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Is there a way to download all my games in chess variants? When I go to https://www.chess.com/games/archive I see only my ordinary chess games, not chess variants. On https://www.chess.com/variants/archive there is no download button. Is there a way to download a bunch of my chess variant games using UI or API?

hmm not that i know of but  you can click on archive to go back and look at the games you've played and there might be some sort of option?

I can download games 1 by 1, but I'd like to know how to download a bunch of them.

i see, not sure sorry

@Iyosha_msk

You can use the api endpoints

https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api#pubapi-endpoint-games-archive-list

and

https://www.chess.com/news/view/published-data-api#pubapi-endpoint-games-archive

to get variant games in pgn at least for chess960 and crazyhouse.

Here is a sample:

[Event "Live Chess - Chess960"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2019.06.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "lyosha_msk"]
[Black "Thmsnsh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "715"]
[CurrentPosition "3kr1bq/2Q1ppb1/r2p2p1/2pN3p/4P3/4BP2/PPP3PP/R1KNR3 b KQ -"]
[ECO "B00"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Nimzowitsch-Defense-Mikenas-Variation"]
[EndDate "2019.06.02"]
[EndTime "18:31:39"]
[FEN "rnknrbbq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKNRBBQ w EAea - 0 1"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/live/3750325182"]
[SetUp "1"]
[StartTime "18:20:30"]
[Termination "lyosha_msk won by checkmate"]
[TimeControl "600+2"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[Tournament "https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/fischer-random-championship-non-titled-open-qualifier-22-1065901"]
[UTCDate "2019.06.02"]
[UTCTime "18:20:30"]
[Variant "Chess960"]
[WhiteElo "1140"]

1. e4 { [%clk 0:09:56.2] } 1... d6 { [%clk 0:09:47.2] } 2. d4 { [%clk 0:09:50.4] } 2... Nbc6 { [%clk 0:09:39.4] } 3. d5 { [%clk 0:09:44.8] } 3... Nd4 { [%clk 0:09:15.9] } 4. f3 { [%clk 0:09:26.1] } 4... c5 { [%clk 0:09:01.6] } 5. dxc6 { [%clk 0:09:19.4] } 5... bxc6 { [%clk 0:08:38.7] } 6. Bxd4 { [%clk 0:09:15] } 6... c5 { [%clk 0:08:22.6] } 7. Be3 { [%clk 0:09:07] } 7... a6 { [%clk 0:07:48] } 8. Bd3 { [%clk 0:08:51.8] } 8... g6 { [%clk 0:07:26.7] } 9. Qg1 { [%clk 0:08:30.3] } 9... Ne6 { [%clk 0:06:36.1] } 10. Nbc3 { [%clk 0:08:19.1] } 10... Bg7 { [%clk 0:05:56.3] } 11. Qf1 { [%clk 0:08:12.6] } 11... h5 { [%clk 0:05:18.7] } 12. Bxa6+ { [%clk 0:08:05.9] } 12... Kd7 { [%clk 0:04:18.7] } 13. Qb5+ { [%clk 0:08:00.9] } 13... Kd8 { [%clk 0:03:37.8] } 14. Qb6+ { [%clk 0:07:41.4] } 14... Nc7 { [%clk 0:02:36] } 15. Nd5 { [%clk 0:07:38.6] } 15... Rxa6 { [%clk 0:02:25.1] } 16. Qxc7# { [%clk 0:07:35.9] } 1-0

I see chess960 games, but not other variants. I'm interested in particular in fog-of-war games. But it looks like that these games are not included.

You may visit the dev-com at https://www.chess.com/club/chess-com-developer-community. You can post this as feature request.