[UPDATE: restored]Player databases – removal of *.DBF files

Steven Bellens     23.05.2025    8

In our player database section (available for members only), we have recently removed the *.DBF database formats. These formats are generated based on FIDE and national player records. A change in the FIDE player structure currently prohibites us from converting the files to *.DBF formats one-to-one.

As we believe these *.DBF files are no longer in use by the broad chess community, we have decided to just no longer offer them.

Do you have a use case in which you need / rely on these *.DBF database files? Please reach out through fide@frbe-kbsb-ksb.be

Cornil Etienne
15.06.2025 - 21:10

Si tu les as pas, je les ai à la maison depuis 1989 à 2024.

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Daniel De Noose
02.06.2025 - 23:52

Personnellement j’utilise encore les .dbf … J’aurais d’ailleurs aimé retrouver les anciens fichiers dbf (même avant 2000) pour tracer correctement l’historique des joueurs et de leur évolution.

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Marchal Georges
04.06.2025 - 14:02

Je les ai depuis 198901 jusque 199907. Si tu me donnes ton adresse Email, je te les envoie.

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Daniel De Noose
09.06.2025 - 00:23

Waouw ! Génial. Je les veux bien ! danideno206@gmail.com

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Marchal Georges
11.06.2025 - 16:24

Je viens d’envoyer les 22 fichiers via le site WeTransfert. Vous devriez recevoir un Email pour signaler qu’ils sont téléchargeables.

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Marchal Georges
11.06.2025 - 16:25

A télécharger obligatoirement dans les 3 jours, sinon le site supprime les fichiers.

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Daniel De Noose
11.06.2025 - 22:23

Un tout tout grand merci Georges !! Génial.
Si jamais tu as ceux entre 2000 et 2007 je suis aussi intéressé car je sais qu’il m’en manque certains mais je ne sais plus exactement lesquels.
Et je me souviens qu’à une époque il y avait aussi le fichier Oldplayer mais qui a disparu. L’aurais-tu par hasard ?
Merci.

Nicolas Rauta
26.05.2025 - 18:10

Nous avons en effet un programme d’appariements qui emploie ce fichier

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