SCID vs PC

I have a question about SCID vs PC. After I have completed a search and have a list of say one hundred games. How do I save that list so that I can use it later on after having turned SCID off and restarted it?

I think you can save a search, as a search file, and load that. Alternatively, you can add the games in the filter to a new database or export them to a PGN file for later loading.

How? I am new at this so please give step by step details.

On the search file, I've never actually done it. But if I have time when I'm at my chess computer (assuming no one else answers) I'll try to explain it.

If you mean adding to a new database, what I usually just do in that case is export the filter games  to PGN and import them to a new database (though there is likely a better way to do it). In the Tools menu, I think, there is a Export Filter games to PGN option for that.

I have found the answer on YouTube. Thank you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_ZPltcSyjo&index=6&list=PLC53505mbsT6zSPQcUAZpCa2_JOV2XBNg

Hi.

I have a question about scid. I know it is possible to play against it and to choose the computer's elo. Can someone explain me how to do that ?

Thx...

Maybe someone can help me with this program?

I want to use it mainly as a database/opening book. I already have the pgns I want to insert as database but I dont find the option. What I want is to have a typical databse in which you move e4 and it shows you all the possible moves answering to e4, the % of win lose draw and how many games, etc...I guess it is the same as in Arena when you create an opening book, or in Rybka when you have your Aquarium book. Anyone can help me? :)

Hi Marshal,

I think you're referrring to the Tree Window. 

Load your database, click on WINDOWS on the menu, and then click TREE WINDOW.

Thank you :)

But now it seems the pgn it is too large and it takes a good amount of time to load it (15-20 minutes). If everytime I open Scid I have to wait that long I think I am facing a new problem. Is there a way to have it permanently load? Like when you open Arena and the book is already there ready to be used.

I think if you convert the pgn file to Scid format, it will load muuuch faster. Either use the command line converter (pgnscid.exe), or I think you can create a new, empty Scid format database and then just drag the pgn file into the new Scid database, and it will convert it.

Ok

I have tried twice but this message appears when I attempt to open the pgn with Scid. I dont know if it means that pgn larger than 262143 games cannot be opened. In that case Scid is of no use to me . Does anyone know how to solve this?

I'm not sure exactly what's going on with the pgn limit message, but I'd try converting the pgn directly using the Pgnscid command line utility. (More info on that if you go to the Help Index and click on the Pgnscid entry.) The Pgnscid.exe file is located in your Scid "bin" folder.

Oh, is Ultra Book.pgn some commercial database, or is it free?

Thanks for the help EscherehcsE, but for some reason, the Pgnscid command located in the "bin" folder won't open. The black window appears for half a second and goes away. Already tried to open as an adm but no luck. So I guess I won't be able to convert it 

Ultra book is just the name I gave to the pgn that I have made from different pgns gathered in that one, so I supose it is free 

You have to open a DOS command prompt window and set the path to the Scid bin folder, THEN type the appropriate conversion command as specified in the Scid Help instructions.

Here's an example DOS command prompt window, with the conversion command for a test file named Test File.pgn. (Note that if there's a space in the pgn filename, the pgn filename must be enclosed within quotes.)

Of course, your path to the bin folder will be different.

After the conversion, the new scid format database will be in the bin folder as three separate files, with extensions of sg4, si4, and sn4. You can then move these three files to whichever folder you desire.

Opening DOS does actually work in keeping the window open, but at the end the error is the same:

I think I am going to try to use the other method, drag and and drop. 

Try to change the database name to abc.pgn

Maybe there really is a limit to the number of round names. You might have to split up your pgn file, convert the split pieces, then merge the scid databases.

I think it works for you because the number of games is less than 262143, that seems to be the magic numer. I have checked an there are more people with that problem too.

I think I know how to do that, though it will be quite a job. But if I do it, will I be able to have, at the end, the .err file (or whatever format) with all the games? I mean, I think the pgn only has 2,6 million games, but I want them all in one database.