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Scid

Name: Scid
Rating: 4 (5 reviews)

4.4

08 May 2013

Maintain and search a database of chess games.

Overview

With Scid you can maintain a database of chess games, search games by many criteria, view graphical trends, and produce printable reports on players and openings. There are many more features as well, with Scid you can play against various engines, people on Internet (FICS), as well as by correspondence. Multi-language support.

What's new in Scid

Version 4.4:

New features:

Added two buttons (prev/next) to navigate the history of viewed games.
Gamelist can sort games; thanks to "SortCache" by Gerd Lorscheid.
New "Best games window" with:

show all the games matching the current position
can sort results using up to 9 sort criteria; thanks to "SortCache" by Gerd Lorscheid
"Find Bar" that can be hidden
Automatically computed "game rating"
customizable layout

Tree Window can show statistics for filtered games
New option "Include arrow with move highlight", thanks to Mike Curtis

Language updates:

Swedish translation (thanks to Hans Eriksson)
German translation
Finnish translation (thanks to Timo Pirinen)

Bug fixes:

Fix: screentip fixes thanks to Mike Curtis
Fix: base_open_failure
Fix: wrong braces. Thanks to ASM
Fix: Debian Bug #661091: unable to resign in xfcc
Fix: Do not reset the FICS password if we log in as guest
Fix: filter was always reset by a new search (bug#661836)
Fix: F11 to switch fullscreen in docking mode (moved open::book to F6)
Fix: Problems with strings containing " in Index::FetchInfo
Fix: Add icon for linux systems
Fix typos (Thanks to Nicky Chorley)
Fix: "Board search" -> "Search in reference database" -> no filter set in the database switcher (thanks to Gerd Lorscheid)
Roll-back of sc_pos analyze code, that was accidentally removed just prior to the 4.3 release
Fix: Filter init (thanks to Gerd Lorscheid)
Fix: fix of ttk::bindMouseWheel in gamelist.tcl for tk < 8.5.9
Fix: in game.cpp delete tags before NumTags = 0 (avoided memory leaks)
Fix: sc_sort_store bug
Fix: seg fault when filter == 0
Fix: avoid unnecessary board flip (thanks to Larry Isaacs)
Fix: crash caused by ::windows::switcher::Open
Fix: "OUT OF ORDER" issue in Greek translation
Fix: Pgn window recursion
Fix: Added greek language to script in tcl/lang
Fix: Game::GetPartialMoveList returns moves from the actual game position
Fix: sc_base_open open databases in fast mode by default
Fix: ::file::openBaseAsTree unbusyCursor in case of error
Fix: ::file::openBaseAsTree switch back to current base as soon as possible
Fix: the logic of updateBoard is changed to improve responsiveness
Fix: in autoscrollframe scrollbars are created on time 0, otherwise they are not hidden
Fix: the uci command "isready" is used to improve responsiveness
Fix: dialog box values for "finishGame" are saved in options.dat
Fix: prevent verbose uci engines to create excessive fileevent and stuck scid
Fix: progress bar in tree window is displayed only when necessary (to maximize speed)
Fix: ::gbrowser::size is stored in options.dat
Fix: createToplevel raise the window if it already exists

3 Scid Reviews

A chess database software for Mac users is most welcomed. This program is open source and works on many platforms (Mac, Linux, Windows). Don't expect it to be a "real" polished Mac software and there are some "buggy" areas. It get fixed really fast though as the developers are very responsive. You'll have to work a bit to understand how to set it and use it. On the positive side, it's extremely fast and powerful, has many useful functions and is a must for any chess enthusiast. A great job indeed and it is free.

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