Answers.Body: <p>This is the link for SmallChess's Python repository for web crawling chess games I found it, just click here : <a href="https://github.com/pmerg/ExtractPGN" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/pmerg/ExtractPGN</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I invite you do it yourself...</p>
  
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    <p><a href="https://github.com/student-t/ExtractPGN" rel="noreferrer">https://github.com/student-t/ExtractPGN</a></p>
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  <p>This is my Python repository for web crawling chess games. I use it to extract PGN chess games from Chessgames. This is an example of the games I extracted:</p>
  
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  <li><a href="http://smallchess.com/Games" rel="noreferrer">http://smallchess.com/Games</a></li>
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  <p>It's trivial to change the code such that you extract all games from chessgames (<strong>entire database</strong>) into a single PGN file. I believe you're a programmer, so that shouldn't be an issue for you.</p>
  
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Body: <p>The best free, downloadable chess database I've found is Kingbase (<a href="http://www.kingbase-chess.net" rel="noreferrer">http://www.kingbase-chess.net</a>). It only has games since 1990. I also have the Android Chessbase Online app, which also appears to only have relatively newer games. The only source I know of that has historical chess games is www.chessgames.com (but I don't think you can download the entire database into something like SCID). </p>
  
  <p>Why are these older games so hard to come by?</p>
  
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Title: Why is it so hard to find a free downloadable chess database with older/historical chess games?
ThreadText: # Why is it so hard to find a free downloadable chess database with older/historical chess games?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-01-20)
  
  The best free, downloadable chess database I've found is Kingbase (<http://www.kingbase-chess.net>). It only has games since 1990. I also have the Android Chessbase Online app, which also appears to only have relatively newer games. The only source I know of that has historical chess games is www.chessgames.com (but I don't think you can download the entire database into something like SCID).
  
  Why are these older games so hard to come by?
  
  **Tags:** database
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The Kingbase link no longer works -- another dead project?  
  
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  ## 2 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-01-22. Score: 6 | Accepted answer
  
  I invite you do it yourself...
  
  > <https://github.com/student-t/ExtractPGN>
  
  This is my Python repository for web crawling chess games. I use it to extract PGN chess games from Chessgames. This is an example of the games I extracted:
  
  * <http://username_3.com/Games>
  
  It's trivial to change the code such that you extract all games from chessgames (**entire database**) into a single PGN file. I believe you're a programmer, so that shouldn't be an issue for you.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_4**: The github link is broken.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2021-03-06. Score: 2
  
  This is the link for username_3's Python repository for web crawling chess games I found it, just click here : <https://github.com/pmerg/ExtractPGN>
  
  
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