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Andy

Hello to all! I am pleased to inform you that, following our arrangements, we have moved to a different style Forum at: http://newscid.proboards29.com/ or http://newscid.proboards29.com/index.cgi The present Forum shall remain open as ARCHIVE, because it contains a lot...

daacosta

This is not intended to be a tutorial ot anything remotely similar but SCID has the capability of letting you train openings with its tree feature. This is what I do: 1. I open a database sorted by ECO volume (that would be C00-C99) and take one of the sides (Black in this example.) 2. I then proce...

hexman

after doing ./configure everything seems to be ok: configure: Makefile configuration program for Scid Renaming "Makefile" to "Makefile.bak" Tcl/Tk version: 8.4 Your operating system is: Linux 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4smp Location of "tcl.h": /usr/include Location of "tk.h": /us...

Blackted · Blackted

I have downloaded the photo file and extracted the 2 files into the relevant directory, but no photos are appearing when I load GM games (ie; like Michael Adams). Is there something I have done wrong here?

Raimondi · Raimondi

Hi there! I have tried SCID in a friend's comp for some days and I love it! The problem is I use MacOS 9 or "Classic" and I can't find a version for my system, is it posible to create a MacOS 9 version of SCID? I am using ExaChess, but SCID is way better than it, please let me know if there is a way to g...

ajbw · ajbw

I hope that this doesn't sound to naive. I am new to using scid, and am having trouble deleting games from my database. They are always there, just marked as deleted. Is there a way to completely remove them from the database?

hopgoblin · hopgoblin

I see that in the Help Menu it mentions that SCID can open a database using a command line. I use PC, how would I go about doing this?

leanderlaruelle · leanderlaruelle

I am just starting with Linux, installed Red Hat 8. I see that most programs are available in a binary installeble file allready, like Star Office for example. Could Scid be made available that way too? Not every user of the latest versions of Linux is a programmer or PC-f...

Klemm · Klemm

My computer skills, well... downright suck. I downloaded SCID, but can't for the life of me get pgnscid to work. Any suggestions? Without it, I am unable to edit or change any of the databases I am working with. When I hit the pgnscid icon, I just get a quick screen flash up (so quic...

Thomas · Thomas

Does anyone know if Scid will work on pocketPC. If they have plans on it? Or does anyone know a good chessbase program on PocketPC. / Thomas

askoy · askoy

When I make a search and deletion of twin games from the maintenance window (scid version 13.6). The eliminated games are "marked" but do not seem to be deleted from the database. I can't see the way to do it. Did I missed something in the menus ? Thanks for help

askoy · askoy

I have not found any way to save the clipboard as a new database. This features could be helpful : I (often) filter the main database, then copy the results into the clipboard and I would like to save it on disk btw : it is great to have scid (on Linux) ! Thank you

marco

i 've installed scid on my linux os with gunzip, tar xvf configure and make no problem during the installation but how can i start it because when i tape tkscid a window appear but it's an empty window what's the problem?

Ulrich

this is just a test for the admin

Anton

Hi, I just found these two positions in an old Italian magazine: 3r1rk1/ppp2p1p/4bp2/1nR5/1P6/2B5/qP3PPP/3QR1K1 w - - (1958) Once the best move is found, the rest is easy. 4r1k1/1pq2p2/p2p1P2/2pP1Bp1/2P2R1p/P6P/1P1Qr1PK/2R5 w - - (1967) Find best move and the mate in 7 ...

Andy

Hello, Older Topics are closed for the moment, as the Forum is re-organised. If you wish to reply to an older topic please write a new thread. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you Andy

David Kirkby

Why are most topics on the forum now 'closed'? {see the reply above}

joshua rose

Ok I am new to scid nad the program looks great, but how do I use it to improve my game? In particular what is the best way to utilize the opening report to build a rep.:confused:

evernine

Hi all, Is possible like in Chessbase engines option view more than 1 line in the infinite analisys? I only see 1 line... in CB8 i used "+" to show more lines.. i usually show first five lines in the engine window. It is possible also with Scid? Regards, e.

Ronald Brink

I did order the CD and payed for it through PayPal by Februari 2th and also emailed my postal address by that time.However ... uptill now I have not received anything. Can anybody explain ?

DeepGlue

Hi there. I'm trying out Scid on my WinXP, and I've found one slightly annoying behaviour, and wonder whether there is a way to avoid it, or if it is something that will be changed in future versions. I use the chessdatabase mainly to annotate games. So I will have the main window open, the PGN Window an...

Alberich

I downloaded Scid 3.61 and it seems to work very well except for one thing...manual moving of pieces via keyboard isn't as responsive. For example, I load up a game and then I advance the moves by using the keyboard. I've noticed that there is some lag in the moves that are supposed to occur when I hit the k...

NeoFight

When there is photo data for a particular game, the photo can and often does obscure part of any comments. Also when there is a long comment, it cannot be viewed completely as no scroll bars appear. You have to open the comment editor to read it all. Perhaps these problems could be fixed for in an...

Andy

Hi, Do you read SCID DAILY, written by Shane Hudson at http://scid.sourceforge.net/daily.php Here are some of his Scid HINTS found in that page: My Player Names If you have a database of your own games, use the My Player Names... command from the ChessBoard submenu of the Options menu and...

stormfogel

Hi I was checking out miniatures in the latest TWIC to find opening blunders and tactics when I stumbled on this game. Look at the pawn structure after Black's 11th move. [Event "20th Open"] [Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"] [Date "2004.03.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Geller, Jakov"] [Black "Hu...

