Montreal, championships, country).

national chess
last URL change:
04/02/06
Main-page:
http://rommman.narod.ru/downloads.htm

Download-page / download-overview:
http://rommman.narod.ru/downloads.htm

Information:
Games played in Canada and by strong Canadian players outside of Canada.

regional chess - official federation
last URL change:
01/03/04
Main-page:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.fqechecs.qc.ca/index.php?typ=echecs&sc=archives&sbj=archives

Information:
Chess Federation of Quebec:
Information about Quebec chess and games.

last URL change:
15/01/18
Main-page:
http://www.nschess.ca

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.nschess.ca/chessdb/

Information:
Nova Scotia Chess Association:
Games from Province of Nova Scotia.

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.chess.bc.ca/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chess.bc.ca/games.shtml

Information:
British Columbia Chess Federation:
Games from British Columbia; players, championships and tournaments.

regional chess
last URL change:
23/11/04
Main-page:
http://www.chessbc.ca/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessbc.ca/bcbase.html

Information:
BCBASE / Stephen Wright:
Chess in British Colombia.

 

Chile

national chess
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ajedrezchileno.cl/

Information:
Ajedrez Chileno / Claudio Tossi:
Information about chess in Chile, sometimes with games.

 

Cyprus

national chess - official federation
last URL change:
23/11/04
Main-page:
http://www2.cytanet.com.cy/kyso/index.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www2.cytanet.com.cy/kyso/games.html

Information:
Cyprus Chess Federation:
Games from Cyprus.

 

Czech Republic

national chess
last URL change:
10.01.2021


Main-page:
http://www.czechtour.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.czechtour.net/

Information:
Czech Tour / J. Mazuch:
Games from the Czech Tour tournaments. Find them at the tournament pages. Games are regularly updated.

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://smzsnzz.wz.cz/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://smzsnzz.wz.cz/

Information:
Chess Methodogical Bulletin / Zdenek Zavodny:
Chess games from Czechia.

last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
http://www.a64.cz/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.a64.cz/turnaje/

Information:
Agentura 64:
Chess in Czechia, sometimes with games.

 

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Denmark
country base
last URL change:
15/01/18
Main-page:
http://danbase.skak.dk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://danbase.skak.dk/

Information:
DanBase:
Danish Chess Game Archive (DanBase): very well organized download-area of Danish chess.

single open tournament
last URL change:
10.01.2021


Main-page:
http://www.xtraconchessopen.dk

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.xtraconchessopen.dk

Information:
Games from the international Xtracon Chess Festival (former Politiken Cup) in Copenhagen. Download is not available at the moment; I am currently searching for a valid link.

regional chess
last URL change:
29/08/06
Main-page:
http://www.birkeskak.dk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.birkeskak.dk/Partier.htm

Information:
Chess club Birkeroed:
Mainly regional games.

 

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Finland
country base
last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://home.tamk.fi/~jarmo/suomipelit/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://home.tamk.fi/~jarmo/suomipelit/

Information:
Jarmo Sorvari:
Finnish Chess Game Database: very well organized download-area of Finnish chess. Games have been last updated in 2003.

national chess
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.shakki.net/english/info/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.shakki.net/pelaaminen/peli/

Information:
Finnish Internet Chess Service ShakkiNet /
ShakkiNet Team:
Games from finnish tournaments and Finnish players playing abroad.

 

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France
single open tournament
last URL change:
25.03.2023


Main-page:
http://cappelle-chess.fr

Download-page / download-overview:
https://cappelle-chess.fr/decouvrir-open-cappelle-11

Information:
Some games from the latest Cappelle la Grande International Chess Open.

last URL change:
22/10/11
Main-page:
http://promoechecs.free.fr/Pages/parties_FR.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://promoechecs.free.fr/Pages/parties_FR.html

Information:
Val-thorens tournaments organizers:
Games from Vaujany and Val Thorens open tournaments 2006-2010.

last URL change:
02.01.2013
Main-page:
https://echiquierdunord.re/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://echiquierdunord.re/

Information:
Games from the Reunion Island's international chess open.

regional chess
last URL change:
26/11/06
Main-page:
http://echecs-arradon.chez-alice.fr/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://echecs-arradon.chez-alice.fr/Parties.htm

Information:
Chess Club Arradon / Michel Salaün:
Games and events from the French region Bretagne.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
https://ajec-echecs.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://ajec-echecs.org/competitions/parties-et-analyses

Information:
French correspondence chess association (AJEC):
Correspondence chess in France.

