PGSCID improved SCID with Polyglot books display and editing

[Marc Lacrosse]

http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/

Pascal Georges has begun to develop an improved and modified SCID on top of the brilliant chess database code by Shane Hudson.

Among several already implemented improvements :
- Crafty, Phalanx and Toga embedded in the distribution
- direct UCI engines support with multiPV display
- automatic game annotation with configurable weak moves threshold
- opening training and tactical training.

But the most sensational feature should be released this week :
direct Polyglot book moves and weights display and editing while browsing a scid database!

The beta version I got today works perfectly.

(and It was coded by P Georges in less than 24 hours after I had asked for the feature!)

Marc

By the way I just implemented a RSS feed for my site news at http://chessbazaar.mlweb.info/chessbazaarnews.xml

[Guenther Simon]

http://prolinux.free.fr/scid/

Pascal Georges has begun to develop an improved and modified SCID on top of the brilliant chess database code by Shane Hudson.

Among several already implemented improvements :
- Crafty, Phalanx and Toga embedded in the distribution
- direct UCI engines support with multiPV display
- automatic game annotation with configurable weak moves threshold
- opening training and tactical training.

But the most sensational feature should be released this week :
direct Polyglot book moves and weights display and editing while browsing a scid database!

The beta version I got today works perfectly.

(and It was coded by P Georges in less than 24 hours after I had asked for the feature!)

Marc

By the way I just implemented a RSS feed for my site news at http://chessbazaar.mlweb.info/chessbazaarnews.xml

A great new SCID development branch!
Thanks for the tip Marc.
I have downloaded the beta and UCI analysis and
book browsing/weights all worked well already.

I guess adding additional moves into the book will
come later too?

Best regards,
Guenther

[Marc Lacrosse]

A great new SCID development branch!
Thanks for the tip Marc.
I have downloaded the beta and UCI analysis and
book browsing/weights all worked well already.

I guess adding additional moves into the book will
come later too?

Best regards,
Guenther

Adding new moves seems not to be easy.
I discussed the topic for long with Pascal.

So If you identify positions for which a new candidate-move is required, you have to merge the existing book through polyglot book-creation feature with a new one including the missing line, and then you adjust the weights for this move to become your favorite.

The most important point is the ability to adjust the weights for existing candidate-moves (including setting the weight to 0% if you wish) in a friendly GUI.

This is a considerable improvement for PG books makers like myself!

Moreover it's working both in windows and linux ...

Very nice IMHO

Marc

[Marc Lacrosse]

official release 3.6.2 with PG books viewing and tuning features has just been made available by Pascal Georges at his site.

Thanks Pascal !

Marc