Author: Rory Nolan
Date: 02:27:38 02/05/03
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On February 05, 2003 at 00:38:00, margolies,marc wrote: >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 I read a review of this DB about a year ago (forget where) as I was going to buy. Apparently there are numerous doubles and I think there was somw questions about the quality of lots of the games. Rory
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