Favorite GUI?

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mousakas
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by mousakas » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:42 am

I like Jose...it's beautiful!

Tom Barrister
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by Tom Barrister » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:27 am

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.

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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by Tom Barrister » Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:23 pm

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.

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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by Kurt » Fri Dec 17, 2010 5:28 pm

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

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karakaniec
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by karakaniec » Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:18 pm


MichaelIsGreat
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by MichaelIsGreat » Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:03 pm

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!

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ernest
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by ernest » Thu Dec 30, 2010 6:09 pm

MichaelIsGreat wrote:Fritz 12 from ChessBase
I am still using the Fritz 11 GUI, which i find simpler to use.
The F12 GUI brings nothing IMHO

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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by MrEdCollins » Wed Aug 22, 2012 4:43 am

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

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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by SSTATHIS » Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:41 pm

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

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CM_angelo
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Re: Favorite GUI?

Post by CM_angelo » Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:55 am

Chessbase GUI is the best . No doubt.

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