DenVerdsligeRejsende wrote on 05/14/15 at 06:02:10:

Lol I am experiencing exactly the opposite. Every time I remove my name as commentator when saving (again) a game. I recently started to use the Fritz 14 GUI but I did not find yet the box where to click on/ off the automatic addition of the commentator. 

It does not help that Chessbase only developed a manual for the Fritz 13 GUI but not for the Fritz 14 GUI.

GMTonyKosten wrote on 01/28/15 at 23:28:27:


Now I think it has something to do with the 'Type differs' box in the 'Rating' tab, so presumably you can click this and have, say, a German rating for one player, and a British rating for another, with the respective flags.

GMTonyKosten wrote on 12/16/14 at 20:43:41:


I've been using CB13 quite a bit recently and I like it a lot!

znhel wrote on 01/02/15 at 22:47:52:

From the main Chessbase screen press the right button of your mouse while you are on the database you want to remove. Then find "Remove database symbol" or alike and press on it. That's all. Just make sure you didn't press "delete..."! 
"Remove..." is the way to go..

I don't think I need a list now, I seem to recall seeing one somewhere at the CB site, but can't figure out where now. Anyway, here is a link to a small article about some of the differences. The author may be familiar to some of you 

http://en.chessbase.com/post/chessbase-13-through-the-eyes-of-a-top-junior

Thanks, Tony for pointing out the differences. I was mainly considering the upgrade for the increased analysis functions, and for the cloud functions, which I don't critically need. But I think the idea of being able to access my databases everywhere even without my computer is of course a good idea! However, it doesn't seem to be available yet, which lead me to decide on postponing the upgrade.

The commercial products definitely have features that Scid does not; the question is whether or not you have any real use for them. I have Chess Assistant and Aquarium along with Scid vs. PC. I have played around with them a bit, but ultimately I found that Scid does most of what I want and often does it a bit better. For example, I really prefer the way Scid approaches trees (creating them in real time).

There are two features in CA/Aquarium that I miss in Scid. The first is IDeA, which Scid obviously can't match at all. Of course, this is really only interesting to those who want to do very serious, high-powered analysis using a complicated process. But for those people there is nothing comparable in Scid. The other thing is much less significant. When I create files of tactics problems or endgame positions, I sometimes want to be able to change the order of games in a database based on no criteria other than my own preferences. Obviously, Scid can sort a database according to game fields, but there is no way to easily swap, say, games 23 and 24 in a database. You essentially have to use a series of steps involving changing the filter and using clipbase. I sometimes export to CA if I want to make a number of such changes.

Beyond that I prefer Scid vs. PC, even though I already own the other programs and cost is no longer an issue. Of course Chessbase may be a step up from CA and I can't speak to that one way or another.

I guess Chessbase has some more publishing based features?
(Not that I know, using scid and all )