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Please give me the tool which can deleting moves in pgn database.
I want delete moves after move 22nd or 35th in every game from database

[Guenther]

Please give me the tool which can deleting moves in pgn database.
I want delete moves after move 22nd or 35th in every game from database

Use pgn extract.

[Ferdy]

Please give me the tool which can deleting moves in pgn database.
I want delete moves after move 22nd or 35th in every game from database

Delete after 22nd move.

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pgn-extract.exe --plylimit 44 --output out_22_mygames.pgn mygames.pgn

Delete after 35th move.

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pgn-extract.exe --plylimit 70 --output out_35_mygames.pgn mygames.pgn

mygames.pgn is your orig file.

Download pgn-extract.exe at:
https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/djb/pgn-extract/

Sample output of 22nd move, be aware of Result 0-1 and the * at the end of moves, they are not consistent, but it cuts the moves well.

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[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2010.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "www"]
[Black "bbb"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Nf3 e6 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 a5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. Rd1
O-O 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Qf4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qf3 Qg5 22. Re4 Bxc3 *

[Norm Pollock]

Please give me the tool which can deleting moves in pgn database.
I want delete moves after move 22nd or 35th in every game from database

Using "truncate" from 40H-PGN tools in a command window:

truncate alpha.pgn 44

truncate alpha.pgn 70

use 44 because 22 moves translates to 44 plies, similar for 35 and 70

output is put into a temporary file "outU.pgn" which you will rename

download from
http://komodochess.com/pub/40H-pgn-utilities/

[MikeGL]

I think this is an easy one even for a newbie/hobbyist programmer like me, as long as the format of clock contains a suffix 's' just like the below sample
PGN, all the program needs to do is collect all those numbers then add them up.

It's vital to include base time as well. For example "[TimeControl "300+5"]" in the pgn header. And add that time in the calculation too.

You mean an output that's something like:

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[TimeControl "300+5"] 9777  9788  19,565

for each game where:
Total Time used by White: 9777s
Total Time used by Black: 9788s
Total for this game: 19,565s

or in HH:MM:SS format?

[Nordlandia]

Mike: i prefer HH:MM:SS format

[MikeGL]

Mike: i prefer HH:MM:SS format

Would try and then post around this Sunday (Easter) or on Monday.
Time and skill constraints

[main line]

Yes my file is "mygames.pgn", but what is the folder name where I need put this file "mygames.pgn" ?

[main line]

I downloaded it but when I press double click on trunkate.exe "command prompt" appears 0.1 second and gone and I can't put yours commands.
What is my mistake ? What do I do wrong?
Can you please tell me where I need put my file - games.pgn? in Document folder or in same folder where trunkate.exe is or maybe C:\Users\"My name" folder?

[Norm Pollock]

I downloaded it but when I press double click on trunkate.exe "command prompt" appears 0.1 second and gone and I can't put yours commands.
What is my mistake ? What do I do wrong?
Can you please tell me where I need put my file - games.pgn? in Document folder or in same folder where trunkate.exe is or maybe C:\Users"My name" folder?

1. unzip the download "40H-PGN-xxxxxxxx".
2. in command window, go to the folder where truncate.exe is located.
3. in command window, copy "truncate.exe" to folder where you have pgn file games.pgn
(or if you prefer, copy games.pgn to folder where truncate.exe is located)
3. in the command window, execute the command
truncate games.pgn

truncate.exe works only in a command window. clicking, or double-clicking, on its icon in windows explorer will not get it to work. you have to enter a command in the command window.