Carlo F.

Hi, Why some engines require a start position? Some engines do not analyse positions, if there is not any start position. This is not the case in Winboard or Arena. Is it a SCID limitation? can this be corrected? Carlo

imugi

Hello, I could hilight the last move when I used Winboard Can I do the same thing with Scid?

Igor Gorelikov

The 3rd qualifier for new versions is concluded. To be qualified, a new version needs to take upper place than the best previous version. All three new versions are promoted to New IL-5: ------------------------------------------------ GreKo 2.70 very impressive improveme...

Shane Hudson

Hi all, I've started a new page at the Scid website, a daily newsletter for Scid users. Each day you'll find a hint for using Scid more effectively, some openings theory, and a chess tactic and endgame. Feedback and suggestions for future content are most welcome! The URL of the new page is h...

NeoFight

I'd like to see Scid have more training features. I'd really like something in the style of CT-ART 3.0, so I could just load up a database of tactical puzzles and work through them with Scid playing the defender. Perhaps with some kind of timer too.

Bill Thygerson

Microsoft recently released a beta version of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition which runs on AMD64 processors -- Athlon64 and Opteron. I have compiled Tcl/Tk, and most importantly Scid as a 64-bit application to run on that OS. The performance improvement is astounding. I am making m...

Dave Kirkby

In the source for scidlet, it is clear the rook is valued at 5 pawns. According to my chesscoach, that value is overrated, and whilst it says that in books, and it clearly depends on position, 4.5 pawns would be a better value. I wonder if scidlet would play stronger if the value of the rook was chan...

William Bunce

I realize you've probably answered this questions a thousand times. As a newcomer to SCID, I can't figure out how to start scidlet and crafty, after downloading latest version of SCID. I tried the scid.exe.dir button, but still get the same can't open message. Is there anything...

Dave Kirkby

Would it not be useful if scid could check the spellings of words used in comments? Would it not be easy to implement? A simple lookup of common words would do. It should be easy to get a list of a few thousand of the most common words, to find all the stupid spelling erros in comments.

Andy

Hi, Strong Engines: Thinker, a new version. Try it. http://www.geocities.com/thechessthinker/index.html Andy

Dave Kirkby

I know the topic has come up before, of chess engines getting out of sequence when analysing games. The scid window shows move 10, wheras the engine (I use crafty), is analysing some other move. Some have mentioned that quickly stepping through the moves, or having large hashtables can cause thi...

imugi

Hello Can I flip voard view so that I can see the board from Black's point of view? Thanks,

Andreas

Today I installed the Windows version of Scid 3.6.1. First thing I tried out was the ECO-window. I opend this window and left-clicked on one of the classification bars as usual. Here is the error message I got: invalid command name "::utils::graph::Xunmap"invalid command name "::utils::g...

benoitstpierre

I thought you could not install SCID easily on a MAC. A previous post read : "just install SCID with Fink!". But it is somewhat cryptic, doesn't it ? So my question is : could one of you be so diligent as to post some kind of readme file explaining a procedure how to install it ? (I. e. where to downlo...

Shivkumar Shivaji

Trees in SCID are generated on the fly. I wonder if there is a way to make a static tree of all the positions in a certain database. This way it would not take time to get a tree report on a position. In other words, I wonder if there is a way to programatically fill the tree cache with all the positions in a...

Shivkumar Shivaji

Is there a plan to include UCI engine support in SCID? I am able to get ruffian to work inside SCID in linux via winboard using WINE on the windows executable! If UCI engine support was included then Shredder will work inside SCID.

Shane Hudson

Hi all, Scid 3.6.1 is now available at the website. As the version number (3.6.1 instead of 3.7) suggests, it only contains bug fixes, for the bugs mentioned in messages here which affected a few Scid windows like the crosstable and repertoire editor. For Windows users, 3.6.1 should ru...

Tulosba

I've just bought shredder 7 and installed it, everything works fine until i get to the screen where you choose between playing shredder or going to playchess.com at program startup. When I choose "Play Shredder" it crashes, I've tried reinstalling several times, doesn't help. I got the exact same p...

rufus.

I tried to compile Scid 3.6 on OpenBSD 3.4 stable.. i have installed Tcl/tk 8.0.x and 8.3.x. When i do ./configure i receive this message: ./configure[31]: tclsh: not found What should i do? Thx. rufus.

Joze

I have in Repertoar Editor folowing position: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qd7 9.Nbd2 * On this stage possible continuation for black are also castling on both sides: 9...O-O and 9...O-O-O I can write as continuation correct only one castling...

David Kirkby

I've asked this before, but never got an answer, so I'll try again. When annoting games (Tools -> Analysis Engine, click the 'Annotate' tab) there are 4 options. a) For moves by both sides. b) For White moves only. c) For Black moves only d) When game move is not best move. When using t...

David Kirkby

Is there any likelyhood of scid being ported to 'mobile' devices, such as 'PocketPC' ? The development tools are available free from Microsoft's site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/developer/default.mspx and from what I have read there are em...

David Kirkby

I have two databases 1) A large database 'gm' of GM games 2) A small database 'mine' of my own games. Can I get generate an opening report of a game in the 'mine' database, using information only from the 'gm' database? For example, one of my games in the 'mine' database went: 1. e4 e6 2. e5 ...

