There are different versions of Scid out there right now. The well-known Scid v.s PC/MAC, which works in the database format *.si4 and can therefore store 16,777,216 games, and Scid 5.0, released in 2023, which works in the new database format *.si5, which can now manage several billion games.
In addition to the database files, weekly update files are also provided here, which contain the new games since the release of the new database.
To unzip the files, Windows 7-Zip or another program that can handle the 7z format is required. On Mac, unpacking is possible with Keka, for example.
Version: 2024-10-01
Version: 2024-10-01
Version: 2024-02-20
Contains different opening books for different time ranges for Scid: Games with no given Date, Games until 1899, as well as the following time ranges 1900-1949, 1950-1969, 1970-1989, 1990-1999, 2000-2004, 2005-2009, 2010-2014, 2015-2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
The file “Blitz.bin” is an opening book derived from all Blitz games out of the Lichess Elite Database.
Version: 2024-03-04
Contains different opening books for each ECO Code from A00 to E98 and an opening book for each group from A to E
Version: 2024-11-05
This update contains all TWIC files from 1561 to 1565 as well as all games out of Lichess Broadcast System from October 1st 2024 to November 4th 2024.
Games from the database of the Danish Chess Federation have been added.
Version: 2024-10-01
This update contains all TWIC files from 1557 to 1560 as well as all games out of Lichess Broadcast System from September 4th 2024 to September 30th 2024
Lichess Elite Database June, July and August 2024 have been added.
Version: 2024-09-03
This update contains all TWIC files from 1553 to 1556 as well as all games out of Lichess Broadcast System from August 6th 2024 to September 3rd 2024
Version: 2024-08-06
This update contains all TWIC files from 1548 to 1552as well as all games out of Lichess Broadcast System from July 2nd 2024 to August 5th 2024
11/05/2024
- TWIC 1561 to 1565 have been added.
- Games out of Lichess Broadcast System from 10/01/2024 to 11/04/2024
- Games from the database of the Danish Chess Federation have been added.
- Unnecessary tags have been deleted from the entire database to save space.
10/01/2024
- TWIC 1557 to 1560 have been added.
- Games out of Lichess Broadcast System from 09/04/2024 to 09/30/2024
- Games of the Lichess Elite Database June July and August 2024 have been added.
09/03/2024
- TWIC 1553 to 1556 have been added.
- Games out of Lichess Broadcast System from 08/06/2024 to 09/03/2024
08/06/2024
- TWIC 1548 to 1552 have been added.
- Games out of Lichess Broadcast System from 07/02/2024 to 08/05/2024
07/02/2024
- TWIC 1545, 1546 and 1547 have been added.
- Games out of Lichess Broadcast System 06/04/2024 until 07/01/2024
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