New Database Browser
The Database Window containing game lists, player, tournament index,
opening keys, etc, has been rewritten from scratch. The lists are
configurable, sortable and present more information than in previous
versions.
- Left-click on a column header (“White”) to sort the
list by this attribute.
- Drag a column header left or right to change the order of columns.
- Right-click on a column header for a menu to hide or show individual
columns.
- Right-click in the game list for predefined list formats and
font choices.
- Point the mouse arrow at an arbitrary item to get extra (“Tool
Tip”) information like first names, or explanation of abbreviated
data like medals.
- Double-click a game to load.
- Hold the Ctrl-key to click and select several games.
- Drag one or several games with the mouse to another position
in the list to reorder the list manually. Hint: Use this to
control printing and merging order.
- Drop a notation from a board window into the list to save a
game.
Integrated Player, Tournament, Source, Annotator and Team Index
- Click on the player tab of the database browser to see an index
of all players in a database.
- Type the first letters of a name to jump to a player in the
list. Hit F7 to set the cursor into the edit field (Type Here).
Hit Tab to jump from the search edit field into the player
(or tournament, team, etc.) list.
- Click on a player in the list to see his games and his tournaments.
- Click on a column to sort the player list by name, total number
of games, recent Elo rating, Country, photo, etc.
- An improved index format (two additional files) yields this
information without searches in the database as in ChessBase 6,
7, 8.
- Click “Filter” to search for players by country,
Elo, title, etc.
For Tournaments, Source, Annotator and Teams, you find similar
browsers. For tournaments, the Full Text Search in the tournament
filter is especially useful.
New opening key layout
In ChessBase 9, you navigate through opening keys in the way of
the Windows File Explorer:
- Use Cursor Up/Down to move between variations. The games of
the variation will be shown automatically in the games window
below.
- Use Cursor Right to open a node with sub variations, Cursor
Left (or Backspace) to jump to the previous node.
- Click on the “Notation” column in the games list to
sort the games by move order, beginning from the critical position.
The moves leading to the classification position are shown as
title at the top, together with classification code and traditional
name of the opening line.
Automatic Opening Reference
The board window introduces a fast background search automatically
showing all moves and all games played in the current position from
the reference database. The best players, the best Elo, the score
and the latest date of a move played are shown. A couple of moves
into a variation, the search responds instantaneously, also on slower
computers. The background search profits from the Hyperthreading
feature of modern Intel processors.
- Click on a move in the reference window to execute on the board.
- Use Cursor Up/Down/Left/Right to navigate in the opening reference.
- Right-click on a game in the game list and select “Copy
to notation” to create a comfortable opening annotation in
your original game. If the selected games have variations, you
will be prompted to include them or not.
New HEUMAS
HEUMAS, the Heuristic Move Assistant, has been rewritten
from scratch. HEUMAS radically speeds up entering games. If you
click on a square, the most plausible move to or from this square
is marked and executed upon release of the mouse button. HEUMAS
now contains its own embedded chess engine and openings book. If
the board window for entering a game has an openings book loaded,
this will be used additionally. The average hit rate for move suggestions
is higher than 97%, if clicking on the target square in grandmaster
games.
HTML Support in database text
All texts by ChessBase 9.0 (Repertoire Scan, Player Dossier, Opening
Report) are generated in HTML. Furthermore creating your own database
text can be down in an HTML editor, providing all compatibility
advantages of this format.
Game History
All your loaded and saved games are stored automatically in the
Game History. Day, by Day, Month by Month, Year by Year, this creates
a full record of your chess work, at a rate of one database per
day. In the board window, click the Back/Forward buttons to go back
to games you used earlier in the day. Alternatively, type Alt-Cursor
Left/Right as in Internet Explorer. Click on Game History in the
Database folder window, then on Search, to search in all databases
of the history for a game, player, position, etc.