Carlos R.

Prof. Hyatt had said never commercial! It is a Hobby of his! Carlos

Alex

Hi, What happens with Crafty? Is it going commercial? Impossible! Alex

Agustín Gomila

Hi Shane I am one of the translators to Spanish of Arena and jose. I made the translation to Spanish of the new Scid eco codes file. If your you want it I can send you this file. Agustín Gomila. Argentina

Andy

This is what Shane says about download problems: Quote Sourceforge mirrors are usually a lot faster, I believe. I know the Windows packages are getting too big; I had to upload them with a 56K modem! For 3.7, I am planning to rearrange things. My current plan is that there will be a basic installe...

Ismael C.

When I enter the ECO Browser and clic in any blue bar to navigate through I get a TCL/TK error message: Error: invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" while executing "::utils::g...

stormfogel

I use SCID 3.6 for windows. :confused:The first one is when I click Set Filter I get this message: invalid command name "::search::filter::eset"invalid command name "::search::filter::eset"   while executing"::search::filter::eset"  invoked f...

Webmaster

PROMOTE SCID 3.6 : You are kindly requested, when you visit other Chess Fora or Discussions Groups to inform the members there about the new SCID 3.6 release. Thank you Andy

Shane Hudson

Hi all, Scid 3.6 is now available. Since the pre-release announcement, I fixed one source file in scid-3.6.tar.gz but didn't need to alter either of the two Windows packages. To read what's new or download Scid 3.6, visit the "What's New" and "Download" pages at the website. Cheers, ...

Andy

Room for Remarks

Shane Hudson

Hi all, Scid 3.6 is now available for downloading. Please note that for now, it is a sneak preview of the release. This means the release files are complete and available, but I have not updated the Scid website yet or announced 3.6 anywhere except for this forum and the scid-users mailing list; it...

Andy

Hello, Did you receive your CD-ROM? If not, rush now, because as I heard Shane has some time free these days. Besides, how are you going to enjoy the new SCID version without a correct chess database file? I suggest you use Paypal, it is extremely secure, easy and reliable. If you...

Webmaster

LINKS {mainly engines} Right mouse click on the link to open it in a different window (I.Explorer 5.5 or higher). CCC: http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/index.html Winboard: http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/ WBEC: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/...

{Remarks}

Author: Emmanuel RodriguesDate: 18 hr, 43 min. Views: 39 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 Thanks a lot Shane! Author: DDDate: 14 hr, 10 min. Views: 32 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 Thanks Shane. Will pick it up right away. Cheero! Author: Neo FightDate: 4 hr, 5 min. Views: 12 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 All good stuf...

Shane Hudson

Hi all, Scid 3.6-beta3 is now available at the website, from the betas page: http://scid.sourceforge.net/betas.html Since this is probably the last 3.6 beta, a Windows installer program (~4.5 MB) is available for Windows users who want to try it. One main new feature is the option fo...

adb

As a brand spanking new user (very nice program, by the way - very useful), I'd like to ask a (hopefully) simple question: Should one have more GROUPS or LINES in the repertoire editor? [I'm finding it very useful for organizing my thoughts, but I'm having difficulty knowing when to make something a...

"Technical expert"

Why doesn't this forum have links to SCID and other related sites?

Andy

Expected soon: 3.6-beta2, To be released by 23 February 2004: What is new: Added comboboxes to recall history of past values in some entry boxes, e.g. White/Black/Event/Site in the Header Search field. The past values are not yet saved between sessions; perhaps they should be? Add...

Carlos R.

Hi, I am looking now for some suggestions to replace the pieces, that is the bitmaps, with some better ones. Will this be possible now that Shane could have some more time available? regards

Alex

Hello, I am expecting the soonest possible the SCID for Windows. I have a permanent problem with tall windows and I see this is fixed now. Great! When do we get the SCID Windows version? Alex

Andy

As I informed you in the message below (Beta expected in the next 2-7 days), SCID 3.6 Beta is out !! You can get it from http://scid.sourceforge.net/ --------------------------------- What is new in version 3.6 3.6-beta1, 19 February 2004: Massive cleanup of the user interface source...

Jim Bodkins

Hi, just a comment. I do not use SCID. I have admired it's capabilities for quite a while. But I have found the physical layout of the elements of the database a hinderence to use. The UI or layout I have found unusable. I dont mean to be critical here. I would love to use SCID based on func...

Jean G.

When the new SCID version comes out, I want to buy the strongest engine that can work in it. What can I buy; Ruffian 2.0? Tiger? Rebel? What can play in SCID? Thanks in advance for any idea. Jean

Ian

Does the current beta support 6 man tablebases or if not is this planned for the near feature? Thanks Ian

Andy

The new beta version is expected in the next 2 to 7 days. Shane was rather busy recently. So we have to wait a little. Regards Andy

Atwood B Telling

I can successfully add Elos to the database from the maintenance window, but when exporting to PGN from the tools window, the added Elos disappear from the PGN file!?

Michael Knudsen

Hello. When adding a game to a scid database, the game is added as the last game in the database. Is it not possible to reorder the games? -- Michael Knudsen

John

Hi, Does anyone know when the new beta version comes? On the site it says January 31, but it is already February 16!! John.

