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Date: 03 Jan 2008 16:21:46
From: Pascal
Subject: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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Hi,
I released a new version of Scid (3.6.21) at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/
For those interested, modifications since latest release are available
under the 'release notes' paragraph, which is a bit long.
Scid still depends on Tcl/Tk 8.4 to avoid compatibility issues on Linux,
but Scid Pocket has been ported to latest Tcl/Tk 8.5, so please upgrade
eTcl to latest version before running it on a Pocket PC (see
installation instructions at http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/PPC.html).
Pascal
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Date: 28 Jan 2008 13:45:27
From: pialogue
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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Is there a version of SCID for Mac OS X?
I am interested in evaluating the best King vs King Draw games, or
what "I" refer to as "perfect games," as a means of trimming the
opening database and thus increasing the speed and quality of
evaluation in early game play. In this manner I hope to enable a
single-processor computer (like my iBook G4) to compete with the big
boys.
What would be the best way for me to obtain a database of the greatest
games that end in "only" King vs King Draws in PGN format? At the
moment I can not afford to purchase a full complete database of ALL
games. Is such a database available online where I can retrieve such
a limited result?
Thanks!
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Date: 29 Jan 2008 19:11:51
From: Pascal
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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pialogue a �crit :
> Is there a version of SCID for Mac OS X?
This *should* compile (maybe with a few tweaks), but only a Mac owner
could release a binary version and check that the Makefiles are ok.
> I am interested in evaluating the best King vs King Draw games, or
> what "I" refer to as "perfect games," as a means of trimming the
> opening database and thus increasing the speed and quality of
> evaluation in early game play. In this manner I hope to enable a
> single-processor computer (like my iBook G4) to compete with the big
> boys.
>
> What would be the best way for me to obtain a database of the greatest
> games that end in "only" King vs King Draws in PGN format? At the
> moment I can not afford to purchase a full complete database of ALL
> games. Is such a database available online where I can retrieve such
> a limited result?
I don't understand exactly what you're looking for, but you can get PGN
bases with lot of games from many sites, and filter them with menu
Search- >Material/Pattern and Search->Header.
So for example if you want to get all games with a result = draw and
with only Kings left (weird ... because this means players did not agree
for a draw before this stage, hence maybe a bit weak !?), you can
combine the two filters, rather easily.
Pascal
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Date: 04 Jan 2008 14:53:38
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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Pascal <[email protected] > wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I released a new version of Scid (3.6.21) at <invalid url>
>
Pascal ... I just went to the SCID website; http://scid.sourceforge.net/ and I
do not see it there.
What gives?
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
America is the country where you buy a lifetime
supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks.
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Date: 04 Jan 2008 15:25:41
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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Thomas T. Veldhouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> Pascal <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I released a new version of Scid (3.6.21) at <invalid url>
It's not an invalid URL: it is syntactically correct and points to a
document. Works just fine for me.
> Pascal ... I just went to the SCID website;
> http://scid.sourceforge.net/ and I do not see it there.
>
> What gives?
Oh, for crying out loud. Do we *have* to go through this dance
*every* time Pascal releases a new version of his Scid-thing?
Dave.
--
David Richerby Beefy Dictator (TM): it's like a
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ totalitarian leader that's made from
a cow!
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Date: 04 Jan 2008 18:41:56
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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David Richerby <[email protected] > wrote:
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> It's not an invalid URL: it is syntactically correct and points to a
> document. Works just fine for me.
>
>> Pascal ... I just went to the SCID website;
>> http://scid.sourceforge.net/ and I do not see it there.
>>
>> What gives?
>
> Oh, for crying out loud. Do we *have* to go through this dance
> *every* time Pascal releases a new version of his Scid-thing?
>
Does he have to post it here?
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
America is the country where you buy a lifetime
supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks.
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Date: 05 Jan 2008 12:18:34
From: David Richerby
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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Thomas T. Veldhouse <[email protected] > wrote:
> David Richerby <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Oh, for crying out loud. Do we *have* to go through this dance
>> *every* time Pascal releases a new version of his Scid-thing?
>
> Does he have to post it here?
Why shouldn't he? It's a new version of a piece of computer chess
software. Perfectly on-topic. If you don't like it, killfile him.
If your newsreader doesn't support killfiling, get yourself a real
newsreader.
Dave.
--
David Richerby Aquatic Accelerated Painting (TM):
www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~davidr/ it's like a Renaissance masterpiece
but it's twice as fast and it lives
in the sea!
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Date: 07 Jan 2008 13:42:54
From: Thomas T. Veldhouse
Subject: Re: Scid 3.6.21 released (chess database)
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David Richerby <[email protected] > wrote:
> Thomas T. Veldhouse <[email protected]> wrote:
>> David Richerby <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Oh, for crying out loud. Do we *have* to go through this dance
>>> *every* time Pascal releases a new version of his Scid-thing?
>>
>> Does he have to post it here?
>
> Why shouldn't he? It's a new version of a piece of computer chess
> software. Perfectly on-topic. If you don't like it, killfile him.
> If your newsreader doesn't support killfiling, get yourself a real
> newsreader.
>
Same goes for YOU and MY post. I, and several others, are not very fond of
Pascal's hijacking of the SCID name and calling it his own.
--
Thomas T. Veldhouse
America is the country where you buy a lifetime
supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks.
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