C/CIF is an interchange format for chess applications. This format is supporting all features of a chess application - PGN does not provide this - and can be used to transfer chess archives without any loss via an application independent format.

C/CIF is supporting two formats: the binary format CCIF, and the human readable format CIF (in XML).

Features

  • Lossless transfer of chess archives
  • Fits to the requirements of modern chess databases
  • Compact binary format and text format (XML)
  • Features cloud databases
  • Supports (nearly) any chess variant
  • Contains information section

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License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

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  • This project addresses some glaring issues in .PGN files. Today's chess analysts need tools that go far beyond what the commercial industry felt it could deliver by 2015.
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Additional Project Details

Intended Audience

Developers, End Users/Desktop

Programming Language

C++

Database Environment

Project is a tool for a proprietary database file format

Related Categories

C++ Data Formats Software, C++ Board Games, C++ Libraries, C++ Chess Games

Registered

2014-12-07