Scid vs. PC Alternatives

Scid vs. PC is described as 'Shane's Chess Information Database is a powerful Chess Toolkit, with which one can create huge chess databases, run engine analysis, or play casual games against the computer or online with the Free Internet Chess Server' and is a Chess Game in the games category. There are more than 10 games similar to Scid vs. PC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Web-based and Android apps. The best Scid vs. PC alternative is Lucas Chess, which is both free and Open Source. Other Scid vs. PC like games are ChessX, Chessmaster, XBoard and Arena.

Scid vs. PC alternatives are mainly Chess Databases but may also be Chess Games or Board Games. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Scid vs. PC.

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Scid vs. PC

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Lucas Chess
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Free • Open Source
Chess Game
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32 Lucas Chess alternatives
The aim is to play chess against the computer with increasing levels of difficulty and with a limited number of hints that are given by a chess tutor.
- - Lucas Chess is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Scid vs. PC.
- - Lucas Chess is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Scid vs. PC.
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1. PortableLucas Chess can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
ChessX
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Free • Open Source
Chess Game
Chess Database
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Windows
Linux
23 ChessX alternatives
Open source chess database.
- - ChessX is the most popular Mac alternative to Scid vs. PC.
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Chessmaster
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
51 Chessmaster alternatives
Chessmaster is a chess playing computer game series which is now owned and developed by Ubisoft. It is the best-selling chess franchise in history, with more than five million units sold as of 2002.
- - Chessmaster is the most popular commercial alternative to Scid vs. PC.
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Discontinued
No new releases since 2008. But the old games get some solid praise for teaching features—might be worth a try.
XBoard
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54 XBoard alternatives
XBoard, also known as WinBoard on Microsoft operating systems, is a free graphical user interface client developed by Tim Mann that is compatible with various chess engines that support the Xboard Communication Protocol such as GNU Chess.
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1. PortableXBoard can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Graphical User Interface
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Arena
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
Linux
26 Arena alternatives
Arena is a free Graphical User Interface (GUI) for chess. Arena helps you in analyzing and playing games as well as in testing chess engines. It runs on Linux or Windows. Arena is compatible to UCI and Winboard protocols.
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Database Publishing
ChessRoots
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Free • Proprietary
Online
21 ChessRoots alternatives
I am a pretty mediocre chess player, but at the start of 2019 I was playing a lot of online Blitz. My opening repertoire was pretty slim and I felt myself repeating the same mistakes. I wanted to try out some new openings, but looking at existing opening databases, I found a few...
- - ChessRoots is the most popular Web-based alternative to Scid vs. PC.
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Fritz
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
40 Fritz alternatives
Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting...
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Shredder Chess
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43 Shredder Chess alternatives
The Shredder chess programs by Stefan Meyer-Kahlen provide a game playing and analysis tool for everybody and are accepted as one of the best chess programs of the world. Since 1996 Shredder has won thirteen titles as World Computer Chess Champion which makes Shredder the most...
- - Shredder Chess is the most popular Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Scid vs. PC.
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Brutal Chess
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Free • Open Source
Windows
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42 Brutal Chess alternatives
Brutal Chess Brutal Chess features full 3D graphics, an advanced particle engine, and several different levels of intelligent AI, inspired by the once popular Battle Chess.
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1. PortableBrutal Chess can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Tarrasch Chess GUI
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Free • Open Source
Chess Game
Windows
31 Tarrasch Chess GUI alternatives
Tarrasch is a flexible, minimalist, and easy to use chess GUI. It is ideal for playing against and training with chess engines. Tarrasch has a built in engine but can just as easily be used with other UCI engines such as Rybka or Houdini.
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Minimalistic
ChessPad
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Free • Proprietary
Chess Game
Chess Database
Windows
10 ChessPad alternatives
Feature-rich chess game viewer and editor.
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HIARCS Chess Explorer
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
Windows
22 HIARCS Chess Explorer alternatives
World class chess database, analysis and playing software for PC and Mac.
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