VIEW MODE. To access a single game, use the View mode. There are two ways of switching from the list to the View mode:
VIEW MODE. Use the buttons below the chessboard, toolbar icons and hot-keys. • To set up a position to play, click on the small arrow to the right of the icon on the toolbar and select the desired command from the drop- down menu. • To set time control, click on the icon on the toolbar. • To stop the clock for a while, no matter who is to move, click on the icon, and to resume the game, click on it again. • You can save the game in the ENGINEGAMES base and (optionally) fill in the game header fields. If the game is not finished yet and you don’t want to continue it, press [Esc], and the program will offer you to Assign game result. Press one of the four radio buttons (1:0, ½, 0:1, or None), click on OK, and the Stop game window will appear. Select the desired action and press OK. • To adjourn the game, just save it in the ENGINEGAMES base as described above. To resume it, open the desired game in View mode and select Engines | Play against an engine | Resume in the main menu or press [Shift] [Ctrl] [F11]. • While playing blitz games, you may consider the option to promote a
VIEW MODE. To access a single game, use the View mode. There are two ways of switching from the list to the View mode: Click on the icon or press [F4] key. Click on it again if you want to return to the list. Opening a new window for the View mode. There are five ways to accomplish this: By selecting the Dataset | View command in the main menu; Clicking on the icon; Double-clicking on the required game in the list; Pressing [Enter]; Pressing [F2]. The View mode presents a chessboard, game header, the notation, a fragment of Tree and the Game progress diagram. (You can modify the window just as in the List mode: selecting This window’s properties in the local menu). To replay moves and annotations use the arrow keys or two button bars below the chessboard. The buttons are similar to videocassette recorder controls. In the upper row (from left to right): In the lower row (from left to right): Jumps to the starting position Jumps into the variation Steps back a half-move Goes to the upper level Deletes the latest half-move Goes to the next variation Steps forward a half-move Shows the list of games from huge base Jumps to the end position The View section in the toolbar includes three buttons (from left to right): Begins replaying the game Starts next games automatically Adjusts the replaying speed Press this button if you want to stop auto-replaying. When you replay a game, the linked Tree can be seen below the game notation, showing you a detailed report on the current position with full statistics, evaluations, previously analyzed lines, and annotations. See Chapter 13 Chess Trees for details. Clicking on the tree window with the right mouse button produces the following local menu:
VIEW MODE. Use the buttons below the chessboard, toolbar icons and hot-keys. To set up a position to play, click on the small arrow to the right of the icon on the toolbar and select the desired command from the drop-down menu. To set time control, click on the icon on the toolbar. To stop the clock for a while, no matter who is to move, click on the icon, and to resume the game, click on it again. You can save the game in the EngineGames base and (optionally) fill in the game header fields. If the game is not finished yet and you don’t want to continue it, press [Esc], and the program will offer you to Assign game result. Press one of the four radio buttons (1:0, ½, 0:1, or None), click on OK, and the Stop game window will appear. Select the desired action and press OK. To adjourn the game, just save it in the EngineGames base as described above. To resume it, open the desired game in View mode and select Engines | Play against an engine | Resume in the main menu or press [Shift] [Ctrl] [F11]. W xxxx playing blitz games, you may consider the option to promote a pawn to a queen by default. To enable it, select Always Queen in the local menu of the chessboard. To receive the engine’s commentary after a game, enable the Online comment check box in the Play options pane in the Tools | Chess engines setup window. The program puts marks (?!, ?, ??) to your moves which it considers weak, and suggests stronger lines.
