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 - 2009)

Date Author, Title Section
Jan 25 Abrahams - Test Your Chess - Pan - 1975 - ISBN: 0330243365 - Nick Greaves Free DB Books
Jan 25 Barden - How Good is Your Chess? - Dover - 1957 - ISBN: 0486232948 - Marc Meola Free DB Books
Jan 25 Bareev & Levitov - From London to Elista - New In Chess - 2007 - ISBN: 978-90-5691-219-2 - Graham Morrison Free DB Books
Jan 25 Burger - The Chess of Bobby Fischer - Chilton Book Company - 1975 - ISBN: 0801959497 - Justin Gardner Free DB Books
Jan 25 Czerniak - Partidas Selectas de Botvinnik - Ed. Sopena Argentina - 1946 - Marcio Tosta Goncalves Free DB Books
Jan 25 Donaldson & Hansen - A Strategic Opening Repertoire - Russell Enterprises - 2007 - ISBN: 978-1-888690-41-5 - Brian Smith Free DB Books
Jan 25 Eade - San Francisco 1995 - Hypermodern - 1995 - ISBN: 1-886040-19-2 - Chris Mavraedis Free DB Books
Jan 25 Filguth - Mequinho, o perfil de um gênio - Promochess - Marcio Tosta Goncalves Free DB Books
Jan 25 Golembek - Capablanca Best Games - New American Batsford - 1997 - ISBN: 1879479478 - KH Tan Free DB Books
Jan 25 Gufeld - Exploiting small advantages - B.T. Batsford Ltd, London - 2001 - ISBN: 0713486481 - Thierry Reimund Free DB Books
Jan 25 Kan - El Arte de la Defensa - Ediciones Martinez Roca S.A. - 1972 - ISBN: 84-270-0018-9 - Horacio Cardieri Free DB Books
Jan 25 Karolyi & Aplin - Endgame Viruoso Anatoly Karpov - New in Chess - 2007 - ISBN: 978-90-5691-202-4 - Harry de Haan Free DB Books
Jan 25 Karpov - How to Play the English Opening - Batsford - 2007 - ISBN: 9-780-7134-9065-7 - TK Free DB Books
Jan 25 Kasparov - Kasparov Teaches Chess - B.T.Batsford Ltd.London - 1986 - ISBN: 0 7134 55268 - Ali Bandung Free DB Books
Jan 25 Keene - The Simon & Schuster Pocket Book of Chess - Simon & Schuster / Aladdin Paperbacks - 1988 - ISBN: 0-671-67924-4 - Robert Maxwell Free DB Books
Jan 25 Korchnoi - Chess is My Life - Autobiography and Games - Arco Publishing, New York - 1978 - ISBN: 0-668-04528-0 - Bob Crume Free DB Books
Jan 25 Kortschnoi - Mein Leben für das Schach - Edition Olms - ISBN: 3-487-00409-9 - Frank Free DB Books
Jan 25 Korchnoi - Viktor Korchnoi's Best Games - David McKay - 1977 - Geoff McAuliffe Free DB Books
Jan 25 Lane - Ideas Behind the Modern Chess Openings - Batsford - 2002 - ISBN: 0 7134 8712 7 - Les Brown
Robert 		Free DB Books
Jan 25 Leininger - Middlegame Strategy With The Carlsbad Pawn Structure - Pickard & Sons - 1997 - ISBN: 1-886846-07-3 - Larry Nemeth Free DB Books
Jan 25  Lipnitsky - Questions of Modern Chess Theory - Quality Chess - 2008 - ISBN: 978-1-906552-03-9 - Jeroen Kerkhof Free DB Books
Jan 25 McDonald - The Art Of Planning In Chess Move By Move - Batsford - 2006 - ISBN 07134 9025X and (13)9780713490251 - Wilhelm Loder Free DB Books
Jan 25 New York 1927 - Geoff McAuliffe Free DB Books
Jan 25 Paoli - Strategia e tattica nel gioco degli scacchi - Mursia - 1967 - ISBN: 978-88-425-3859-2 - Massimo Bianchi Free DB Books
Jan 25 Reinfeld - The Immortal Games of Capablanca - Dover Publications (July 1, 1990) - ISBN-10: 0486263339 - ISBN-13: 978-0486263335 - Theron Johnson Free DB Books
Jan 25 Rudel - Zuke 'Em- the Colle-Zukertort Revolutionised - Thinkers' Press - 2008 - ISBN: 1-888710-35-7 - Terry Doherty Free DB Books
Jan 25 Smyslov - My Best Games of Chess - Dover - 1972 - ISBN: 0-486-22835-5 - Geoff Ferguson Free DB Books
Jan 25 Soltis - Pawn Structure Chess - McKay Chess Library - 1995 - ISBN: 0-8129-2529-7 - Graham Morrison Free DB Books
Jan 25 Stefan, Komarov, Pantaleoni - Chess Opening Essentials: The Complete 1.e4 - New in Chess (September 30, 2007) Free DB Books
Jan 25 Subramanian - 600 Plus Winning Chess Themes and Tactics - Chess Promotion Center - 2004 - Maruthy Pannala Free DB Books
Jan 25 Teschner - Schachmeisterpartien 1971-1975 - Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart - 1977 - ISBN: 3-15-009847-5 - Heinz Johann
Cmiel 		Free DB Books
Jan 25 Thorsten - Der Drachentöter - Chessgate - 2004 - ISBN: 393574806X - Bernhard Schreiber Free DB Books
Jan 25 Vainstein - Combinaisons et pièges dans les débuts - Payot/Diffec - 1980 - ISBN: 2-228-15350-8 - Olivier Chouchena Free DB Books
Jan 25 van Reek - Hypermodern Strategy (Revision of Nimzowitsch´s "My System") - Chess Digest - 1996 - ISBN: 0-87568-282-0 - Michal Majer Free DB Books
Jan 25 Vigorito - Challenging the Nimzo-Indian - Quality Chess - 2007 - ISBN: 91-9760005-5-5 - Michael Ashley Free DB Books

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