 

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Germany

national chess
last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schachbundesliga.de/partien

Information:
Schach Bundesliga:
News and games from the German Bundesliga.

last URL change:
09/01/16
https://www.steffans-schachseiten.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.steffans-schachseiten.de/?path=contentarchive&catid=62&type=4

Information:mation:
Klaus Steffan:
Games from several high-ranked German leagues.

single open tournament
last URL change:
31/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.chessorg.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessorg.de/downloads.php

Information:
Chess-Org:
Games from open tournaments organized by ChessOrg.

last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page
http://chesstigers.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://chesstigers.de/partiendatenbanken.htm

Information:
Chess Tigers:
Games from Chess Classic Mainz and Frankfurt Chess Classic tournaments.

last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.schachevents.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schachevents.de/

Information:
Schachevents:
Games from the "schachevents" tournament series.

last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page
http://www.staufer-open.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.staufer-open.de/

Information:
Walter Pohl jun.:
Games from Staufer open.

last URL change:
10.01.2021


Main-page
https://rlp-open.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://rlp-open.de/?path=contentarchive&catid=4&type=4

Information:
Klaus Steffan:
Games from the Rheinland-Pfalz open.

last URL change:
26/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.pfalzopen.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.pfalzopen.de/

Information:
Monika Jäger:
Games from Pfalz Open (Check menu "Ergebnisse").

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main page:
http://schachopen.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://schachopen.com/index.php?mod=partien

Information:
Schachabteilung des TSV von 1860 e.V. Travemünde / Rüdiger Pflaum:
Games from Travemünder open.

last URL change:
15.01.2018
Main page:
http://boeblinger-open.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
current tournament: http://boeblinger-open.de/index.php/en/games
archive: http://boeblinger-open.de/index.php/en/archive

Information:
Chess club SC HP Böblingen 1975 / Erhard Frolik:
Games from Böblinger open.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main page:
http://neckar-open.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://neckar-open.de/index.php/de/downloads

Information:
Chess club Schachfreunde Deizisau:

Games from Neckar open.

last URL change:
15/01/18
Main page:
http://www.sc-untergrombach.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.sc-untergrombach.de/

Information:
Chess club SC Untergrombach:

Games from Untergrombach open. Check out the yearly tournaments for game download.

last URL change:
22/10/11
Main page:
http://schach.lga.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://schach.lga.de/schach_archiv.shtml

Information:
Games from LGA open.

last URL change:
02/01/10
Main page:
http://www.herbstopen.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.herbstopen.de/?page_id=52

Information:
Games from Deizisau herbstopen.

last URL change:
02/01/10
Main page:
http://www.weihnachtsturnier.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.weihnachtsturnier.de/archiv.htm

Information:
Games from Potsdamer Weihnachtsturnier.

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main page:
http://www.osc-schach.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.osc-schach.de/index.php/Rheinhausener_Meisterschaft.html

Information:
OSC 04 Rheinhausen-Schachabteilung:
Games from Rheinhausener Meisterschaft.

regional chess - official federation
last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page:
http://www.badischer-schachverband.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.badischer-schachverband.de/

Information:
Regional German Chess-Federation of Baden:
Games from Baden. Look for "Partien" at the left menu.

last URL change:
22/10/11
Main-page:
http://schachkongress.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://schachkongress.de/

Information:
Regional German Chess-Federation of Baden:
Games from Baden individual championship tournaments. Have a look at "Turnier" - also at "Archiv", select one and click "Partien".

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.berlinerschachverband.de/download.html

Information:
Regional German Chess-Federation of Berlin / Frank Hoppe:
BerlinBase, maintained by Andreas Lange. At this page last updated in 2012.

last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://www.svr-schach.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.svr-schach.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=62&Itemid=63

Information:
Regional German Chess-Federation of Ruhrgebiet:
Games from team-tournaments in Ruhrgebiet.

last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://members.landshut.org/KlausK/Niederb.htm

Download-page / download-overview:
http://members.landshut.org/KlausK/Niederb.htm

Information:
Regional German Chess-Federation of Niederbayern in Bayern / Klaus Kreuzer:
Games from Niederbayern.

