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Scid vs PC - chess database application. New version 4.17

SCID - "Shane's Chess Information Database" is a huge chess toolkit with extensive database analysis and chess-playing features.

Scid vs. PC is a usability and bug-fix fork of Scid. It has extensive interface fixes and improvements, and is fully compatible with Scid's .si4 databases.
It's new features include a totally rewitten Gamelist, a Computer Tournament, and FICS, Tree and Book improvements.

New and Improved Features
  • Overhauled and customizable interface. 
  • Engine versus engine computer tournaments. 
  • Extra search features, including move, end-of-game, and stalemate/checkmate searches. 
  • Drag+Drop file opens for Windows and Linux. 
  • Rewritten Gamelist widget with convenient context menus and buttons, and integrated Database Switcher. 
  • Improved Computer Game and FICS features, including premove, and simultaneous observed games. 
  • Many chess engine improvements, including max-ply option, an unlimited number of engines running, and the function hot-keys can be explicitly set.. 
  • Tri-coloured Tree bar-graphs, and options for more or less statistics. 
  •  Ratings Graph can show multiple players, and Score graph is an attractive bar graph. 
  •  Improved Book windows, including book compare, and remove move features. 
  • Redone Button and Tool bars. 
  •  The Chessboard/Pieces config widget has been overhauled, and includes support for custom tilesand pieces. 
  • Clickable Tablebase moves. 
  • Recent Game and Player-info histories 
  • Bug tested Undo and Redo features. 
  • The Help index is meaningful to new users, with links to the game's main features. 
  • Clickable Variation Arrows, and Paste Variation feature. 
  • A user friendly Annotation feature, with search-to-depth feature. 
  • Better support for UTF and Latin character sets in PGN export/imports. 
  •  Improved and more powerful Tree Mask feature.


Scid vs PC 4.16.1 download

All files (games, tables and engines) - download from page


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