I am looking for software that has chess engine analysis but also allows me to take notes and save games. I have used Scid in the past for this and liked it, but I just want to see if there is something better out there.
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Fritz from Chessbase?– SmallChessAug 7, 2015 at 9:31
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Fritz is a good choice too and I may think about using it. The only downside is the high price.– The NightmanAug 7, 2015 at 18:51
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The old Fritz 5.32 (last free version) does this. Of course it is not as powerful as the latest version (big understatement). It is available here http://freechess.50webs.com/fritz.html but note that it will need some work (described on the website) to get it to run on modern versions of Windows.
I alternate between Fritz 8, which is not quite as old as the free version and runs on modern operating systems, and Scid vs PC which is a much more modern fork of Scid and could also be worth trying especially if you are still stuck on original Scid.
answered Aug 8, 2015 at 19:46
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Chessbase is top of the line, but there are a lot of alternatives: Hiarcs Chess Explorer, the Shredder GUIs, Aquarium, Chess Assistant and Chesspartner.
Arena is free, but has a few of the menu items in German, and is perhaps more for playing engines than analysis. Other free ones are Chesspad, Kvetka, Penguin and Tarrasch.
SCID is pretty good for a free program, but the commercial ones have a lot of interesting features.
I prefer list form, so allow a decent list that I came up with:
CBO or ChessBase
Fritz
Houdini
Komodo
are my top four picks. Although this really isn't an answer, it was too long for a comment so I posted it here.