regional chess
last URL change:
25.03.2023




Main-page:
https://www.schachclubkreuzberg.de/

https://www.schachclubkreuzberg.de/berlinbase-aktualisierte-versionen/

Download-page / download-overview:
BerlinBase Referenz (V4.7: everything together, games only): https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoGloYnMS7CLhE4hG74LQ_yrOaC2
BerlinBase (1990 - current): https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoGloYnMS7CLhEmP10ESAcw7MNz9
BerlinBase Split (1945 - 1989): https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoGloYnMS7CLhEt3D_oL6RmS9a-o
BerlinBase History (1766 - 1945): https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoGloYnMS7CLhExAzViiyMn6RIH2

Information:
Chess club SC Kreuzberg / Andreas Lange:
BerlinBase: About 130000 games from Berlin, organized in folders, download via cloud.
Check out the "Download" section on the right side. Games are regularly updated.

last URL change:
15.01.2018
Main-page:
http://www.ksf1853.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ksf1853.de/spielbetrieb/partien/

Information:
Chess club Karlsruher SF:
Games mainly from Baden. Games have been last updated in 2014.

last URL change:
09/01/16
Main-page:
http://www.seniorenschach.eu/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.seniorenschach.eu/?Partien

Information:
Chess of seniors in Baden and Württemberg / Jürgen Kehr:
Games from Baden.

last URL change:
05/03/03
Main-page: 
http://www.schach-bremen.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schach-bremen.de/partien/

Information:
Chess in Bremen / Gustaf Mossakowski:
Some games from Bremen.

last URL change:
27/01/05
Main-page:
http://www.deep-chess.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.deep-chess.de/

Information:
Deep Chess!!! / Bernard Verfürden, Dirk Liedtke, Thorsten Kober, Michael Büscher, Markus Engbert:
Games from Nordrhein-Westfalen.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
https://www.bdf-fernschachbund.de/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.bdf-fernschachbund.de/download/partienarchiv/partienarchiv.html

Information:
German Correspondence Chess Federation (BdF) / Uwe Bekemann:
BdF with a special download area.

 

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Greece
country base
last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.greekbase.gr/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.greekbase.gr

Information:
Greekbase:
Collection of chess in Greece. Games have been last updated in 2004.

national chess
last URL change:
04/09/01
Main-page:
http://www.greekchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.greekchess.com/pgn.htm

Information:
Greek Chess online:
Chess in Greece.

 

Hungary
country base
last URL change:
21/08/05
Main-page:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.firstsaturday.hu/

Information:
First Saturday tournament series / Nagy László:
Games from the First Saturday tournaments.

 

Iceland
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.skaksamband.is/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.skaksamband.is/
http://www.skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id=470

Information:
Chess federation of Iceland:
Games from events in Iceland, especially from the Reykjavik open.

 

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India
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://www.indianchessfed.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.indianchessfed.org/

Information:
Chess federation of India:
Events in India, sometimes with games.

national chess
last URL change:
12/02/03
Main-page:
http://www.chathurangam.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chathurangam.com/gamesdownload/

Information:
Chathurangam:
Events and games in India.

 

Indonesia
national chess
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
http://indonesiabase.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://indonesiabase.com/category/games/

Information:
IndonesiaBase / Muhammad Isfendiyar:
Events and games especially in Indonesia.

 

Iran
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
25.03.2023


Main-page:
http://www.ircf.ir/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ircf.ir/

Information:
Iranbase / Chess Federation of Iran:
Chess in Iran, sometimes with games.

 

Ireland
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
https://www.icu.ie/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.icu.ie/events

Information:
The Irish Chess Union:
Chess in Ireland, often with games.

 

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Italy
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
06/11/05
Main-page:
http://www.federscacchi.it/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.federscacchi.it/str_archpart.php

Information:
Italian Chess Federation:
Intensive Games Archive: Games played in Italy or by Italian players in official competition abroad.

single open tournament
last URL change:
03/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ippogrifoscacchi.it/tdc_storia.asp

Information:
Reggio Emilia Tournament.
Games from the Reggio Emilia chess events.

 

Malaysia
national chess
last URL change:
22/10/11
Main-page:
http://ssquah.50megs.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ssquah.50megs.com/

Information:
SS Quah's Treasure Trove:
Games from events and players in Malaysia. Games have been last updated in 2000.