Max

Hello, I am trying to compile SCID using Mac OS 10.3.1 with no luck so far. I tried running the configure file with Terminal and it returned this: configure: Makefile configuration program for Scid Tcl/Tk version: 8.4 Your operating system is: Darwin 7.2.0 Location of "tcl.h": /usr...

Jesse Hester

I downloaded Crafty v 19.0, but when I try to start it in SCID, I get the error message: "Unable to start the program: wcrafty.exe". Any help would be appreciated.

Antonio R.

Hi, Off topic: A position that most engines cannot solve. n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - - White moves and wins. It is or should be a mate in 12. This position was posted in CCC two years ago and has come up again there recently. A question is if this comes from a real g...

Andy

Proposal to consider ================ It would be convenient to gather a variety of chess news, make a summary and post them here every Friday. The title can be "NEWS - WEEK No XY". This can be useful to people who are not so anxious to read chess news daily. Is there any volunteer that woul...

Andy

Another SCID page, from Tom: http://www.tomrowan.com/chess/articles/free_chess_software.html By the way Tom, this Forum is: "A public place to meet for open discussion" So, we hope to see you here sometime. Andy

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	STICKY: THE FORUM HAS MOVED! (closed) (Preview) Hello to all! I am pleased to inform you that, following our arrangements, we have moved to a different style Forum at: http://newscid.proboards29.com/ or http://newscid.proboards29.com/index.cgi The present Forum shall remain open as ARCHIVE, because it contains a lot...	Andy	0	6954	Mar 23, 2004 by Andy
	How do I use SCID to train openings? (Preview) This is not intended to be a tutorial ot anything remotely similar but SCID has the capability of letting you train openings with its tree feature. This is what I do: 1. I open a database sorted by ECO volume (that would be C00-C99) and take one of the sides (Black in this example.) 2. I then proce...	daacosta	1	2718	Sep 28, 2005 by The Moderator
	Scid not compiling in Fedora 4 x86_64 (closed) (Preview) after doing ./configure everything seems to be ok: configure: Makefile configuration program for Scid Renaming "Makefile" to "Makefile.bak" Tcl/Tk version: 8.4 Your operating system is: Linux 2.6.12-1.1398_FC4smp Location of "tcl.h": /usr/include Location of "tk.h": /us...	hexman	0	1330	Jul 28, 2005 by hexman
	Photo files (closed) (Preview) I have downloaded the photo file and extracted the 2 files into the relevant directory, but no photos are appearing when I load GM games (ie; like Michael Adams). Is there something I have done wrong here?	Blackted	0	1257	Jan 2, 2005 by Blackted
	SCID for MacOS 9 (Classic) (closed) (Preview) Hi there! I have tried SCID in a friend's comp for some days and I love it! The problem is I use MacOS 9 or "Classic" and I can't find a version for my system, is it posible to create a MacOS 9 version of SCID? I am using ExaChess, but SCID is way better than it, please let me know if there is a way to g...	Raimondi	0	1200	Aug 26, 2004 by Raimondi
	Database maitenance? (closed) (Preview) I hope that this doesn't sound to naive. I am new to using scid, and am having trouble deleting games from my database. They are always there, just marked as deleted. Is there a way to completely remove them from the database?	ajbw	0	1365	Aug 3, 2004 by ajbw
	Command line (closed) (Preview) I see that in the Help Menu it mentions that SCID can open a database using a command line. I use PC, how would I go about doing this?	hopgoblin	1	1258	Jul 16, 2004 by Andy
	Scid Binary for Linux (closed) (Preview) I am just starting with Linux, installed Red Hat 8. I see that most programs are available in a binary installeble file allready, like Star Office for example. Could Scid be made available that way too? Not every user of the latest versions of Linux is a programmer or PC-f...	leanderlaruelle	0	1236	Jun 25, 2004 by leanderlaruelle
	pgnscid (closed) (Preview) My computer skills, well... downright suck. I downloaded SCID, but can't for the life of me get pgnscid to work. Any suggestions? Without it, I am unable to edit or change any of the databases I am working with. When I hit the pgnscid icon, I just get a quick screen flash up (so quic...	Klemm	0	1848	Jun 20, 2004 by Klemm
	Scid on PocketPC? (closed) (Preview) Does anyone know if Scid will work on pocketPC. If they have plans on it? Or does anyone know a good chessbase program on PocketPC. / Thomas	Thomas	0	1298	May 18, 2004 by Thomas
	Help deleting twins games (closed) (Preview) When I make a search and deletion of twin games from the maintenance window (scid version 13.6). The eliminated games are "marked" but do not seem to be deleted from the database. I can't see the way to do it. Did I missed something in the menus ? Thanks for help	askoy	0	1086	Apr 28, 2004 by askoy
	Saving clipboard database ? (closed) (Preview) I have not found any way to save the clipboard as a new database. This features could be helpful : I (often) filter the main database, then copy the results into the clipboard and I would like to save it on disk btw : it is great to have scid (on Linux) ! Thank you	askoy	0	1046	Apr 28, 2004 by askoy
	i can't start scid on linux (closed) (Preview) i 've installed scid on my linux os with gunzip, tar xvf configure and make no problem during the installation but how can i start it because when i tape tkscid a window appear but it's an empty window what's the problem?	marco	1	1323	Apr 14, 2004 by pimzzz
