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Subject: Re: Databases

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 09:03:38 09/21/99

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On September 21, 1999 at 06:28:48, Peter Herttrich wrote:

>On September 20, 1999 at 13:47:57, Weldon MacDonald wrote:
>
>>At the risk of being sacraligous, I find a database even more useful that a
>>chess engine. I downloaded Crafty and it's all I need.
>>The problem with a database is the cost. Chessbase 7 with the "Mega" database
>>and thousands of annotated games is over $400.
>>What are the alternatives, or are there any?
>>I want to be able to search for pawn structures, endgames etc. Annotated games
>>are a must as are, of course, openings.
>
>Change to Linux. Use Crafty, Xboard and Scid (database) all for free.
>
>It's great.

Where can I read more about Scid?

Dave



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