 

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Mexico
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
18.04.2021


Main-page:
http://www.fenamac.org.mx/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.fenamac.org.mx/

Information:
National chess-federation of Mexico:
Mexican events, sometimes with games. Download is not available at the moment; I am currently searching for a valid link.

 

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Netherlands
country base
last URL change:
25.03.2023


Main-page:
http://www.maxeuwe.nl/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://maxeuwe.nl/dutchbase/

Information:
Dutchbase / Jack Goossens:
Dutch Chess Game Archive (DutchBase).
There are 51.216 games available. Project has been stopped in August 2002.

single open tournament
last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
https://www.limburgopen.nl/index.php?taal=en

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.limburgopen.nl/index.php?taal=en

Information:
Limburg Open:
Games from Limburg Open. To download, go to "Tournament coverage", then "Replay games".

last URL change:
03/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.tatasteelchess.com/

Information:
Tata Steel Chess Tournament (former Corus Chess Tournament):
Games from the current Tata Steel chess event.

 

New Zealand
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
29/08/06
Main-page:
http://www.nzchess.co.nz/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.nzchess.co.nz/

Information:
New Zealand Chess Federation / Michael Freeman:
Game collection of New Zealand games.

 

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Norway
country base
last URL change:
13/05/03
Main-page:
http://norbase.sjakk.biz/index.php?page=main&lang=en&
css=style.css&inter=4

Download-page / download-overview:
http://norbase.sjakk.biz/index.php?page=load&lang=en&
css=style.css&inter=4

Information:
NorBase / Odd Gunnar Malin:
Collection of chess in Norway.

national chess
last URL change:
12/02/03
Main-page:
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~runed/sjakk.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~runed/sjakk.html

Information:
Runne Djurhuus:
Chess in Norway, sometimes with games.

 

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Peru
correspondence chess
last URL change:
14/12/04
Main-page:
http://www.lipead.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.lipead.org/

Information:
National federation of distance chess of Peru (LIPEAD) / Miguel Bailly Mori:
Events at LIPEAD, sometimes with games.

 

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Poland
country base
last URL change:
06/11/05
Main-page:
http://polbase.w.interia.pl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://polbase.w.interia.pl/

Information:
POLBASE / Adam Umiastowski:
POLBASE: very well organized download-area of chess in Poland.

single open tournament
last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.cracoviachess.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.cracoviachess.net/

Information:
Chess Festival Cracovia:
Games from Chess Festival Cracovia.

regional chess - official federation
last URL change:
14/12/04
Main-page:
http://www.szachy.lo.pl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.szachy.lo.pl/partie.htm

Information:
Chess Association of Cuiavia Region:
Games from Cuiavia Region.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
27/12/10
Main-page:
http://gambit-lubin.strefa.pl/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://gambit-lubin.strefa.pl/

Information:
Gambit Krosno - Correspondence Chess Circle:
Polish correspondence chessgames (see links on the left).

 

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Portugal
national chess
last URL change:
22/05/03
Main-page:
http://luissantosxadrez.no.sapo.pt/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://luissantosxadrez.no.sapo.pt/

Information:
Luís Santos:
Chess in Portugal, sometimes with games. Games have been last updated in 2007.

 

Romania
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
15/01/19
Main-page:
http://www.frsah.ro/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://frsah.ro/index.php/partide-alese/

Information:
Chess federation of Romania:
Games and events from Romania.

national chess
last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://sah-conpet.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://sah-conpet.com/Partide.html

Information:
Sah-Conpet / Laurentiu Anuta:
Games from Romanian players.

 

Russia
country base
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.al20102007.narod.ru/index.html

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.al20102007.narod.ru/index.html

Information:
RUSBASE / Alexey A.Popovsky:
RUSBASE: very well organized download-area of chess in Russia and former USSR.

regional chess
last URL change:
17/12/03
Main-page:
http://www.chessib.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessib.com/game.html

Information:
Chess Siberia / Boris Schipkov:
Games of the Siberian World Famous Grandmasters.

 

Scotland
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
30/12/09
Main-page:
http://www.ChessScotland.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessscotland.com/gamedownload/games.htm

Information:
Scottish Chess Association:
Scottish games.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.scottishcca.co.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.scottishcca.co.uk/scotgames.html

Information:
Scottish Correspondence Chess Association / Iain Mackintosh:
Scottish correspondence games.

