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VLaurenT

I'm looking for a database that allows search according to rating difference in a .pgn file

ie. : I'd like to locate games where ABS(elo white - elo black) > 200

Which database offers this ? Is there any free database which does ?

zxzyz

Scid at http://scid.sourceforge.net/    has this simple search.

Open pgn file

Search header rating differences white -black =200 - 40000 ..

Its funny, i just posted wondering if anyone can compare the merits of chessbase vs scid. I dont see much reviews of chessdatabase software esp free software.

 

 


VLaurenT

Thank you, it's great. Cool

Could you also be kind enough to tell me how to save the search results (or the search request, whatever) Smile

Besides, it works only one way (either white > 200 or black > 200), but I can't have both at the same time (rating difference > 200). Is that correct ?

zxzyz

It works with rating difference so its when the difference in elo between white and black is between 200 and say 4000. 

Then you can save the results to a new database and then export it to a pgn if you wish.