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Most parts of this tutorial are, of course, about tips and tricks for your analysis. However, it’s often underestimated how important it is to set up your screen in a way that feels comfortable to you.
In this part of the tutorial, we’ll show you how a few simple clicks can make your daily training sessions more comfortable.
Simply click on the main menu item "Board" in a board window to open the options for customising the board design.
A brief digression:
There are a few points that are not directly related to the design, but are useful to explain briefly in this context:
The Coordinates option is more about appearance. If you tick the box (see next screenshot), the coordinates will be displayed at the bottom and left of the board.
However, this tutorial focuses on the next areas of the menu. First, let's take a look at the "2D Board" area: If you click on the down arrows there, the options will open:
Once again, it's time to experiment. In the following screenshot, we have made selections in the "Square" menu item as well as in the "Pieces" and "Table" options. The layout changes as follows:
As everywhere else, the same applies here: it's all a matter of taste and personal preference!
In the next example, we have done the same for the "3D Board" area – with the options "3D Board" and "Raytraced Board":
For users who prefer a 3D view, additional graphic effects are available via "ray tracing".
Pro tips:
In part 4 of this tutorial, we already discussed the "Options" menu (shortcut CTRL+ALT+o). Here you will also find a menu item called "Board Design":
In addition to the options shown above, you can also select a few other settings here. The proportions and dimensions of the board and pieces are particularly important additions.
The menu items "Rating" and "Replay arrows under board", which are not directly related to the design topic, allow you to activate or deactivate these two options. In addition, you can use "Blind All", "Blind White" and "Blind Black" to activate blind mode and, depending on your selection, hide all pieces, only the white pieces or only the black pieces.
Now we hope you enjoy analysing your positions on your customised board design.
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ChessBase has developed over decades to become what it is now in its 2026 version. The program has countless options, which we will present here in small portions – so you can design your interface for pleasant daily use and keep learning about new options and how to use them to get the most out of ChessBase´26 and save time.
We hope that this tip will help you to have more fun and be more successful when using ChessBase´26. You can find more tips and hints on our support pages and FAQ pages.
All parts of the series and more links:
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