How to make a chess database?

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SilverCrown

Hey everyone! I recently stumbled onto a free chess database software called ChessX. However, I would like to create a database using the games recieved in http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic. They seem to package a bunch of games together and you have to open them once inside a software such a ChessX. How can I make a large pool of games by consolidating all of the games I download? As a side note, I would also like to know how to add a text comment to the moves that were done. Thanks for taking the time to read this!

KeepinOn2

According to Wikipedia: ChessX is a free, open source chess database for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. At an embryonic stage, it was planned to be a community maintained version of Scid (a popular, open source chess database). However, ChessX is now evolved into a more modern project that uses Qt library to create advanced graphical interface and C++ language to run as fast as possible.

There was a discussion involving ChessX on Chess.com

I foud this website, but it doesn't appear to have much in the way of help; you'll probably have to search for answers in the program's own help files.  Here is another, similar, website.

SilverCrown
licenser wrote:

According to Wikipedia: ChessX is a free, open source chess database for Linux, Windows and Mac OS X. At an embryonic stage, it was planned to be a community maintained version of Scid (a popular, open source chess database). However, ChessX is now evolved into a more modern project that uses Qt library to create advanced graphical interface and C++ language to run as fast as possible.

There was a discussion involving ChessX on Chess.com

I foud this website, but it doesn't appear to have much in the way of help; you'll probably have to search for answers in the program's own help files.  Here is another, similar, website.


Thanks for the information!

SilverCrown

I guess my main question would be how to consolidate the pgn files found on  http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic into a single database. Then how to integrate such a database to a software such as Chess Base Light or ChessX.

rooperi
SilverCrown wrote:

I guess my main question would be how to consolidate the pgn files found on  http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/twic into a single database. Then how to integrate such a database to a software such as Chess Base Light or ChessX.


Well, I don't use either of those 2, but in most programs it's possible.

I still think the easiest is SCID.

Create your database, and either under the tools or the options menu (I'm at work, no SCID on this PC) select import file of PGN games. You can even select multiple PGNs.

KeepinOn2

There is probably an easier way, but for TWIC files, I just download the new file, then copy all the games into my existing database.  When I'm finished, I delete the downloaded file.  For step-by-step instructions you'd have to let us know for sure which database system (CBL or ChessX) you're using.  If CBL, I can help, if ChessX we'd need someone who actually has & uses that system to chime in.

SilverCrown
licenser wrote:

There is probably an easier way, but for TWIC files, I just download the new file, then copy all the games into my existing database.  When I'm finished, I delete the downloaded file.  For step-by-step instructions you'd have to let us know for sure which database system (CBL or ChessX) you're using.  If CBL, I can help, if ChessX we'd need someone who actually has & uses that system to chime in.


Yeah, I have CBL too. How would you do it for that? Cause I really need merge all those files.

KeepinOn2

SilverCrown, this is what I do In CB8 (I am hoping CBL is the same!): open both the source database (the one with the games you want to keep) and the destination database (the one where you want to keep the games).  In the source database go to Edit, then select all.  Next press the copy icon in the upper right-hand corner.  Now you need to go to the destination database (but don't close the source database yet) and simply click on the copy icon, also in the upper right-hand corner.  Follow the prompts, and you should have it!