Scid vs. PC Main Menus

File

• New Creates a new empty Scid database.
• Open Opens an existing database/file.
• Save Pgn Save this game as a PGN file.
• Close Closes the current database/file.
• Read-Only Makes the current database read-only.
• Finder Opens the File Finder.
• Bookmarks Show and edit Bookmarks.


• Switch to Base Switch between the nine available databases (including the Clipbase).
• Open Base as Tree
• Open Recent as Tree Open database in a tree window. The databases will be closed when the tree is closed.


• Exit Exit Scid.

Play

• Play against computer, online, and training.

Edit

• Setup Board Set a (non-standard) start position for the current game.
• Copy FEN Set the clipboard to the FEN representing current position.
• Copy PGN Set the clipboard to the game PGN.
• Paste FEN Set-up board according to FEN in clipboard.
• Paste PGN Import a game from PGN in clipboard.


• Empty Clipbase Clear the temporary database (Clipbase).
• Copy to Clipbase Copies the current game to the Clipbase database.
• Paste from Clipbase Pastes the active game of the Clipbase to be the active game of the current database.


• Strip Strips all comments or variations from the current game.
• Undo Undo changes to this game. The undo buffer holds 20 positions.
• Redo Redo changes.


• Add Variation Adds a new empty variation for the next move, or for the previous move if there is no next move yet.
• Paste Variation Pastes the current text selection as a variation.
• Delete Variation Provides a submenu of variations for the current move, so one can be deleted.
• Make First Variation Promotes a variation to be the first variation of the current move.
• Promote Variation to Main line Promotes a variation to be the main line, swapping it with its parent.
• Try Variation Enters trial mode for testing a temporary variation without altering the current game.

Game

• New Game Resets the scratch game.
• Replace Game Saves the current game, replacing it in the database.
• Add Game Save this game, adding one to the database.


• Set Game Info Set various details about the current game.
• Browse Game Popup a small Game Browser window.
• List all Games Show the list of games in this database.


• Delete Game Mark as deleted (for removal during compaction).
• Reload this game Reloads the current game, discarding any changes made.


• Load First/Previous/Next/Last Game These load the first, previous, next or last game in the filter.
• Load Game Number Loads the game given its game number in the current database.


• Identify opening Finds the deepest position in the current game that is in the ECO file.
• Goto move number Goes to the specified move number in the current game.
• Find novelty Finds the first move of the current game that has not been played before.

Search

• Reset Filter Resets the filter so all games are included.
• Negate filter Inverts/toggles the game filter.
• Filter to Last Move Make all games show the last move when loaded.


• General Searches by header information such as player names.
• Current board Searches for the current board position.
• Material/Pattern Searches by material or chessboard patterns.
• Move Find a certain move or move combination.
• CQL Show the (technical) CQL game search window.


• Player Finder Search for a player name.
• Tournament Finder Search for a tournament by date or name.


• Load search file Searches using settings from a SearchOptions file.

Windows

• Game Info Show/hide the Game Information window.
• Comment Editor Opens/reveals the Comment Editor.
• Game List window Opens/reveals the Game List.
• PGN window Opens/reveals the PGN window.
• Crosstable Constructs a tournament crosstable for the current game.
• Player Finder Opens/reveals the Player Finder window.
• Tournament Finder Opens/reveals the Tournament Finder window.


• Maintenance window Opens/reveals the Maintenance Window.


• ECO Browser Opens/closes the ECO Browser window.
• Statistics window Opens/reveals the Filter statistics window which gives a win/loss summary of the games in the filter.
• Tree window Opens/reveals the tree window.
• Tablebase window Opens/reveals the endgame tablebase information.
• Book Window Opens/reveals the Book window.
• Correspondence Window Opens/reveals the Correspondence window.

Tools

• Analysis Engines Configure Analysis Engines.
• Analysis engine #1
• Analysis engine #2 Start/stops analysis engines, displaying the evaluation of the current position.


• Maintenance Database maintenance functions.
• Maintenance window Opens/closes the database maintenance window.
• Name editor Replaces all occurrences of a player,
• Compact Database Perform database compaction.
• Sort Sort base by name, rating, etc.
• Spellcheck Search the spelling file for possible Name corrections.
• Delete twin games Finds twin games in the database.
event site or round name.
• Repair Base Repair broken database.
• Book Tuning For editing Polyglot books.
• Player report Generates an opening report.
• Opening report Generates an opening report for the current position.
• Piece Tracker Opens the piece tracker window.
• Email manager Opens/closes the email manager window, for managing email correspondence games.
• Connect Hardware ... Configure external hardware devices.


• Rel Filter Graph Ratings
• Abd Filter Graph Ratings Displays the filter graphs.
• Player Ratings Displays the rating graph.
• Score Graph Displays the score graph.


• Export current game Saves the current game to a text file in PGN, HTML or LaTeX format. See the export help page.
• Export all filter games Saves all games in the search filter to a text file in PGN, HTML or LaTeX format. See the export help page.


• Import PGN text Opens the Import window for entering a game by typing or pasting its text in PGN format.
• Import PGN file Imports a whole file containing games in PGN format to the current database. Note, that several PGN files can be selected in this dialogue at once.


• Board Screenshot Save a screenshot of the board to a file.

Options

• Various Options settings.