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Miniaronian YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 2 Joined: 11/22/12	Re: Looking for an old games database Reply #3 - 12/10/12 at 23:04:33	Post Tools	Print Post
	Thank you for your answers !


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Hadron Full Member Offline Doctor, Doctor, Doctor..When will you ever learn? Posts: 195 Location: Levin, New Zealand. Joined: 03/24/05 Gender:	Re: Looking for an old games database Reply #2 - 11/24/12 at 21:17:43	Post Tools	Print Post
	Miniaronian wrote on 11/22/12 at 16:39:10: One of my possible sources will be old games played during these centuries. In the Mega Database 2012, I can found around 200 games played until Napoleon's time, but I'm sure that we got more games than that (for example, in this database, we can found only the first game from the well-known book "Analyse du jeu des Echecs" writen by Philidor in 1749, the other ones are missing). Take a look at http://www.gambitchess.com/antiques.htm to start off with. Two other sources I use when writing articles is http://www.chessarch.com/ and google books. Good luck. Hadron

	I'm reminded again of something Short wrote recently, approximately "The biggest fallacy in chess is the quasi-religious belief in the primacy of the opening."
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kylemeister God Member Offline Posts: 4944 Location: USA Joined: 10/24/05	Re: Looking for an old games database Reply #1 - 11/22/12 at 17:04:56	Post Tools	Print Post
	Don't know about databases, but I wonder if the Oxford Encyclopedia of Chess Games (covering 1485-1866) would be of any use.


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Miniaronian YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 2 Joined: 11/22/12	Looking for an old games database 11/22/12 at 16:39:10	Post Tools	Print Post
	Hi everyone ! I'm currently starting to work on a master's degree (in french) on the subject "Evolution, practice and perception of the game of chess in France from the late 15th century to the beginning of the 19th century". One of my possible sources will be old games played during these centuries. In the Mega Database 2012, I can found around 200 games played until Napoleon's time, but I'm sure that we got more games than that (for example, in this database, we can found only the first game from the well-known book "Analyse du jeu des Echecs" writen by Philidor in 1749, the other ones are missing). Is it existing one or more databases featuring these games played in the period 1480-1815 (approximately) ? Do you know where i can found them ? Thank you for your answers. I apologize, I'm french and my english isn't that perfect.


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