	TEST (closed) (Preview) this is just a test for the admin	Ulrich	0	1055	Apr 9, 2004 by Ulrich
	Two Positions to solve (closed) (Preview) Hi, I just found these two positions in an old Italian magazine: 3r1rk1/ppp2p1p/4bp2/1nR5/1P6/2B5/qP3PPP/3QR1K1 w - - (1958) Once the best move is found, the rest is easy. 4r1k1/1pq2p2/p2p1P2/2pP1Bp1/2P2R1p/P6P/1P1Qr1PK/2R5 w - - (1967) Find best move and the mate in 7 ...	Anton	0	1097	Mar 22, 2004 by Anton
	Forum Re-organised (closed) (Preview) Hello, Older Topics are closed for the moment, as the Forum is re-organised. If you wish to reply to an older topic please write a new thread. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you Andy	Andy	0	1146	Mar 22, 2004 by Andy
	'closed' topics on forum (closed) (Preview) Why are most topics on the forum now 'closed'? {see the reply above}	David Kirkby	1	1139	Mar 22, 2004 by Andy
	getting the most out of scid (closed) (Preview) Ok I am new to scid nad the program looks great, but how do I use it to improve my game? In particular what is the best way to utilize the opening report to build a rep.:confused:	joshua rose	0	1349	Mar 19, 2004 by joshua rose
	More lines in the engines? (closed) (Preview) Hi all, Is possible like in Chessbase engines option view more than 1 line in the infinite analisys? I only see 1 line... in CB8 i used "+" to show more lines.. i usually show first five lines in the engine window. It is possible also with Scid? Regards, e.	evernine	1	1162	Mar 18, 2004 by Emmanuel Rodrigues
	Still no SCID CD (closed) (Preview) I did order the CD and payed for it through PayPal by Februari 2th and also emailed my postal address by that time.However ... uptill now I have not received anything. Can anybody explain ?	Ronald Brink	1	1281	Mar 22, 2004 by John D. Marino
	Possible to "dock" windows? (closed) (Preview) Hi there. I'm trying out Scid on my WinXP, and I've found one slightly annoying behaviour, and wonder whether there is a way to avoid it, or if it is something that will be changed in future versions. I use the chessdatabase mainly to annotate games. So I will have the main window open, the PGN Window an...	DeepGlue	0	1162	Mar 18, 2004 by DeepGlue
	Manual editing of moves not responsive (closed) (Preview) I downloaded Scid 3.61 and it seems to work very well except for one thing...manual moving of pieces via keyboard isn't as responsive. For example, I load up a game and then I advance the moves by using the keyboard. I've noticed that there is some lag in the moves that are supposed to occur when I hit the k...	Alberich	1	1071	Mar 17, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Problems with comments (closed) (Preview) When there is photo data for a particular game, the photo can and often does obscure part of any comments. Also when there is a long comment, it cannot be viewed completely as no scroll bars appear. You have to open the comment editor to read it all. Perhaps these problems could be fixed for in an...	NeoFight	0	1124	Mar 14, 2004 by NeoFight
	SCID DAILY - HINTS (closed) (Preview) Hi, Do you read SCID DAILY, written by Shane Hudson at http://scid.sourceforge.net/daily.php Here are some of his Scid HINTS found in that page: My Player Names If you have a database of your own games, use the My Player Names... command from the ChessBoard submenu of the Options menu and...	Andy	0	1153	Mar 10, 2004 by Andy
	Found a rather weird game in TWIC487 (closed) (Preview) Hi I was checking out miniatures in the latest TWIC to find opening blunders and tactics when I stumbled on this game. Look at the pawn structure after Black's 11th move. [Event "20th Open"] [Site "Cappelle la Grande FRA"] [Date "2004.03.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Geller, Jakov"] [Black "Hu...	stormfogel	1	1235	Mar 11, 2004 by Andy
	Why some engines require a start position? (closed) (Preview) Hi, Why some engines require a start position? Some engines do not analyse positions, if there is not any start position. This is not the case in Winboard or Arena. Is it a SCID limitation? can this be corrected? Carlo	Carlo F.	0	1002	Mar 10, 2004 by Carlo F.
	hilight the last move? (closed) (Preview) Hello, I could hilight the last move when I used Winboard Can I do the same thing with Scid?	imugi	1	1080	Mar 11, 2004 by Franco
	Scidlet 3.6.1 results (closed) (Preview) The 3rd qualifier for new versions is concluded. To be qualified, a new version needs to take upper place than the best previous version. All three new versions are promoted to New IL-5: ------------------------------------------------ GreKo 2.70 very impressive improveme...	Igor Gorelikov	0	1245	Mar 9, 2004 by Igor Gorelikov
	New daily newsletter at Scid website (closed) (Preview) Hi all, I've started a new page at the Scid website, a daily newsletter for Scid users. Each day you'll find a hint for using Scid more effectively, some openings theory, and a chess tactic and endgame. Feedback and suggestions for future content are most welcome! The URL of the new page is h...	Shane Hudson	1	1252	Mar 12, 2004 by Mario Molinari
	Request for Scid 4.0+ (closed) (Preview) I'd like to see Scid have more training features. I'd really like something in the style of CT-ART 3.0, so I could just load up a database of tactical puzzles and work through them with Scid playing the defender. Perhaps with some kind of timer too.	NeoFight	1	1404	Mar 9, 2004 by NeoFight
