I use SCID keep track of chess-by-email games with one friend and to analyze those games, sometimes looking at master games that opened the same way, for possible alternative moves. That is all I do with chess these days.
The only feature missing that would be really a nice to have, would be, when opening a database game, having it open at the last position looked at. I understand that this may not be possible given the constraints of the PGN format. On Wed, Jan 7, 2026 at 12:17 PM Luciano <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, Fulvio. > > I use the program mainly to analyze games, prepare against my opponents, > and build/refine my opening repertoire. > I'm also a Fedora user, so it would be nice to have SCID in the > repositories. > I don't need features for online play or tactical exercises. > Thanks for all the work you're doing! > > Luciano Salerno > > Il giorno mer 7 gen 2026 alle ore 04:02 Fulvio via Scid-users < > [email protected]> ha scritto: > >> Happy New Year to everyone. >> I asked an AI (Claude-Opus) to modernize the crosstable code to C++20. >> While reviewing it, one line struck me: Copyright 2001 Shane Hudson. >> In 25 years, so many things have changed: online play on Lichess or >> Chess.com, live video streaming of games, ... The days of ICC feel far >> away. >> Scid was the best alternative available on Linux, my main use was to >> prepare before a game against an opponent. I used three opening trees >> and gamelists: my opponent's games, games with Elo > 2200, and all games. >> But I still remember the frustration: calculating statistics took >> forever, it wasn't possible to move around the board until it finished, >> and there was only a single gamelist (I used 2 temporary databases as a >> workaround). >> Now that I only play the occasional online game, I use Scid solely to >> review games from major events, like the recent World Blitz >> Championship. Although Lichess offers web Stockfish, I prefer the faster >> local version. I also have a small database where I copy and annotate >> the games I like the most. >> There are features I don't use and haven't been updated in years, such >> as the FICS module or training functions like solving tactical puzzles. >> They're simply not comparable to what Lichess offers today. >> I'd like to understand what your uses of Scid are. Knowing which >> features are still valuable would help me with the cleanup of code that >> has become obsolete. >> Bye, >> Fulvio >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Scid-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users >> > _______________________________________________ > Scid-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/scid-users >
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