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When you work with ChessBase 14 you have access to more than the databases which are saved locally on your computer. A valuable support to the user is direct access to the enormous online database. Unlike the app Live Database ChessBase offers extended functionality in combination with the online database. The great advantage of the online database consists above all in the fact that games from the most recent tournament practice are also contained within it.
In this article we shall take a look at some of the possible ways in which the online database can be used in conjunction with CB 14.
One of the main uses of ChessBase is certainly the search for specific opening systems. Even in the absence of fixed installed databases the program offers valuable information to the user.
As a first step you either load a game or input the desired moves in the board window.
We take as an example the game Pachman – Castaldi from the 1947 zonal tournament. You now navigate to the opening move which creates the position on the board for which a search is to be made. Un the example the move is 6.e5 and then you click on the button Online.
You will notice that thanks to the optimised search booster in the online database, the search is carried out extremely quickly. The result of the search is now displayed in the following screenshot.
In addition to the notation and Livebook there is in each case in a separate window a list of games which precisely meet the pre-defined board position / variation and naturally an overview of all possible plausible continuations.
The information displayed does not require much in the way of explanation. You can see at a glance the number of games for the various continuations, the prospects of success as a % and the popularity in the various years.
The display of the list of players takes into account their level / rating. This means that the higher value games are placed at the top of the list of players.
This ensures that you can see immediately how the top players handle the chosen opening system. Let us first take a look at what happens if you click on an entry in the list of games.
The notation is immediately loaded into the small board window and in it the game can be played through and analysed. A click on the tab “Restore game” always brings you back to the original game.
At any point you can add interesting games to the starting notation! Example:
A right click on the game header – Copy to notation inserts the game you have found into the original notation as a variation.
If you do not want to include the complete notation you can shorten it an any time.
Like this the online database allows you the option of annotating your games clearly and on the basis of up-to-date games
As well as keeping an eye open for specific opening systems the CB14 user can also employ the online database for preparing for a particular player or looking through tournaments. Click once in the Database window, i.e. the starting screen of the program, on the button Online.
That starts the program’s simplified search dialog.
Here you can enter as your search criterion for the online database the name of a player or a tournament.
Handling the search result conforms essentially to the procedure described above in the search for openings. A click on a list entry loads the notation into the board window.
If you wish to copy the games displayed into a separate new database, you proceed as follows:
Highlight the games to be copied by Ctrl+mouse click or else a complete block of games. This way of highlighting is described in the introduction to the program.
After the games have been copied to the clipboard, you can then use Ctrl+V to paste them into an existing or newly created database.
More complex searches in the online database are carried out with the option “Advanced” in the search dialog.
There we see various additional criteria which help us to refine the search for a particular player.
Here too the user can load a game directly by selecting from the games list and then play it through. Alternatively he can highlight the games at any point, copy them on to the clipboard and transfer them to a new database.
The refined search in conjunction with the online database thus makes sense because the display of search results is limited to a maximum of 1000 games. By means of fine tuning according to the year, the tournament and other criteria it is possible to filter out from the enormous online database the desired information.
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