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'''Shane's Chess Information Database''' ('''Scid''') is an [[Open source|open source]] [[UNIX]], [[Windows (operating system)|Windows]], [[Linux]], and [[Mac OS|Mac]] application for viewing and maintaining huge databases of [[chess]] games.<ref>{{cite web | url=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,.<ref>{{cite butweb is| less polishedurl=http://freechess.50webs.com/scid.html | title=Zarkon Fischer's Free Chess Programs| accessdate=2015-03-03}}</ref> Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.

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

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

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

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

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