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{{short description|Software application for viewing and maintaining databases of chess games}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Scid

| screenshot = Scid_4.62-Win7.png

| caption = Scid 34.6.2 on LinuxWindows

| developer =[[ Shane Hudson]]

| latest_release_version = 5.0.2<ref>{{cite web|title=v5.0.2|url=https://github.com/benini/scid/releases/tag/v5.0.2|website=github.com| accessdate=2023-06-23}}</ref>

|latest_release_version=4.6.2

| latest_release_date =July 2015March 2023

| operating_system = [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[OS XmacOS]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]], [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]] and probably other, [[UNIX-likeOpenBSD]]<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://cvsweb.openbsd.org/ports/games/scid/Makefile |title = CVS log variantsfor ports/Games/Scid/Makefile}}</ref>

| genre = [[Chess]] database

| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]]

| website = [httphttps://scid.sourceforge.net/ scid.sourceforge.net]

}}

'''Shane's Chess Information Database''' ('''Scid''') is ana [[Free software|free]] and [[Open-source sourcesoftware|open source]] [[UNIX]], [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[Mac OSmacOS|Mac]] application for viewing and maintaining hugelarge databases of [[chess]] games.<ref>{{cite web | urlname=http://www."chesszone.org"/soft/scid/scid.html | title=Review by Chess Zone| accessdate=2015-03-03}}</ref> It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software, but is less polished.<ref name="freechess"/> Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.

Scid has undergone several stages of development., Firstlyfirstly by Shane Hudson, and then by Pascal Georges. The [[fork (software development)|fork]] [http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/ Scid vs. PC] is a notable alternative.

== Features ==

[[File:Scid 4.3 (stable release), with docked windows.png|400px|right|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 [[Universal Chess Interface|UCI]] engines (e.g. [[Fruit (chess engine)|Fruit]], [[Rybka]] and [[Stockfish (chess)|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).<ref name="bernd2009"/>

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]].

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).

== History ==

== Related software ==

There are multiple projects related to Scid, all using the si4 database format. [http://chessdb.sourceforge.net/ ChessDB] was the first Scid fork, but had little longevity or technical novelty. [http://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/ Scid vs. PC] has been in development for five years to 2014, and has an overhauled interface. Its major new feature is a Computer Tournament mode and also includes rewritten Gamelist, FICS and Analysis widgets. It maintains 100% database compatibility with Scid. [http://code.google.com/p/scidonthego/ Scid on the go] is a browser for Scid database files for [[Android (operating system)|Android]].

There are multiple projects related to Scid, all using the si4 database format. ChessDB<ref name="chessdb"/> was the first Scid fork. Scid vs. PC<ref name="scidvspc"/> has been in development since 2009, and has an improved interface.<ref name="scidcousins"/> Its major new feature is a Computer Tournament mode and also includes rewritten Gamelist, FICS and Analysis widgets. ChessX<ref name="chessx"/> replaces [[Tcl]]/[[Tk (software)|Tk]] with [[Qt (software)|Qt]].<ref name="scidcousins"/> {{anchor|Scidb}}Scidb<ref name="scidb"/> (written in Tcl/C++), implements many chess variants and many read/write formats.<ref name="scidcousins"/>

Scid on the go is a browser for Scid database files for [[Android (operating system)|Android]].<ref name="scidonthego"/>

Two wholly rewritten projects: [http://chessx.sourceforge.net/ ChessX] (written in C and libQT),

and the new, ambitious [http://scidb.sourceforge.net/ Scidb] (also written in TCL/C++), are under active development.

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}

* [[ChessBase]]

* [[Chess engines]]

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== References ==

<references>

{{reflist}}

<ref name="chesszone">{{cite web

*[http://www.chesszone.org/soft/scid/scid.html Review by Chess Zone]

| url=http://www.chesszone.org/soft/scid/scid.html

*[http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.2711v1 Zipf law in the popularity distribution of chess openings]

| title=Review by Chess Zone

*[http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0336 Innovation and Nested Preferential Growth in Chess Playing Behavior]

| accessdate=2015-03-03

*[http://freechess.50webs.com/scid.html Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs]

}}

</ref>

<ref name="freechess">{{cite web

| url=http://freechess.50webs.com/scid.html

| title=Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs

| accessdate=2015-03-03

}}

</ref>

<ref name="bernd2009">{{Cite journal

| last1 = Blasius

| first1 = Bernd

| last2 = Tönjes

| first2 = Ralf

| author-link =

| title = Zipf's law in the popularity distribution of chess openings

| journal = Physical Review Letters

| volume = 103

| number = 21

| pages = 218701

| year = 2009

| doi = 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.218701

| pmid = 20366071

| arxiv = 0704.2711

| bibcode = 2009PhRvL.103u8701B

}}

</ref>

<ref name="chessdb">{{Cite web

| author = David Kirkby

| title = ChessDB - a free Chess Database

| url = https://chessdb.sourceforge.net/

| date = July 15, 2011

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

<ref name="scidvspc">{{Cite web

| author = Steven Atkinson

| title = Scid vs. PC - Chess Database

| url = https://scidvspc.sourceforge.net/

| date = January 28, 2016

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

<ref name="scidcousins">{{Cite web

| author = Scid

| title = Scid Cousins

| url = https://sourceforge.net/p/scid/wiki/ScidCousins/

| date = June 17, 2014

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

<ref name="chessx">{{Cite web

| author = Jens Nissen

| title = ChessX - Free Chess Database

| url = https://chessx.sourceforge.net/

| date = May 5, 2015

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

<ref name="scidb">{{Cite web

| author = Gregor Cramer

| title = Scidb

| url = https://scidb.sourceforge.net/

| date = October 18, 2013

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

<ref name="scidonthego">{{cite web

| author = Gerhard Kalab

| url = https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.scid.android&hl=en

| title = Scid on the Go in Play Store

| access-date = March 8, 2016

}}

</ref>

</references>

== External links ==

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* [http://scidb.sourceforge.net Scidb]

* [http://chessdb.sourceforge.net ChessDB]

* [httphttps://jose-chesschessx.sourceforge.net/io Jose-chessChessX]

* [https://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/ Jose-chess]

* [http://www.chessvideos.tv/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6461 Video guide to using SCID]

[[Category:Free chess software]]

[[Category:Chess databases]]

[[Category:Software that uses Tk (software)]]