Answers.Body: <p>The feature you are describing is not built into either SCID or Chessbase natively. You can quickly rename players in a database, or alternatively automate through scripting.</p>
  <p>I use the following API endpoints for chess.com to collect that information.
  <a href="https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api#pubapi-endpoint-player" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api#pubapi-endpoint-player</a></p>
  
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Body: <p>I have just started to get back into chess from a long time away. I have joined my local club and started to compete. I have been playing around with SCID vs PC and wonder if you can link your opponent's online names under their real names, since I have been playing some people online and OTB. I am also considering investing in Chessbase, so if this is a feature available on there or any other chess database please let me know.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: Isn't anonymity the whole point of online names? ;-)
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Comments.Text: Yes but if they tell you there name. I have joined my local club and know a number of the members online names.
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Comments.Text: depends on the site. I collect my chess.com games and for each game i use an api call to try and collect the players name if they have it. I also store that data so i dont need to call each and every game i have with that player. So yes it can be done...but only if the other party is willing to have their name known.
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Comments.Text: Thanks @David i haded thought of using and API
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Tags: <database><chessbase><scid>
Title: Linking online accounts with OTB real names in database
ThreadText: # Linking online accounts with OTB real names in database
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2021-12-11)
  
  I have just started to get back into chess from a long time away. I have joined my local club and started to compete. I have been playing around with SCID vs PC and wonder if you can link your opponent's online names under their real names, since I have been playing some people online and OTB. I am also considering investing in Chessbase, so if this is a feature available on there or any other chess database please let me know.
  
  **Tags:** database, chessbase, scid
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Isn't anonymity the whole point of online names? ;-)  
  > **username_0**: Yes but if they tell you there name. I have joined my local club and know a number of the members online names.  
  > **username_2**: depends on the site. I collect my chess.com games and for each game i use an api call to try and collect the players name if they have it. I also store that data so i dont need to call each and every game i have with that player. So yes it can be done...but only if the other party is willing to have their name known.  
  > **username_0**: Thanks @David i haded thought of using and API  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-12-13. Score: 1
  
  The feature you are describing is not built into either SCID or Chessbase natively. You can quickly rename players in a database, or alternatively automate through scripting.
  
  I use the following API endpoints for chess.com to collect that information.
  <https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api#pubapi-endpoint-player>
  
  
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