PGN2ABK

This is the simple tool to generate ABK (Arena's book format) files using a collection of games saved in the single PGN file. There are several sources of PGN files, my favorite one is https://database.lichess.org/. It takes about 30 minutes to parse 190 GB file on normal HDD.

Program has been written in C# for .NET Core 3 platform. It uses CommandLineParser (to parse parameters) and ShellProgressBar.

Usage

-i, --input             Required. PGN input file to process.
-o, --output            Required. ABK output file.
-p, --plies             (Default: 2147483647) Maximal number of plies to parse.
-e, --elo               Minimal average ELO of players to parse the game.
-t, --time              Minimal initial game time (in minutes) to parse the game.
-m, --multithreading    Enable support for multithreading.
--help                  Display this help screen.
--version               Display version information.

Example

Input: PGN2ABK.exe -i .\lichess_db_standard_rated_2013-01.pgn -o .\generated.abk -p 20 -t 15 -m

Output: