DB Books
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What is a DB Book?
A DB Book is a file with games (no annotations!) that are in chess books, published in Italy or in the World.
The files are available in ChessBase format (.cbv) and in .pgn format.

How to use them?
The main idea is to have the games on the screen, without put them on the board, in order to study them faster and better!
Please note that the games are without annotations: so you should have the book.

Copyright Notice
Some Publishers asked me to remove some DB Books for which they hold the copyright.
Please don't send me DB Books from:
. Gambit Publications Ltd.
. Everyman Chess
. Cadogan Chess
. Pergamon
. British Chess Magazine
. Sahovski informator (Chess Informant)
. Thinkers' Press, Inc.
. Chessco

Read carefully:
All the transfers are logged, the files are zipped and protected by a password.
Don't ask me the password because I can't send it without a new file to add in the book list!
You can download the files in the "FREE" section, but if you want to have the password you should send me a file in .pgn or ChessBase format. 

Please do as follows:
1. choose a book from your collection;
2. check that the title isn't available in the book's list (use the search engine) or in other chess sites;
3. enable referrer logging, disable your firewall and fill the form with full details (Author, Title, Publisher, Year)
4. wait for a confirm;
5. only when you will receive a reply you can prepare the file with the games and/or diagrams from the book without any annotation.

When you have done this, I will send you a password within 48 hours and you will be able to download ALL the DB Books. Please send me only original works (files edited by yourself and not already available in other chess sites)

If you have any question please send an email
If you want some free collection of chess books, take a visit at the excellent Gunther Ossimitz chess page.
You can download a sample file in .cbv format or in .pgn
If you need a program, you can download FileMate (on this site) or ChessBase Light; if you use Winboard read here.
If you use PGN files, please try PGN Utils

All the DB Books are available here or:
1. Collection of games
2. Games - Players
3. General
4. Openings (general)
5. Openings (specific)
6. Tactics and Strategy
7. Endgame and problems
8. Free Collections (books)
9. Free DB Books

If you are looking for a book, try the normal search or the advanced search

 

What's (Old contribution 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008)

Date Author, Title Section
16 mar Lev Alburt - Chess Training Pocket Book - Fictionwise.com - 1997 - ISBN: 1-930936-19-2 - Robert Ascher Free DB Books
16 mar Barnes - 200 Problemas de Ajedrez (200 chess problems) - Ed. Paidotribo - José Contreras Free DB Books
16 mar Beim - Come giocare attivamente a scacchi - dinamismo sulla scacchiera - Prisma - 2007 - Mordillo Free DB Books
16 mar Bonacker - Internationales Schachturnier - Edition Olms - 1988 - ISBN: 3-283-00145-6 - Gerd Herwig Free DB Books
16 mar Chernev - The 1000 Best Short Games of Chess [2] - Fireside (Simon & Schuster) - 1987 - ISBN: 0-671-53801-2 - Chris Kim Free DB Books
16 mar Del Rosario - A First Book of Morphy - Trafford - 2004 - ISBN: 1412039061 - Mike Haspert Free DB Books
16 mar Guerrero - 500 combinaciones del siglo XIX (500 combinations from 19th Century) - Ed. Paidotribo, 2006 - José Contreras Free DB Books
16 mar Hays - Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors - Hays - 1994 - ISBN: 1-880673-93-2 - Willie Smith Free DB Books
16 mar Hochberg - Sit & Solve Chess Problems - Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. - 2004 - ISBN: 0-4027-1450-5 - Tom Schumann Free DB Books
16 mar Horowitz - How to win in the middle game of chess - Cornerstone Library - 1955 - DreamWeaver Free DB Books
16 mar Chernoff - Chessboard Magic - Dover Publications - 1960 - ISBN: 0-486-20607-6 - Bob Beers Free DB Books
16 mar Blake - Chess Endings for Beginners 7th Ed - G. Routledge - 1902 - ISBN: B0008CFM6C - Kam Shahid Free DB Books
16 mar Timman - On The Attack - New In Chess - 2006 - ISBN-13: 978-90-5691-187-4 - Wane Inkpen Free DB Books
16 mar Karpov - My Best Games - Edition Olms - 2007 - ISBN: 978-3-283-01002-7 - John Potter Free DB Books
16 mar Keres - Grandmaster of Chess: The Early Games of Paul Keres - Arco - 1965 - ISBN: n/a - Zuoliang Hou Free DB Books
16 mar Larsen - My Best Games of Chess - Hardinge Simpole Limited - 2003 - ISBN: 978-1843820826 - Horacio Arevalo Free DB Books
16 mar Pandolfini - More Chessersizes & Checkmate! - Fireside Chess Library - 1991 - ISBN: 0-671-70185-1 - Ronald Derico Free DB Books
16 mar Pandolfini - One move chess by the champions - Simon & Schuster / Spanish version: Roca Pons, 1989 - 1985 - Jose Contreras Free DB Books
16 mar Pfleger & Kurz - TV-worldcup '82 - Turnier der Schachgrossmeister Karpow, Spasski, Timman, Seirawan, Torre, Nunn, Bouaziz, Lobron. - Niedernhausen, Falken - 1982 - Migo Free DB Books
16 mar Snyder - Winning Chess Traps for Juniors - Wheatmark - 2006 - ISBN: 1-58736-633-9 - Chris Kim Free DB Books
16 mar Soltis - Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion - McFarland - 1994 - ISBN: 0-89950-887-1 - Terry Mickle Free DB Books
16 mar Sreenivasarao - 70 chess games - selfpublished - 2008 - Darla Sreenivasarao Free DB Books
16 mar Suetin - El Laboratorio del Ajedrecista - Edicion Escaques Martinez Roca - 1988 - ISBN: 84-270-0252-1 - Antony Ramos Free DB Books
16 mar Suetin - Schachlehrbuch fur Fortgeschrittene - Sportverlag Berlin - 1975 - Krzysztof Strzelichowski Free DB Books
16 mar Persson - Tiger's Modern - Quality Chessbooks - 2005 - ISBN: 91-975243-6-0 - Matthew Williams Free DB Books
16 mar Varnusz - Die ausgewählten Partien von Lajos Portisch - Trad. von Béla Tomor  - Budapest: Corvina Verlag - 1977 - Hartmut Riedel Free DB Books

For any information write to:
Giorgio Ruggeri Laderchi
I - 01010 Tre Croci - VT
ruggeri.laderchi@people.it
PGP key available