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If everything goes according to plan, we will begin updating the database around 2025-05-18. As of now, the first one million recorded games have been added, covering material well into the 1990s. (Yes, all the classic World Championship matches up to Kasparov–Karpov are already included!)
After that period, the number of recorded games increased dramatically. We have over eight million more to process, so patience is advised.
In the meantime, I’ve compiled a small selection of notable World Championship matches — including Fischer–Spassky 1972 and, of course, the first of the legendary Kasparov–Karpov battles.
Below you can see where we are in the development. Note that the GUI both can and will be subject to changes.
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✅ | Function or Script fully working and tested |
✅🔄 | Function or Script fully working and tested but ongoing work |
❌🔄 | Under investigation |
❌ | Bug or missing function |
2025-04-28 19:05:46 Search on White performs as expected; i.e once "Morphy, Paul" is selected Black at once contains only Paul Morphys opponent just as you expect as a user. Here though we must think this through, we dont need to connect everything with everything so to speak, but a very good example is that white player should be connected to black player(s) As soon as we triggers Morphy, Paul search From date should be at first date with correct format and To date should automatically be last game with correct date format. Note, that fortunately the db is sorted chronologically by default ID :) .
We must also consider the Collections table where we have 2 major things to do, the display must be not the CollectionID but rather the "Event" Column. Event must naturally be connected to players both black and white. Here same logic about date from - to applies
Questions: How important is a search for a player both as black and white? Normally you want to know a players repertoire as white OR black, and if you want from both sides the user casn be able to make 2 selections. Question is pending