- The database contains games played on FICS since November 1999
- zip and bzip2 compressed archives can be unpacked with 7-Zip or WinRAR
- Because of limited bandwidth chess and blitz game archives are subject to a download quota
- Move times are available for games played since October 2008
- RD's of both players are available in PGN game headers as of Aug 16, 2015
- Variant games (wild, crazyhouse etc.) are available since October 2008
- The database contains a few games from before November 1999, you can download them here