Books

December 20, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

This repository contains a collection of books which may be used for chess engine development.

Overview

The following table gives a brief overview of the available books.

booktotalwhiteblackmin_depthmax_depth
2moves_v1.epd4045740457044
2moves_v2.pgn1209212092044
3moves_FRC.epd126113126113066
4mvs_+90_+99.epd635635088
6mvs_+90_+99.epd2933293301212
8moves_v3.pgn347003470001616
8mvs_+90_+99.epd8533853301616
8mvs_big_+80_+109.epd258572585701616
bjbraams_chessdb_198350_lines.pgn19835015414844202116
closedpos.epd165735165735088
DFRC_4852_v1.epd29446616063913382703
DFRC_openings.epd921600921600000
Drawkiller_balanced_big.epd159621596202828
endgames.epd157846743558349123652
endgames_cdb95105.epd107828533065452224423
FRC_openings.epd960960000
hybrid_book_beta.epd28054280540NoneNone
noob_2moves.epd73147314044
noob_3moves.epd150932150932066
noob_4moves.epd18373651837365088
noob_5moves.epd45528745528701010
popularpos_lichess.epd20000099953100047NoneNone
popularpos_lichess_v2.epd20000010044099560NoneNone
popularpos_lichess_v3.epd20000010295297048NoneNone
stalemates_200d30_v1.epd107967978281812479
startpos.epd11000
UHO_4060_v1.epd24675924675901616
UHO_4060_v2.epd2422012422010NoneNone
UHO_4060_v3.epd24220124220101616
UHO_4060_v4.epd24167024167001616
UHO_Lichess_4852_v1.epd263203614572701174766216
UHO_MEGA_2022_+110_+149.pgn32141232141201616
UHO_XXL_+0.80_+1.09.pgn26102826102801616
UHO_XXL_+0.90_+1.19.pgn22307022307001616
UHO_XXL_+1.00_+1.29.pgn18609818609801616
UHO_XXL_2022_+100_+129.pgn28403528403501616
UHO_XXL_2022_+110_+139.pgn25384725384701616
UHO_XXL_2022_+120_+149.pgn22662922662901616

(Data sourced from books.json.)