Hello Fulvio, I actually use the training function of solving tactical puzzles. It's nice to know I can train certain kind of puzzles. I also like it, that Scid keeps track of my progress and shows me the next puzzle, when I reopen a file.
"Or here's a special case: I'm on Linux and the package maintainer excluded some dependencies, so some features simply don't work in the Scid from the repository. For example, Play / Tactical Game gives "Phalanx or Toga not found". Well, that's easy enough for me to work around, but not everybody would know how." If somebody has documented a solution - I would be interested 😉. Thanks, Fulvio, for all your efforts Kind regards Werner -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Fulvio via Scid-users <[email protected]> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 7. Jänner 2026 04:02 An: [email protected] Betreff: [Scid-users] What your uses of Scid are? 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
