Happy New Year to everyone.
I asked an AI (Claude-Opus) to modernize the crosstable code to C++20.
While reviewing it, one line struck me: Copyright 2001 Shane Hudson.
In 25 years, so many things have changed: online play on Lichess or
Chess.com, live video streaming of games, ... The days of ICC feel far away.
Scid was the best alternative available on Linux, my main use was to
prepare before a game against an opponent. I used three opening trees
and gamelists: my opponent's games, games with Elo > 2200, and all games.
But I still remember the frustration: calculating statistics took
forever, it wasn't possible to move around the board until it finished,
and there was only a single gamelist (I used 2 temporary databases as a
workaround).
Now that I only play the occasional online game, I use Scid solely to
review games from major events, like the recent World Blitz
Championship. Although Lichess offers web Stockfish, I prefer the faster
local version. I also have a small database where I copy and annotate
the games I like the most.
There are features I don't use and haven't been updated in years, such
as the FICS module or training functions like solving tactical puzzles.
They're simply not comparable to what Lichess offers today.
I'd like to understand what your uses of Scid are. Knowing which
features are still valuable would help me with the cleanup of code that
has become obsolete.
Bye,
Fulvio
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