TWIC Sync Tool
Easily sync PGNs from The Week in Chess to your computer.
The Week in Chess is the famous website where all the news and important games from the prior week in chess are collected.
About The Week in Chess
The Week in Chess is a free weekly (Monday) publication in two parts, a text and a games section (either in ChessBase or PGN format) rounding up the most important chess of the previous week.
A compilation of the games section of TWIC (in ChessBase format or conversion of this file to PGN) can be had for a donation of £30.
There have been over 2.9 million games in TWIC since the first edition on 17th September 1994.
Why Use TWIC Sync?
Save time and stay up-to-date automatically
Sync all PGNs or only newer releases
Lightweight, fast, and easy to use
Completely free!
About TWIC Sync
We know life gets busy! That’s why we created TWIC-SYNC, a free tool to help you stay up-to-date with the latest PGN files from The Week in Chess.
Users can either sync all PGNs released on TWIC or only those released after a certain number (date).
Support The Week in Chess
We encourage you to donate to Mark Crowther’s fine work at The Week in Chess. You may click the button on TWIC-SYNC to do so, or you may click the PayPal donate button (it takes credit cards) on the main page here: The Week in Chess.
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Create a folder for your downloaded TWIC files. I use a folder under my ChessBase folder structure in Downloads and call it “TWIC.” You’ll need the path to the folder, so copy it.
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Extract the zip file to a folder of your choice (create a folder if you wish.) - The software does not “install.” To run it, run the twic-sync executable “twic-sync.exe” You can create a shortcut if you want one to pin to start or place on the desktop.
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To Install and Run
Download the Windows zip or MAC zip from the GitHub page HERE.
When the app starts, enter the TWIC file path under “Local File Directory”
Enter a “TWIC number”, and the TWIC SYNC won’t search for files below it.
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If TWIC Sync begins to slow down after repeated use, delete or move some of the older, unwanted TWIC PGNs. This decreases the number of files TWIC-SYNC needs to check to see what to sync.