Author: margolies,marc
Date: 21:38:00 02/04/03
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mike i certainly respect your POV, nevertheless i don't agree with you. teletext corrpondence games and chess server blitz games by strong grandmasters are numerous also not very attainable from the sources which you mention. you may not feel the need to examine these games but i am curious about them, perhaps using a powerful sorting program could allow me to research openings in a fresh way. but i see that this is not everyone's choice. if readers here have experience with the subject material of my question about slippery parrot db, please let me know. On February 04, 2003 at 23:03:00, Mike Byrne wrote: >On February 04, 2003 at 22:51:03, margolies,marc wrote: > >>has anyone here used "slippery parrot" collection of 5.2 million chess games? >>i am particularly curious about how well user's chess data software (like CA7, >>C8,scid or ChessAcad Office 6) negotiates large file sizes without crashing. >>also curious about percentage of grandmaster v gm internet blitz content, >>percentage engine vs engine content and percentage gm vs engine content. >>thanks in advance-marc > >I haven't used it - but the database is too big to be manageable IMO. Not >because of hardware constraints - but for human constraints. It would have to >include way too many "trash games" or "blitz" games for it to be meaningful. > >There is really only 1 or 2 thousand games a year at long time controls that are >worth adding to your database. The rest are unworthy IMO. > >Better off sticking with the known sources TWIC, Chessbase, Chess Informant etc. > >Michael Byrne
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