Answers.Body: <p>How about this website: <a href="http://database.chessbase.com/js/apps/database/" rel="nofollow">http://database.chessbase.com/js/apps/database/</a></p>
  
  <p>It's pretty good.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: How do I search games ?
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Answers.Text: Theres an input box on the right side of the search board.
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Answers.Text: It seems that I cannot even search games without a registration. I could not find an input box, only a text-box. But at least some new games with strong players are listed by default.
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Answers.Text: In total, I am not convinced ...
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Answers.Text: When I mean't an input box, I mean't a text box, @Peter
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Answers.Text: But how does this help to find games ? I tried "2015" as an input and did nor find, as expected, games from 2015.
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Answers.Text: Try typing in Year 2015, @Peter
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Answers.Body: <p>chessgames.com because there are many comments on each game.  Has a good selection of top level games. </p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Chesstempo.com has the best I have found for free online. 
  <a href="https://chesstempo.com/game-database.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://chesstempo.com/game-database.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Also has index by opening, player, and comments.
  Plus other features.</p>
  
  <p>If you will pay then chessbase is the best I have seen but I have not bought it to verify what it actually does have. </p>
  
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Body: <p>I search an online chess games database which should be free and it would be nice if no
   registration would be required.</p>
  
  <p>I want to be able to search for the basic criterions year and ELO.</p>
  
  <p>It would be nice if the database contains only classical games. It is annoying if
   rapid, blitz, blind and friendly games are also in the database.</p>
  
  <p>Does anyone know a database fulfilling my criterions ?</p>
  
Tags: <database>
Title: Which online database is the best?
ThreadText: # Which online database is the best?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2015-02-11)
  
  I search an online chess games database which should be free and it would be nice if no
  registration would be required.
  
  I want to be able to search for the basic criterions year and ELO.
  
  It would be nice if the database contains only classical games. It is annoying if
  rapid, blitz, blind and friendly games are also in the database.
  
  Does anyone know a database fulfilling my criterions ?
  
  **Tags:** database
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2015-02-11. Score: 2
  
  How about this website: <http://database.chessbase.com/js/apps/database/>
  
  It's pretty good.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: How do I search games ?  
  > **username_1**: Theres an input box on the right side of the search board.  
  > **username_0**: It seems that I cannot even search games without a registration. I could not find an input box, only a text-box. But at least some new games with strong players are listed by default.  
  > **username_0**: In total, I am not convinced ...  
  > **username_1**: When I mean't an input box, I mean't a text box, @username_0  
  > **username_0**: But how does this help to find games ? I tried "2015" as an input and did nor find, as expected, games from 2015.  
  > **username_1**: Try typing in Year 2015, @username_0  
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-25. Score: 2
  
  chessgames.com because there are many comments on each game. Has a good selection of top level games.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2020-01-07. Score: 0
  
  Chesstempo.com has the best I have found for free online.
  <https://chesstempo.com/game-database.html>
  
  Also has index by opening, player, and comments.
  Plus other features.
  
  If you will pay then chessbase is the best I have seen but I have not bought it to verify what it actually does have.
  
  
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