Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 22:04:55 10/13/05
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On October 13, 2005 at 20:47:44, chandler yergin wrote: >On October 13, 2005 at 20:43:27, Dann Corbit wrote: > >>On October 13, 2005 at 20:40:17, chandler yergin wrote: >> >>>On October 13, 2005 at 20:35:37, Dann Corbit wrote: >>> >>>>On October 13, 2005 at 18:56:51, chandler yergin wrote: >>>> >>>>>On October 13, 2005 at 18:52:09, Randall Shane wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On October 13, 2005 at 18:01:30, chandler yergin wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>You m st first 'create a file called Fischer.pgn >>>>>>>Make sure this is yout 'write' Database >>>>>>>After searching and highlighting the games >>>>>>>save to this. >>>>>> >>>>>>That would work for extracting Fischer's games. >>>>>> >>>>>>This doesn't work very well to extract everybody's games -- if there are, for >>>>>>example, 5000 different players in a DB of 6 million games, you REALLY wouldn't >>>>>>want to manually perform the above interactive operation for 5000 players. >>>>>> >>>>>>A batch solution, rather than an interactive solution, is what's needed. >>>>>>To the best of my knowledge, the Chessbase interface does not support automated >>>>>>batch operations. I'd be shocked if any existing interactive chess DB supported >>>>>>that. >>>>> >>>>>You don't have Chessbase do you?!!!!!!!!! >>>> >>>>Why would you make that extrapolation? >>>> >>>>>Why do you deny what I know? >>>> >>>>Where did he do that? >>>> >>>>>I use it every day! >>>> >>>>Thanks for sharing. >>>> >>>>>In Mega99 Database there are over 85,000 Players. >>>>>Doing what I posted takes a few seconds.. >>>> >>>>But that is NOT what the original poster asked for. >>>> >>>>If you can do one player in 7 seconds and you can process 24 hours a day then >>>>processing 85000 players takes a full week with no eating and no sleeping and no >>>>breaks. >>>> >>>>That's the problem. The OP does not want to extract a single player from his >>>>database. He wants to extract all of them. And he wants them collected into >>>>all the games for each individual player. >>> >>>All he has to do is Open the Database go to the toolbar. >>>"Search" for whatever player he wants... >>>It will list all those games. >>>Highlight them >>>"Save" to the Name.pgn >>>It takes seconds... >>>If he wants all the games of 10 players >>>it may take 2 minutes. >>>Big Deal! >> >>How long will it take to do 85,000 players? That is what he wants. >Oh.. he wants individual files for 85,000 players? >Then how fast can he go to the toolbar and push the button for each? >That's how long it will take. >He can also go to the toolbar and select "Players" >It will list them alphabetically for him, and he can select which ones he wants. >Or.. he can select Tournaments and it will list these in chronological order for >him. There are 86,400 seconds in a day. Think about it. ChessBase is not the right tool for the job, unless you are a complete buffoon. Either that or the most tireless and careful human on the planet. Besides which, I wrote a program to do it and posted a link.
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