	Scid for AMD64 on Windows XP 64-bit (closed) (Preview) Microsoft recently released a beta version of Windows XP 64-Bit Edition which runs on AMD64 processors -- Athlon64 and Opteron. I have compiled Tcl/Tk, and most importantly Scid as a 64-bit application to run on that OS. The performance improvement is astounding. I am making m...	Bill Thygerson	1	1395	Mar 7, 2004 by Dave k
	Value of rook in scidlet (closed) (Preview) In the source for scidlet, it is clear the rook is valued at 5 pawns. According to my chesscoach, that value is overrated, and whilst it says that in books, and it clearly depends on position, 4.5 pawns would be a better value. I wonder if scidlet would play stronger if the value of the rook was chan...	Dave Kirkby	1	1256	Mar 7, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	scidlet and crafty (closed) (Preview) I realize you've probably answered this questions a thousand times. As a newcomer to SCID, I can't figure out how to start scidlet and crafty, after downloading latest version of SCID. I tried the scid.exe.dir button, but still get the same can't open message. Is there anything...	William Bunce	2	2075	Mar 6, 2004 by William Bunce
	Spell checking (closed) (Preview) Would it not be useful if scid could check the spellings of words used in comments? Would it not be easy to implement? A simple lookup of common words would do. It should be easy to get a list of a few thousand of the most common words, to find all the stupid spelling erros in comments.	Dave Kirkby	0	1055	Mar 6, 2004 by Dave Kirkby
	Engines: Thinker, a new version (closed) (Preview) Hi, Strong Engines: Thinker, a new version. Try it. http://www.geocities.com/thechessthinker/index.html Andy	Andy	0	1224	Mar 5, 2004 by Andy
	Chess Engines out of sequence. (closed) (Preview) I know the topic has come up before, of chess engines getting out of sequence when analysing games. The scid window shows move 10, wheras the engine (I use crafty), is analysing some other move. Some have mentioned that quickly stepping through the moves, or having large hashtables can cause thi...	Dave Kirkby	0	1053	Mar 4, 2004 by Dave Kirkby
	flip view (closed) (Preview) Hello Can I flip voard view so that I can see the board from Black's point of view? Thanks,	imugi	2	1174	Mar 5, 2004 by imugi
	ECO-Window Error (closed) (Preview) Today I installed the Windows version of Scid 3.6.1. First thing I tried out was the ECO-window. I opend this window and left-clicked on one of the classification bars as usual. Here is the error message I got: invalid command name "::utils::graph::Xunmap"invalid command name "::utils::g...	Andreas	2	1235	Mar 3, 2004 by Andreas
	Complete installation procedure for OSX (closed) (Preview) I thought you could not install SCID easily on a MAC. A previous post read : "just install SCID with Fink!". But it is somewhat cryptic, doesn't it ? So my question is : could one of you be so diligent as to post some kind of readme file explaining a procedure how to install it ? (I. e. where to downlo...	benoitstpierre	7	1683	Mar 10, 2004 by jolly
	Tree of all the games in the database (closed) (Preview) Trees in SCID are generated on the fly. I wonder if there is a way to make a static tree of all the positions in a certain database. This way it would not take time to get a tree report on a position. In other words, I wonder if there is a way to programatically fill the tree cache with all the positions in a...	Shivkumar Shivaji	1	1204	Mar 3, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	UCI Engine Support (closed) (Preview) Is there a plan to include UCI engine support in SCID? I am able to get ruffian to work inside SCID in linux via winboard using WINE on the windows executable! If UCI engine support was included then Shredder will work inside SCID.	Shivkumar Shivaji	2	1411	Mar 3, 2004 by Shivkumar Shivaji
	Scid 3.6.1 released (closed) (Preview) Hi all, Scid 3.6.1 is now available at the website. As the version number (3.6.1 instead of 3.7) suggests, it only contains bug fixes, for the bugs mentioned in messages here which affected a few Scid windows like the crosstable and repertoire editor. For Windows users, 3.6.1 should ru...	Shane Hudson	1	1634	Mar 4, 2004 by Frank Quisinsky
	I can't get shredder 7 to work (closed) (Preview) I've just bought shredder 7 and installed it, everything works fine until i get to the screen where you choose between playing shredder or going to playchess.com at program startup. When I choose "Play Shredder" it crashes, I've tried reinstalling several times, doesn't help. I got the exact same p...	Tulosba	2	1235	Mar 2, 2004 by Tulosba
	how to compile scid on OpenBSD 3.4 (closed) (Preview) I tried to compile Scid 3.6 on OpenBSD 3.4 stable.. i have installed Tcl/tk 8.0.x and 8.3.x. When i do ./configure i receive this message: ./configure[31]: tclsh: not found What should i do? Thx. rufus.	rufus.	2	1133	Mar 2, 2004 by rufus.
	SCID Repertoar Editor (closed) (Preview) I have in Repertoar Editor folowing position: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Bd3 Bg4 6.c3 Bd6 7.O-O Nge7 8.Re1 Qd7 9.Nbd2 * On this stage possible continuation for black are also castling on both sides: 9...O-O and 9...O-O-O I can write as continuation correct only one castling...	Joze	1	1164	Mar 1, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Please let us set a "margin" for annotations. (closed) (Preview) I've asked this before, but never got an answer, so I'll try again. When annoting games (Tools -> Analysis Engine, click the 'Annotate' tab) there are 4 options. a) For moves by both sides. b) For White moves only. c) For Black moves only d) When game move is not best move. When using t...	David Kirkby	3	1475	Mar 2, 2004 by David Kirkby
