Author: Tony Nichols
Date: 00:13:48 04/18/05
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On April 18, 2005 at 01:51:56, Peter Skinner wrote: >On April 17, 2005 at 23:31:35, Tony Nichols wrote: > >> Well, If your getting serious about studying chess I suggest you get either >>chessbase or chess assistant. There is no substitute for a good database >>program. I use CB 9 and love it. Manipulating databases is very easy, you can >>use all your chessbase and UCI engines for analysis, and even use it for your >>website. >>Good Luck >>Tony > >Up until now SCID has served it's purpose very well. > >Looking into ChessBase 9 and Chess Assistant 8 the prices are relatively close, >but from looking at the information there is not much that they do that SCID >can't. > >Maybe it is just me but I can't justify the money for the little extra that they >_might_ be able to provide. > >I might download a light version and try it out to see what is what.. > >Peter The light version is based on CB6 and does not reflect what can be done with CB9. I'm not familiar with SCID but if you can't filter databases very quickly then your missing out. Not to mention all the opening book features. As an example I sorted megabase and my TWIC database for all rapid and standard games by players rated 2500+. It took less than 5 minutes. I could turn this database into a opening book with one click! I understand not wanting to spend the money if there's not alot more features. Can you do this quick and easy with SCID? Tony
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