So your newly created database will have no games in it in the very beginning. This newly created database structure is necessary to be able to edit or delete any games in the future and import new pgn games into it from other pgn files. This means that you will not be able to change anything in the pgn files you have, but only in the database.įor that reason you have to first create a new database that has three different file endings, to be able to handle complex editing procedures and it does not have the file ending pgn. If you would simply open any pgn file instead that contains chess games then you will not be able to delete or edit any games because your pgn files are classified read-only and cannot be changed. You need this new database to import (copy) your pgn games into it later on. (example: ModernDatabase) See image below. Click on FILE/NEW and give your database a name that you like. You have to start from scratch and create a new database. It will create an icon on your PC as shown below. See below.įind, open and install SCID on your computer. SCID vs PC creates an icon on your desktop. If you have a Windows 64 bit PC, then download the 64 bit version. Make sure you download the right version. To open the pgn file Modern Database to see the chess games in it, you need a chess database like “SCID vs PC” (free, see this page below), or, for example, ChessBase Mega Package or as alternative the Russian database Chess Assistant PRO with Houdini PRO (DVD) or the interface of a commercially available chess program like Fritz Chess Software that has a chess database included to which you can add my Modern Database. This means you just extend this pgn database over time and add more games to it. You can use my pgn chess database with “SCID vs PC” and build your personal chess database with it. If download link does not work then please send me an email and I send you the download link. I have to charge you $35 for the pgn downloads, because it has been a lot of work to build the pgn file (expertchess.zip) with over 540 000 chess games, as you can surely imagine. However in the beginning SCID seems to be complicated to use it, so I will explain some important features that you must know to be able to build your database. You can also run chess engines and play games against the computer. With “SCID vs PC” you can create huge chess databases without having to buy expensive chess database software. Shane’s Chess Information Database (SCID) was originally written by Shane Hudson, but has received strong contribution from others.

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