Software:Shane's Chess Information Database

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Short description: Software application for viewing and maintaining databases of chess games
Scid
Scid 4.62-Win7.png
Scid 4.6.2 on Windows
Developer(s)Shane Hudson
Stable release
4.7.0[1] / January 2019
Operating systemWindows, Linux, macOS, Solaris, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD[2]
TypeChess database
LicenseGPL
Websitescid.sourceforge.net

Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) is a free and open source UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Mac application for viewing and maintaining huge databases of chess games.[3] It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software.[4] Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.

Scid has undergone several stages of development. Firstly by Shane Hudson, and then Pascal Georges.

Features

Scid 4.3

Scid is a powerful Chess Toolkit with many features. It can interface with XBoard engines (such as Crafty and GNU Chess), and UCI engines (e.g. Fruit, Rybka and Stockfish). Using Scid, one may play games against human opponents (on the Free Internet Chess Server), or computer opponents. Database features include a Move Tree with statistics, Player Information and Photos, and General Searches for specific endings (e.g. pawn vs. rook or rook vs. queen), positions or players. It has a database with 1.4 million games (ScidBase).[5]

Scid's speed is due to its storing chess games in its own compact database format (si4), but it also supports the popular portable game notation (PGN).

Related software

There are multiple projects related to Scid, all using the si4 database format. ChessDB[6] was the first Scid fork. Scid vs. PC[7] has been in development since 2009, and has an improved interface.[8] Its major new feature is a Computer Tournament mode and also includes rewritten Gamelist, FICS and Analysis widgets. ChessX[9] replaces Tcl/Tk with Qt.[8] Scidb[10] (written in Tcl/C++), implements many chess variants and many read/write formats.[8]

Scid on the go is a browser for Scid database files for Android.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "[Scid-users SCID 4.7"]. https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/mailman/message/36531807/. Retrieved 2019-05-19. 
  2. ↑ "CVS log for ports/Games/Scid/Makefile". https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/ports/games/scid/Makefile. 
  3. ↑ "Review by Chess Zone". http://www.chesszone.org/soft/scid/scid.html. Retrieved 2015-03-03. 
  4. ↑ "Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs". http://freechess.50webs.com/scid.html. Retrieved 2015-03-03. 
  5. ↑ Blasius, Bernd; Tönjes, Ralf (2009). "Zipf's law in the popularity distribution of chess openings". Physical Review Letters 103 (21): 218701. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.218701. PMID 20366071. Bibcode: 2009PhRvL.103u8701B. 
  6. ↑ David Kirkby (July 15, 2011). "ChessDB - a free Chess Database". http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/. 
  7. ↑ Steven Atkinson (January 28, 2016). "Scid vs. PC - Chess Database". http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Scid (June 17, 2014). "Scid Cousins". https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/ScidCousins/. 
  9. ↑ Jens Nissen (May 5, 2015). "ChessX - Free Chess Database". http://chessx.sourceforge.net/. 
  10. ↑ Gregor Cramer (October 18, 2013). "Scidb". http://scidb.sourceforge.net/. 
  11. ↑ Gerhard Kalab. "Scid on the Go in Play Store". https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scid.android&hl=en. 

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