A tutorial on how to setup and populate the SCID database. This is followed by one way to use SCID to learn the openings. You can find a large SCID database for download at my website:
Learn Chess Openings with SCID Database
A tutorial on how to setup and populate the SCID database. This is followed by one way to use SCID to learn the openings. You can find a large SCID database for download at my website:
Bonjour, excellente vidéo. Pouvez vous svp faire une vidéo pour configurer, paramétrer une connexion de l'échiquier DGT USB board avec scid ? C'est vraiment compliqué. Je n'y arrive pas actuellement. Je vais essayer de voir avec l'auteur ! J'ai cherché depuis divers sources et ce depuis plusieurs semaines. Je suis sous linux LMDE. Merci
How does SCID compare to Chess Wizard(Bookup) and Chess base?
Excellent tutorial. Very imformative and takes the puzzlement out of using scid for the first time.
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Very nice explanation !
For easier access:
00:12 Download Scid
01:12 Get games (in PGN) and add them to a SCID database
02:53 – PGN files with chess programs
04:12 Setup a SCID database and populate it with a file of PGN formatted games
08:35 Select all relevant games and prepare a specialized database
11:29 Copy selected games to the clipbase
17:40 Test your knowledge with random games
19:28 Study many master level games
Thank you! Visually seeing how to do this is outstanding! Never certain how to create the reference database & add / update the pgn games.
thank you very much I had given up using scid
Answered to my own question – no. I've got the same date.
Anyone know what you have to do to get the 'database switcher' on Scid vs PC. Because it not an option in windows.
Thanks a lot for your help !!!
This is an excellent explanation of how to use scid. Also this is an excellent way to learn openings and to improve your chess in general. I have gone over this tutorial twice. I was never able to figure out how to use scid before but now i'm cool! Here are somoe notes I made:
1. Aquire SCID and install
2. Google to find a good database
3.Import file–FILE–NEW, type in name
4.TOOLS-
IMPORT PGN FILE-5. OPEN database
6. Open clip base–FILE–SWITCH TO DATABASE–CLIPBASE
7. SEARCH
8. To copy search results–drag and drop filtered database to clipbase–close filtered database
9. FILE–NEW–type in name
10. Switch filtered database with clipbase by drag and drop
11. EDIT–EMPTY CLIPBASE
12. TOOLS–EXPORT ALL FILTER GAMES–PGN
13. To learn openings–GAME–load random game–play solitaire
Excellent tutorial and really well-explained. Thank you, Fred, for sharing with other chess enthusiasts.
How to get stockfish software or houdinin in SCID ? Or does it come with it ?
very informative thank you!
personally i think scid vs pc is superior to cow software. i use it more than fritz and chessbase 12 too. lucas chess does alot of cool stuff and compliments scid vs pc very well, and icofy database in si4 format is over five million games db. downloading bin opening books for reference and your set. also 5 piece nalimov endgame tablebases are also helpful.
also add stockfish 7 with tools bar, analysis engines , add engine. stockfish is a 3400 elo uci engine that works great in scid vs pc
chessx is also worth a look. uses pgn databases with a nice looking gui. comes loaded with stockfish
downloading photos spf, wikipedia spf, eco, spellcheck, historic, fics spf from scid sourceforge site and put them in scid vs pc bin folder will add photos and info. making it more user friendly works for scid too
this videos author fred has a guess the move program that im really loving. going through old morphy and stienitz games. he also has a good tactics gui, both programs come with an old stockfish engine. very nice
How about a database with only Stockfish 7 and Komodo 9.2 games? Only those played with powerful hardware, and an average of 20 minutes per move.
Hey! Great videos thanks/ Could you help me how to export a diagram from SCID? Thanks
thank you very much! So well explained!
Very instructive, thanks a lot.
I've been using SCID for years and have both Stockfish and Komodo engines installed. I also use it to play online at FICS. I never realized how good a database program it is. Thank you.
help, how do u add file and ranks on the sides? mine doesnt show them
redux of Matthias' post with clickable time stamps00:12 Download Scid
01:12 Get games (in PGN) and add them to a SCID database
02:53 – PGN files with chess programs
04:12 Setup a SCID database and populate it with a file of PGN formatted games
08:35 Select all relevant games and prepare a specialized database
11:29 Copy selected games to the clipbase
17:40 Test your knowledge with random games
19:28 Study many master level games
Fred você elaborou um ótimo tutorial, e o vídeo que postou é objetivo e útil. Obrigado, desde o Brasil……
When PGN file was imported, does that mean SCID already transformed the new database in its own [Si4] format? Otherwise we use pgnscid .
someone took your tutorial and uploaded it to their channel:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzJ9u8xImpg
link to download scid plzz
Really helpful
Really Good!