 

Slovakia
national chess
last URL change:
13/05/03
Main-page:
http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.slovan-bratislava.com/Partie/partiedown.htm

Information:
Chess club Slovan Bratislava:
Games from team tournaments in Slovakia, opens and more.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
15/04/06
Main-page:
http://www.korsach.sk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.korsach.sk/?str=archiv&lang=sk

Information:
Slovak Association of Correspondence Chess:
Slovak correspondence game collection and also annotated correspondence games.

 

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Spain
regional chess - official federation
last URL change:
01/03/04
Main-page:
http://www.ajedrezaragon.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ajedrezaragon.com/database/database.htm

Information:
Regional Spanish Chess-Federation of Aragon:
Games from Aragon.

regional chess
last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.ajedrezvasco.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.ajedrezvasco.com/#partidas

Information:
AjedrezVasco.com:
Games played in the Basque Country and sorroundings.

 

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Sweden
single open tournament
last URL change:
03/01/11
Main-page:
http://www.rilton.se/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.rilton.se/

Information:
Rilton Cup:
Games from Rilton Cup.

computer chess
last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://ssdf.bosjo.net/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ssdf.bosjo.net/ssdf.htm#games

Information:
Swedish Chess Computer Association / Tony Hedlund:
Swedish computer games.

 

Switzerland
national chess
last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.swisschess.ch/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.swisschess.ch/smm.html

Information:
Swiss Chess Federation:
Games from the highest Swiss team championship. As there is no single downloadpage, you have to click through the different events and dates. On the right, choose year (Saison) and round (Runde), then games (Partien).

single open tournament
last URL change:
15/01/19
Main-page:
https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.bielchessfestival.ch/History/Previous-Editions.html

Information:
Games from the Biel chess-festival.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.weihnachtsopen.ch/contao/index.php/archiv.html

Information:
Zürcher Weihnachtsopen:
Games from the Weihnachts-Open in Zürich.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://schachfestivalbasel.ch/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://schachfestivalbasel.ch/auto/dgt_chesstheatre.htm

Information:
Games from the Hilton opens in Basel.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://ww2.lausanneyoungmasters.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://ww2.lausanneyoungmasters.com/archives.html

Information:
Games from the Lausanne chess tournaments.

last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://www.swisschesstour.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.swisschesstour.com/

Information:
Swiss Chess Tour / Claudio Boschetti:
Swiss Chess Tour organises many smaller tournaments mainly in Switzerland, and often games can be downloaded at the end. Just choose a tournament location on the right, then scroll for pgn.

last URL change:
22/10/11
Main-page:
http://www.juraopen.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.juraopen.org/parties.php

Information:
Open du Jura.
Games from the Jura open. Games have been last updated in 2007.

regional chess
last URL change:
25/05/06
Main-page:
http://www.schach-rj.ch/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.schach-rj.ch/Partien/Partien.html

Information:
Chess club Rapperswil-Jona:
Games from events at chess club Rapperswil-Jona, and other game collections.

 

Thailand
regional chess
last URL change:
15/01/18
Main-page:
http://bangkokchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://bangkokchess.com/category/games/

Information:
Chess club Bangkok:
Events, sometimes with games.

 

Ukraine
country base
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://maliszew.chat.ru/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://maliszew.chat.ru/ch_years.htm

Information:
Konstantin Maliszewski Chess Page / Konstantin Maliszewski:
Games from championships in Ukraine.

 

United Arab Emirates
national chess - official federation
last URL change:
27/01/05
Main-page:
http://www.arabfide.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.arabfide.com/

Information:
Arab Chess Federation:
Games of events in Arabia.

 

United Kingdom
country base
last URL change:
02/01/09
Main-page:
http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/

Information:
Britbase / John Saunders:
British Chess Game Archive (Britbase); very well organized download-area of British chess. He was one of the first persons who arranged a download-area to complete a collection of all games played in one country.

national chess
last URL change:
15/04/06
Main-page:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/downloads.htm

Information:
Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) / Peter Sowray:
Games from the 4NCL.

single open tournament
last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.hastingschess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.hastingschess.com/

Information:
Hastings International Chess Congress:
Games from the Hastings International Chess Congress. Check the "congres main" sections.

last URL change:
14/01/06
Main-page:
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/downloads.htm

Information:
Guernsey Chess Club:
Games from the Guernsey International Chess Festival.

