Index of /logics
Name Last modified Size Description
Parent Directory -
FICS-games-199911-200912.torrent 02-Jan-2010 12:38 43K
fics-2010-01.pgn.bz2 03-Mar-2010 11:19 239M
fics-2010-02.pgn.bz2 03-Mar-2010 12:47 221M
fics-2010-03.pgn.bz2 05-Apr-2010 07:25 239M
fics-2010-04.pgn.bz2 01-May-2010 20:09 226M
fics-2010-05.pgn.bz2 10-Jun-2010 18:51 219M
Update 2010-06-09: Added 2010-05 as separate file download.
Update 2010-05-01: Added 2010-04 as separate file download.
Update 2010-04-30: Added link to Dann Corbit's SCID files.
Here is a torrent file for all recorded FICS chess games from November 1999
onwards. The games haven been converted into PGN format and verified.
If there are no seeds please send me an e-mail. I attempt to keep at least
one seed with sufficient bandwidth alive at all times, but it is not automated.
Torrent file: http://marcelk.net/logics/FICS-games-199911-200912.torrent
Contents looks like this:
FICS-games/
fics-1999-11.pgn.bz2
fics-1999-12.pgn.bz2
fics-2000-01.pgn.bz2
... etc ...
fics-2009-08.pgn.bz2
fics-2009-09.pgn.bz2
fics-2009-10.pgn.bz2
fics-2009-11.pgn.bz2 <-- Added on 2009-12-01
fics-2009-12.pgn.bz2 <-- Added on 2010-01-02
The total number of games is over 100 million.
The total download size is around 15GB, zipped.
Unfortunately I can't offer native ChessBase formatted files.
The reason is not because I don't like the format or the company,
but because I don't have the software to make such files.
Dann Corbit has put a SCID version of the games online.
http://ficsgames.com/ has a searchable version of this data online.
Note that individual game scores without annotations are not "copyrighted"
material. There is no such concept for these form of recordings. However,
without statement the game collection itself, or any derived works, would
technically be copyrighted by me. Hence the following statement:
COPYRIGHT STATEMENT
The collection is wholly my work. I hereby release the collection(s)
presented on this web page (http://marcelk.net/logics/) to be in the
PUBLIC DOMAIN, with no rights reserved.
Enjoy,
Marcel van Kervinck
<marcelk@bitpit.net>