Favorite GUI?

[mousakas]

I like Jose...it's beautiful!

[Tom Barrister]

It depends on what I'm using the GUI for. Scid works well with databases, and of course Arena is good at pitting the various engines against each other.

[Tom Barrister]

SCID vs PC. I like the fork better, as the UI is more configurable, and I don't need the features the regular SCID has tha the fork doesn't.

[Kurt]

Considering that SCID (GUI and database program) and Arena are free,
these programs are indeed great.
Kurt

[karakaniec]

Arena the best:
http://szachmaty.blogspot.com/2010/12/a ... ogram.html

Arena 3.0 portable download:
http://hotfile.com/dl/92116639/12bfa19/ ... 0.zip.html

Arena 3.0 setup download:
http://hotfile.com/dl/92117398/3fc0229/ ... p.exe.html

Arena for Linux - help file:
http://hotfile.com/dl/92117563/c545c04/ ... n.zip.html

[MichaelIsGreat]

Hello to All,

Have I missed a posting on it or not? I have not seen someone mentioning what is surely the best chess GUI available: Fritz 12 from ChessBase. It is the GUI that is used by the top chess players even though beginners use it too. I currently use the Deep Fritz 12 GUI and it is very easy to use (the "Deep" version is for multi-core processor I think). It is reliable and excellent. Highly recommended I must say. The problem is that it is not free like Arena for instance!

Regards
MichaelIsGreat

[ernest]

Fritz 12 from ChessBase

I am still using the Fritz 11 GUI, which i find simpler to use.
The F12 GUI brings nothing IMHO

[MrEdCollins]

For years and years my favorite GUI had always been WinBoard.

The last few weeks I realized that must no longer be true. I found myself using SCID vs. PC time after time again.

I had nothing to do this weekend... so I began a tribute page to this interface. I expect it to evolve over time.

http://www.edcollins.com/chess/scidvspc

[SSTATHIS]

Arena is the best of all by far, specialy for engine tournaments....
Then Shredder,Chessok, and Fritz...

[CM_angelo]

Chessbase GUI is the best . No doubt.