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[[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>{{Cite journal |last1=Blasius |first1=Bernd |last2=Tönjes |first2=Ralf |author-link= |title=Zipf’s law in the popularity distribution of chess openings |journal=Bulletin of the Physical review letters |volume=103 |number=21 |pages=218701 |year=200932009 |doi= 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.218701| arxiv=http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.2711v1}}</ref>

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]].