Shane's Chess Information Database


Shane's Chess Information Database is a free and open source UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Mac application for viewing and maintaining huge databases of chess games. It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software. Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.
Scid has undergone several stages of development. Firstly by Shane Hudson, and then Pascal Georges.

Features

Scid is a powerful Chess Toolkit with many features. It can interface with XBoard engines, and UCI engines. Using Scid, one may play games against human opponents, or computer opponents. Database features include a Move Tree with statistics, Player Information and Photos, and General Searches for specific endings, positions or players. It has a database with 1.4 million games.
Scid's speed is due to its storing chess games in its own compact database format, but it also supports the popular portable game notation.

Related software

There are multiple projects related to Scid, all using the si4 database format. ChessDB was the first Scid fork. Scid vs. PC has been in development for five years to 2014, and has an improved interface. Its major new feature is a Computer Tournament mode and also includes rewritten Gamelist, FICS and Analysis widgets. ChessX replaces Tcl/Tk with Qt. Scidb, implements many chess variants and many read/write formats.
Scid on the go is a browser for Scid database files for Android.