	scid on windows mobile devices ? (closed) (Preview) Is there any likelyhood of scid being ported to 'mobile' devices, such as 'PocketPC' ? The development tools are available free from Microsoft's site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/resources/downloads/developer/default.mspx and from what I have read there are em...	David Kirkby	0	928	Feb 29, 2004 by David Kirkby
	Opening Report question. (closed) (Preview) I have two databases 1) A large database 'gm' of GM games 2) A small database 'mine' of my own games. Can I get generate an opening report of a game in the 'mine' database, using information only from the 'gm' database? For example, one of my games in the 'mine' database went: 1. e4 e6 2. e5 ...	David Kirkby	1	1097	Mar 1, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Prof. Hyatt had said never commercial (closed) (Preview) Prof. Hyatt had said never commercial! It is a Hobby of his! Carlos	Carlos R.	0	1220	Feb 29, 2004 by Carlos R.
	What happens with Crafty? (closed) (Preview) Hi, What happens with Crafty? Is it going commercial? Impossible! Alex	Alex	0	1204	Feb 29, 2004 by Alex
	ECO codes in Spanish (closed) (Preview) Hi Shane I am one of the translators to Spanish of Arena and jose. I made the translation to Spanish of the new Scid eco codes file. If your you want it I can send you this file. Agustín Gomila. Argentina	Agustín Gomila	3	1107	Feb 29, 2004 by Andy
	SCID 3.6 Downloading matters (closed) (Preview) This is what Shane says about download problems: Quote Sourceforge mirrors are usually a lot faster, I believe. I know the Windows packages are getting too big; I had to upload them with a 56K modem! For 3.7, I am planning to rearrange things. My current plan is that there will be a basic installe...	Andy	0	1123	Feb 27, 2004 by Andy
	Error in ECO Browser using 3.6 (closed) (Preview) When I enter the ECO Browser and clic in any blue bar to navigate through I get a TCL/TK error message: Error: invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" invalid command name "::utils::graph::xunmap" while executing "::utils::g...	Ismael C.	2	1070	Mar 3, 2004 by Agustín Gomila
	found two bugs in SCID 3.6 crosstable window (closed) (Preview) I use SCID 3.6 for windows. :confused:The first one is when I click Set Filter I get this message: invalid command name "::search::filter::eset"invalid command name "::search::filter::eset"   while executing"::search::filter::eset"  invoked f...	stormfogel	1	1040	Feb 28, 2004 by Agustín Gomila
	PROMOTE SCID 3.6 : (closed) (Preview) PROMOTE SCID 3.6 : You are kindly requested, when you visit other Chess Fora or Discussions Groups to inform the members there about the new SCID 3.6 release. Thank you Andy	Webmaster	0	1004	Feb 27, 2004 by Webmaster
	Scid 3.6 is released (closed) (Preview) Hi all, Scid 3.6 is now available. Since the pre-release announcement, I fixed one source file in scid-3.6.tar.gz but didn't need to alter either of the two Windows packages. To read what's new or download Scid 3.6, visit the "What's New" and "Download" pages at the website. Cheers, ...	Shane Hudson	0	1015	Feb 26, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Remarks on SCID 3.6 Pre-release: (closed) (Preview) Room for Remarks	Andy	0	906	Feb 26, 2004 by Andy
	Scid 3.6 (Pre-)Release (closed) (Preview) Hi all, Scid 3.6 is now available for downloading. Please note that for now, it is a sneak preview of the release. This means the release files are complete and available, but I have not updated the Scid website yet or announced 3.6 anywhere except for this forum and the scid-users mailing list; it...	Shane Hudson	0	987	Feb 26, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Did you receive your CD-ROM? Read here: (closed) (Preview) Hello, Did you receive your CD-ROM? If not, rush now, because as I heard Shane has some time free these days. Besides, how are you going to enjoy the new SCID version without a correct chess database file? I suggest you use Paypal, it is extremely secure, easy and reliable. If you...	Andy	5	1255	Mar 15, 2004 by L. Oliver
	LINKS [Engines] (closed) (Preview) LINKS {mainly engines} Right mouse click on the link to open it in a different window (I.Explorer 5.5 or higher). CCC: http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/index.html Winboard: http://f11.parsimony.net/forum16635/ WBEC: http://wbec-ridderkerk.nl/...	Webmaster	0	1173	Feb 24, 2004 by Webmaster
	SCID 3.6-beta3 - remarks (closed) (Preview) Author: Emmanuel RodriguesDate: 18 hr, 43 min. Views: 39 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 Thanks a lot Shane! Author: DDDate: 14 hr, 10 min. Views: 32 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 Thanks Shane. Will pick it up right away. Cheero! Author: Neo FightDate: 4 hr, 5 min. Views: 12 RE: Scid 3.6-beta3 All good stuf...	{Remarks}	0	992	Feb 24, 2004 by {Remarks}
	Scid 3.6-beta3 (closed) (Preview) Hi all, Scid 3.6-beta3 is now available at the website, from the betas page: http://scid.sourceforge.net/betas.html Since this is probably the last 3.6 beta, a Windows installer program (~4.5 MB) is available for Windows users who want to try it. One main new feature is the option fo...	Shane Hudson	0	989	Feb 23, 2004 by Shane Hudson
