Body: <p>I just read in a chess mag that Korchnoi holds the record with 5000+ documented games. I'm a bit sceptic about that - should I a) ever <em>electronically</em> document my games (currently they are just a titanic sheet heap) and b) live only remotely to his age, I probably vaporize that record. And with around 80 tournament games a year (if I'm busy) and 350 rated tournaments since national rating went from Ingo to DWZ, I'm not even the top chess enthusiast (I know a dude with a 600+ after his number).
  Thus, I expect the above statement to hold for GM rated players and for well-documented game sets, but not necessarily for each and any chess player worldwide.</p>
  <p>A quick googling gave no reliable data (and rapid or online games don't count anyway for my question) - does someone has a source for total number of games stats?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: What is a "documented game"?
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Comments.Text: @Minot: Some Megabase, obviously. (Tournament books etc. count too, but first show me a game only found in some obscure tournament book... ;-)
Comments.UserDisplayName: Hauke Reddmann
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Title: Record total number of chess games by a player
ThreadText: # Record total number of chess games by a player
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2022-12-28)
  
  I just read in a chess mag that Korchnoi holds the record with 5000+ documented games. I'm a bit sceptic about that - should I a) ever *electronically* document my games (currently they are just a titanic sheet heap) and b) live only remotely to his age, I probably vaporize that record. And with around 80 tournament games a year (if I'm busy) and 350 rated tournaments since national rating went from Ingo to DWZ, I'm not even the top chess enthusiast (I know a dude with a 600+ after his number).
  Thus, I expect the above statement to hold for GM rated players and for well-documented game sets, but not necessarily for each and any chess player worldwide.
  
  A quick googling gave no reliable data (and rapid or online games don't count anyway for my question) - does someone has a source for total number of games stats?
  
  **Tags:** history, statistics
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: What is a "documented game"?  
  > **username_0**: @username_1: Some Megabase, obviously. (Tournament books etc. count too, but first show me a game only found in some obscure tournament book... ;-)  
  
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