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Shane's Chess Information Database (Scid) is a free and open source UNIX, Windows, Linux, and Mac application for viewing and maintaining large databases of chess games. [3] It has features comparable to popular commercial chess software. [4] Scid is written in Tcl/Tk and C++.
Chess software comes in different forms. A chess playing program provides a graphical chessboard on which one can play a chess game against a computer. Such programs are available for personal computers, video game consoles, smartphones/tablet computers or mainframes/supercomputers.
Chess Assistant is a commercial database program produced by Convekta, Ltd. The company started in Russia, but also has offices in England and the United States. The software is a management tool for organising chess information (databases of millions of games), opening training, game analysis, playing against the computer, and viewing electronic texts.
Problemist is a shareware program written by Matthieu Leschamelle for Windows and Windows Mobile. [10] Problemist solves direct mates, helpmates, selfmates and reflexmates. It can rotate positions, print diagrams and much more. With Problemist come two TrueType chess fonts, and from its web page one can download more than 100,000 problems.
New to Chessmaster 7000 is the Kid's Room that has features tailored to children like chess sets, tutorials, and personalities. The game's database includes over 500,000 matches, 200,000 more than Chessmaster 6000. The chess engine, King, is the same as the one in Chessmaster 6000. [1] Network multiplayer options are LAN, modem, and TCP/IP.
ChessBase is a German company that develops and sells chess software, maintains a chess news site, and operates an internet chess server for online chess. Founded in 1986, it maintains and sells large-scale databases containing the moves of recorded chess games.
Learn how to download and install or uninstall the Desktop Gold software and if your computer meets the system requirements.
Chessgames began as a chess learning site and now has a Playing Zone for real-time play. In 2005, enhanced software allowed members to embed chess diagrams in their messages, which can significantly help discuss a particular position or potential variation. The Chessgames.com database can be searched by player, year, opening, ECO code and result.