	Repertoire - groups OR lines? (closed) (Preview) As a brand spanking new user (very nice program, by the way - very useful), I'd like to ask a (hopefully) simple question: Should one have more GROUPS or LINES in the repertoire editor? [I'm finding it very useful for organizing my thoughts, but I'm having difficulty knowing when to make something a...	adb	2	1364	Feb 24, 2004 by adb
	Links (closed) (Preview) Why doesn't this forum have links to SCID and other related sites?	"Technical expert"	4	1083	Feb 23, 2004 by Technical expert
	Soon: The SCID 3.6 beta-2 release (closed) (Preview) Expected soon: 3.6-beta2, To be released by 23 February 2004: What is new: Added comboboxes to recall history of past values in some entry boxes, e.g. White/Black/Event/Site in the Header Search field. The past values are not yet saved between sessions; perhaps they should be? Add...	Andy	0	846	Feb 19, 2004 by Andy
	New Version of SCID and bitmaps (closed) (Preview) Hi, I am looking now for some suggestions to replace the pieces, that is the bitmaps, with some better ones. Will this be possible now that Shane could have some more time available? regards	Carlos R.	1	1206	Feb 20, 2004 by Michal Rudolf
	New SCID, finally reasonable windows (closed) (Preview) Hello, I am expecting the soonest possible the SCID for Windows. I have a permanent problem with tall windows and I see this is fixed now. Great! When do we get the SCID Windows version? Alex	Alex	0	1118	Feb 19, 2004 by Alex
	SCID 3.6 Beta1 IS OUT!! (closed) (Preview) As I informed you in the message below (Beta expected in the next 2-7 days), SCID 3.6 Beta is out !! You can get it from http://scid.sourceforge.net/ --------------------------------- What is new in version 3.6 3.6-beta1, 19 February 2004: Massive cleanup of the user interface source...	Andy	0	1244	Feb 18, 2004 by Andy
	SCID popularity and utility (closed) (Preview) Hi, just a comment. I do not use SCID. I have admired it's capabilities for quite a while. But I have found the physical layout of the elements of the database a hinderence to use. The UI or layout I have found unusable. I dont mean to be critical here. I would love to use SCID based on func...	Jim Bodkins	11	1663	Mar 3, 2004 by Shivkumar Shivaji
	The best engine for SCID (closed) (Preview) When the new SCID version comes out, I want to buy the strongest engine that can work in it. What can I buy; Ruffian 2.0? Tiger? Rebel? What can play in SCID? Thanks in advance for any idea. Jean	Jean G.	6	1855	Feb 19, 2004 by Jean G.
	6 man tb support? (closed) (Preview) Does the current beta support 6 man tablebases or if not is this planned for the near feature? Thanks Ian	Ian	3	1122	Feb 20, 2004 by Technical expert
	The new Beta version (closed) (Preview) The new beta version is expected in the next 2 to 7 days. Shane was rather busy recently. So we have to wait a little. Regards Andy	Andy	1	925	Feb 17, 2004 by DD
	Exporting to PGN after adding Elos (closed) (Preview) I can successfully add Elos to the database from the maintenance window, but when exporting to PGN from the tools window, the added Elos disappear from the PGN file!?	Atwood B Telling	1	1104	Feb 17, 2004 by Michal Rudolf
	Game order (closed) (Preview) Hello. When adding a game to a scid database, the game is added as the last game in the database. Is it not possible to reorder the games? -- Michael Knudsen	Michael Knudsen	1	1187	Feb 17, 2004 by Michal Rudolf
	When comes the new version? (closed) (Preview) Hi, Does anyone know when the new beta version comes? On the site it says January 31, but it is already February 16!! John.	John	0	942	Feb 17, 2004 by John
	Mac OS X? (closed) (Preview) Hello, I am trying to compile SCID using Mac OS 10.3.1 with no luck so far. I tried running the configure file with Terminal and it returned this: configure: Makefile configuration program for Scid Tcl/Tk version: 8.4 Your operating system is: Darwin 7.2.0 Location of "tcl.h": /usr...	Max	3	1437	Feb 18, 2004 by Max
	Help with Crafty (closed) (Preview) I downloaded Crafty v 19.0, but when I try to start it in SCID, I get the error message: "Unable to start the program: wcrafty.exe". Any help would be appreciated.	Jesse Hester	3	1632	Feb 18, 2004 by Jesse Hester
	Off topic: A position that most engines cannot .. (closed) (Preview) Hi, Off topic: A position that most engines cannot solve. n1QBq1k1/5p1p/5KP1/p7/8/8/8/8 w - - White moves and wins. It is or should be a mate in 12. This position was posted in CCC two years ago and has come up again there recently. A question is if this comes from a real g...	Antonio R.	2	1315	Feb 17, 2004 by Andy
	Weekly Chess News Here? (closed) (Preview) Proposal to consider ================ It would be convenient to gather a variety of chess news, make a summary and post them here every Friday. The title can be "NEWS - WEEK No XY". This can be useful to people who are not so anxious to read chess news daily. Is there any volunteer that woul...	Andy	2	931	Feb 17, 2004 by Andy
	Nice Page Tom (closed) (Preview) Another SCID page, from Tom: http://www.tomrowan.com/chess/articles/free_chess_software.html By the way Tom, this Forum is: "A public place to meet for open discussion" So, we hope to see you here sometime. Andy	Andy	0	1048	Feb 15, 2004 by Andy
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