regional chess
last URL change:
04/02/12
Main-page:
http://www.clevelandchessassociation.org.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.clevelandchessassociation.org.uk/pgn-games/

Information:
Cleveland Chess:
Games from the Cleveland Chess League.

last URL change:
01/05/07
Main-page:
http://www.chessit.co.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessit.co.uk/Link%20Buttons/Downloads.htm

Information:
Bristol & District Chess League:
Games from Bristol & District.

last URL change:
19/04/04
Main-page:
http://www.rjcc.org.uk/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~rjcc/games.htm

Information:
Richmond Junior chess club:
Some games played by Richmond chess players.

correspondence chess
last URL change:
02/01/20
Main-page:
https://www.bccachess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
https://www.bccachess.org/members/games-archive-download/

Information:
British Correspondence Chess Association (BCCA):
Games from the BCCA.

 

United States of America

regional chess - official federation
last URL change:
20/12/02
Main-page:
http://www.MassChess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.masschess.org/Events/Games/Masters_Archive/
archive_download_page.htm

Information:
The Massachusetts Chess Association:
Games from Massachusetts.

last URL change:
02/01/13
Main-page:
http://ww2.michess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://206.130.103.122/interim/events/Replayable%20Games/games.html

Information:
Michigan Chess Association:
Games from Michigan.

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.scchess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.scchess.com/recent.html

Information:
Southern California Chess Federation:
A systematic collection of tournaments in Southern California, often with games.

regional chess
last URL change:
14/01/06
Main-page:
http://www.chessdryad.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.chessdryad.com/games/index.htm

Information:
California Chess History / Kerry Lawless, Mark Shelton, Richard Shorman, Frisco Del Rosario:
Database of games played in California.

last URL change:
01/01/15
Main-page:
http://www.metrowestchess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.metrowestchess.org/Community/Games/Top_GameArchive.htm

Information:
Metro West Chess Club:
Collections of games played at MetroWest CC.

last URL change:
23/03/01
Main-page:
http://www.dallaschess.com/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://www.dallaschess.com/download.html

Information:
The Dallas Chess Club:
Downloads of Dallas tournaments. Games have been last updated in 2002.

 

Vietnam
national chess
last URL change:
28/12/13
Main-page:
http://vietnamchess.vn/

Download-page / download-overview:
http://vietnamchess.vn/

Information:
Vietnamchess:
Chess in Vietnam, sometimes with games.

 

Wales
national chess
last URL change:
15.01.2018
Main-page:
https://www.dyfed-chess.org/

Download-page / download-overview:
current games: https://www.dyfed-chess.org/#xl_xr_page_current%20games
archive: https://www.dyfed-chess.org/#xl_xr_page_past%20games

Information:
Dyfed Chess Association / Paul Orton:
Games archive of Wales.


Many thanks
to all who have sent me useful information for my link-collection:

