From: Bogdan B. <fro...@gm...> - 2008-06-27 20:26:01
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Hello, I haven't quoted everything discussed but I have read it all. I'm playing chess for almost 14 years now, and been using chess software starting with the earliest fritz and chessbase version; anyway, my point is, you only need a database for two things: opening preparation and tournament preparation against a specific opponent. The only reliable way of gaining chess knowledge is by studying chess books. It IS indeed useful to be able to reference a game in an unique way but you can also do that by combining some specific info like eco code, year, name of the player(s). However as soon as I finish up with my exams I will be able to help with anything you should need - html for the site, databases, screenshots, etc.. I do have some suggestions: - maybe budle up the chess12 latex package along with scid: this way latex opening reports saved with scid can be turned into pdf... on my gentoo linux I'm using rubber for this (http://iml.univ-mrs.fr/~beffara/soft/rubber/) - it would be useful if the "browse" chess board (which can also be resized by using ctrl+shift+<arrow>) would remember it's size - when I play a 'serios' game against Rybka (which runs through wine) it seems that the 'permanent thinking' option is not working, but I have checked with other engines (fruit, toga) and with them it works just fine. I can't figure it out :( - the clock when playing games against engines in scid would look so much better if it were a digital clock instead of the current analog one - scid would look really awesome if it had prettier icons for all the buttons - not I know I'm asking too much but I think scid has the potential to become truly awesome ok, that's pretyt mcuh all I can remember for now. Respectfully, Bogdan |