Eliminating duplicate games in a Database

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D977

If I have a large collection of games in a database in PGN format, how can I eliminate duplicate games.  I see that my db has plenty.  I have Fritz 11 among other programs but none seem to be able to do this.  Any help appreciated.

 


likesforests

Chessbase is excellent for manipulating large game collections. In Chessbase, right-click on a database and select Tools | Find Double Games. Alternatively there's the freeware program SCID. In that, select File | Maintenance | Delete Twin Games. In either case, be sure to make a backup before performing this operation.


D977

Thank you.  I downloaded SCID and it works just fine.

 


lrsalokhe

skid opens the database in read-only mode

IpswichMatt

There is a YouTube video that demonstrates how to do this in SCID vs PC:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zwy-pE54V9w

Although this video is a bit slow and annoying it actually explains things extremely well. @lrsalokhe is correct and SCID opens PGN databases in read-only mode, what you do is create a new DB in SCID and then import your PGN database(s) into that - once there, you can delete duplicates, create indexes, modify annotations etc.

This is all explained in the video.

IpswichMatt

Aha! I see this is from 2008 - oh well

EscherehcsE
IpswichMatt wrote:

Aha! I see this is from 2008 - oh well

Well, you may have helped Irsalokhe... :-)

IpswichMatt
EscherehcsE wrote:
IpswichMatt wrote:

Aha! I see this is from 2008 - oh well

Well, you may have helped Irsalokhe... :-)

I hope so, although I'm not sure Irsalokhe was asking for help!