A Mahdi Abdulrahim, John Acker, Jose Mariano Acosta, Alain Alexandre, Laurentiu Anuta, Roland Arbinger, Chuck Ayoub,
B
Miguel Bailly Badiola, Neil Barnard, Wojtek Bartelski, Manfred Bauer, Uwe Bekemann, Nathan Bemis, Antonio Bento, Eric Bentzen, Bruno Berenguer, Giorgio Bertazzo, Fabio Bettiol, John Blackstone, Terry Bohannon, Shane Bonetti, Adolfo Bórmida, Renaud Boutoute, Michel Briet, Hugh Brodie, Frantisek Brokes, Alex Brunetti, Max Burkett,
C Maurice H. Carter, Ruben Casafus, Vincent Casasnovas, Yves Casaubon, Antonio Castelló, David Cohen, Fernando Collazo, Dann Corbit, John Cord
es, Francesco Costa, Luis Costa, Jose Luis Quizhpe Cueva, Bob Currie, Robert Currie,
D Adaucto Wanderley da Nobrega, Dick de Jong, Maurizi
o de Leo, Thibault de Vassal, Serg Deev, Eric Delaire, S. Delavekouras, Gisela Deventer, Kathy Djabri, Detlef Döll, Paul Dunn,
E Walter Eigenmann, Robert Ericsson, Wolfgang Evers,
F
Ariel Fabian, Ivo Fasiori, Gerardo Fernández, Mario Antonio Ferriz, Zarkon Fischer, Arild Fredriksen, Stefan Fredriksson, Daniel Freeman, Erhard Frolik, Bill Frost, Lionel B. Frost,
G
Enrique Garzon, Glenn Giffen, Albi Gmür, Mikhail Golubev, Julio Gonzalez, Jack Goossens, Giorgio Gozzi, Jacques Grandmougin, Dick Groenendijk, Szymon Grygiel, Wilfried Guenther, Odd Gunnar,
H F.-J. Hartogh,
Arild Haugen, Pierre Havard, Libor Havlicek, Jan Helbich, Manfed Herbold, Nelson Hernandez, Stefan Hildingstam, Lee Holder, Albert Hoogendoorn, Jesmond Hotel, Lea Hudson, Phil Hughes,
I Ventzislav Inkiov, Villy Fink Isaksen, Muhammad Isfendiyar,
J Adalberto Joco, Erik D. Johnson,
K
Kalin Karakehajov, Abdul Karim, Sebastien Karclop, Matthias Karkowski, Alexander Khalifman, Tom Knight, Thorsten Kober, Wybe Koopmans, Natalia Kovaleva, Klaus Kreuzer, Igor Krizanovskij, Gernot Krobath, Ying Fatt Kuan, Pascal Kühner, Ryszard Kurylo,
L Leopold Lacrimosa, Andreas Lange, Leander Laruelle, Roland Lauer,
Predrag Lazarevic, Mike Leahy, Norbert Leisner, Mario Leoncini, Lubo Leonidov, Didier Leuba, Jonathan Levitt, Arnaud Lohéac, Mirko Luethge, Norbert Lukas, Reimund Lutzenberger,
M Iain Mackintosh, Navid Madani, Ilya Manakov,
Alberto Mancuso, Christoff Mans, Antonio Marincola, Denis Martin, George Mastrokoukos, Ed Matheson, Svetlana Matwejew, Roberto Messa, Robert Miklos, Karl-Heinz Milaster, Harald Moessle, Julio Molina, Mackenzie Molner, Gustaf Mossakowski, Erick Mouret, Hans-Dieter Müller,
N Ulrike Nobbe, Joze Novak,
O Kevin O'Connell, Osvaldo Oroz
co, Mark Orr, Massimiliano Orsi, Carlos Ortiz, Günther Ossimitz, Dan Östergaard,
P Alan Page, Adrie Pancras, Álvar
o Pereira, Danilo Perus, Jovan Petronic, Franco Pezzi, Helmut Pleschke, John Pope, Alexey A. Popovsky, Detlef Pordzik, Dominique Primel,
Q Ye Zeng Qing, José L
uis Quizhpe,
R Kees Raijmaekers, Per Rasmussen, Bob Ray, Richard Reich, Erhard Reichenbach, Norbert Reschner, Alexandra Rieger, Martin Rieger, Claus Riemann, Roman Rijkers, Francesco S. Rinaldi,  José Riverol, William Roach, Matse Rohde, Stefan Röhrich, Bobby Ryan,
S Michel Salaün, Rolf Sander, John Saunders,
Boris Schipkov, Philipp Schlosser, Kai Uwe Schmidt, Hans-Joachim Schrader, Ed Schroeder, Martin Schubert, Ingo Schwarz, Laurent Selvi, Claudio Sericano, Daaim Shabazz, Aseem Sharan, John Sharp, Mark Shelton, Eddy Sibbing, Joop Simmelink, M. Pradeep Kr Singh, YK Siu, Leonard Skinner, Tapio Soini, Karl-Heinz Söntges, Vlado Soos, Jan Spiljard, Renze Steenhuisen, Mikael Storm, Sumartorno, David B. Sudgen, Yves Surmont, David Surrat, Darrin Swain,
T Holger Tacka, Bernard Taylor, J. Taylor, Laurent Tinture, Norbert Thomas, Michael Tsiapouris
U Adam Umiastowski,
V Freek van den Berg, Jaap van der Kooij, Jan van Reek, Arnt Veenstra,
Pascal Villalba, Roman Vilyavin, Sebastian Völker,
W Michael Wäsch, Robert Warren, Donal
d L. White, Alex Winkler, Mats Winther, Ross Withey, Peter Wölfelschneider,
Y
James Yates,
Z Zdenek Zavodny, Oscar A. Zaiko, Jim Zillmer, Igor Zivkovic
and many anonymous chessfriends.
I hope I did not miss anyone.

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