Re: [Scid-users] No News is Good News

2016-05-25 Thread Nils R Grotnes
It is well known and accepted in the CC community that engines are used: http://amici.iccf.com/issues/issue_08/issue_08_ivar_bern_part_2.html https://www.iccf.com/Message.aspx?message=541 http://en.chessbase.com/post/better-than-an-engine-leonardo-ljubicic-2-2 HTH On Wed, May 25, 2016 at 2:56 P

Re: [Scid-users] missing option

2015-10-09 Thread Nils R Grotnes
Hi Fulvio. Why impossible? I thought Scid could access end game table bases? The format even provides distance to mate information for each position according to http://scid.sourceforge.net/tutorial/t_tool_egtb.html Or is this only through the chess engines? Nils (P.S. Thank you for your many,

Re: [Scid-users] Project merge

2013-03-15 Thread Nils R Grotnes
> But I think if we were to ask other readers of this list if anything > I've said thus far could be construed as filibustering, I would *really* > be surprised if just one agreed with you. I do agree with him. In my opinion, your posts has been among the least constructive, most dismissive of the

Re: [Scid-users] Scid should accept default choice of variation

2010-12-29 Thread Nils R Grotnes
On Thu, Dec 30, 2010 at 02:00, Steven wrote: > > > Have you tried in Options->Moves to uncheck "Show > > variations window" and > > enable "Show Arrows for Variations"? > > Don't you like it? > > The arrows need to be made slightly wider, and with > canvas bindings to enter into each variation.

Re: [Scid-users] Scid should accept default choice of variation

2010-12-29 Thread Nils R Grotnes
Hi Mark. Long time. Hope you're fine. On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 23:01, Steven wrote: > Fulvio wrote: > > Mark Morss wrote: > > > When playing through a game with scid and the forward arrow takes you > to > > > more than one move, a "variations" popup box opens up with a list of > the > > > possib