pgn-filter

A small program to query for games inside PGN documents.

You can supply basic queries using command line arguments and you can write more advanced queries using python scripts.

Example queries

Games starting with d4

from chess import Move

def query(game):
    first_move = list(game.mainline_moves())
    if first_move[0] == Move.from_uci("d2d4"):
        return True
    return False

Games with no castling moves

from chess import Board

def query(game):
    board = Board()
    for move in game.mainline_moves():
    if board.is_castling(move):
        return False
    return True

Installation instructions

pip install pgn-filter

Program usage

usage: pgn-filter [-h] [-f FILE] [-i] [-q QUERY] [-m rating] [-M rating] [-a rating] [-F] [-S]

A small program to query for games inside PGN documents

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -f FILE, --file FILE  The PGN file to search through
  -i, --stdin           Read from STDIN
  -q QUERY, --query QUERY
                        The Python file containing the query to use
  -m rating, --minimum-rating rating
                        The minimum rating of games to consider
  -M rating, --maximum-rating rating
                        The maximum rating of games to consider
  -a rating, --average-rating rating
                        The rating range to consider
  -F, --fast            Only consider bullet games
  -S, --slow            Only consider blitz games and slower

Every month I look through some ten thousand games ~ Vladimir Kramnik