While you are entering a game, it is stored automatically
in the history every ten minutes as automatic version backup. You
can switch off the history for security reasons if doing sensitive
preparation work.
Fast Real 3D Board supported
ChessBase 9.0 contains the ultra fast DirectX-based 3D board Modern
with a simple but aesthetic piece design. This beautiful board is
not an aesthetic show piece but optimized for speed, contrast and
thus optimal visualization for practical chess work. Initialization
of the Modern board takes less than a second on a modern graphics
adapter. Best Practice for 3D Boards:
• Use Settings -> 3D Effects -> Shadows -> Rendered
Shadow for a fast but realistic shadow effect.
Experiment with Settings -> 3D Effects -> Animation to get
a smooth move animation. Rightclick and drag the board to change
its orientation. Ctrl-Mousewheel to zoom. Ctrl-Rightclick to change
the view point. Piece sets from other ChessBase programs like Fritz8
can also be used.
Threat Animation
The board window has an embedded chess engine which denotes the
threat in the current position as an orange arrow. It also optionally
points out the move which creates the strongest threat. This is
not necessarily the strongest move, but highlights possible tactics
and will inspire your analysis.
Improved Search
- Full text search in game headers
- Negated game header search (“NOT”).
- Search for number of pieces on the board (“6-men endgames”).
- Search for wins of a player.
- Improved entry on OR and NOT board in position search
Various improvements
- Chess Media System (teaching videos with synchronized chess
boards) integrated. Menu File -> Open -> Chess Media
System.
- Load a single annotated game as opening book. Right-click
in game list -> Selection to tree.
- Delete and replace games in PGN Databases. Hit Del.
- Full integration of the DGT sensor board.
- New notation “Score Sheet” including print functions.
- Reordering of variations when annotating a game. Hit Ctrl-Arrow-Up/Down
in the variation choice dialog to move a variation.
- Integrated client to chess server playchess.com.
- Classification of database in opening keys speeded up.
- Mirror board in position setup on both axes. Useful to create
“new” tactical puzzles.
- Configure Windows Clipboard (e.g. type of PGN format): Menu
Options -> Clipboard.
- Drag & Drop from and to all lists.
- Optional display of final material in all game lists. Menu
Tools -> Classification -> Final Material in the Database
Browser Window generates this information.
- Save Games by Drag&Drop or Edit/Copy-Paste from a game
notation to a database list. Hit Ctrl-C, then change to database
list (or to database preview in main window), hit Ctrl-V to save.
- Forfeit (win by default) as new game result.
- Tool Tips explain notation symbols.
- Text annotation entry dialog resizeable. Remembers last position
and size.
- Clean Up Variations.
- Spoken notation.
- Board sounds.
- Changing of tournament, source, annotator, team for multiple
game selections: Right-click on selection -> Edit ->
More
- Reset of Elo numbers for multiple games. Example: Internet
tournament with inflated Elo: Open tournament index, click
on the tournament, click in the game list, hit Ctrl-A, Right-Click
-> Edit -> More -> Reset Elo numbers.
- User defined shortcuts for all menu entries.
- Improved handling of training questions, including new multiple
choice training.
- Improved presentation of game overview in multiple diagrams.
- Shows Archives (CBV-file) in database explorer window and file
selector.
- Correspondence notation (“1.5254 5755”) supported
also for keyboard entering.
- Correspondence management information visible in game lists.
- Tournament Template with correspondence chess options like
time control.
- Improved correspondence chess management in printing, emailing,
holiday, etc.
- Improved match recognition in tournament cross tables.
- Supports huge database with > 4G file size.
- UCI Engine interface.
- Engine parameters can be saved as individual files.
- Tablebase directory configuration improved
- Multivariation analysis shows which lines have been verified
at current search depth.
- Improved graphics like transparent arrows on the board.
- New size-optimized GIFs for Javascript-games. Right-click
on game selection -> Output -> HTML+Javascript
- Supports Windows ClearType font management in game lists and
notation.
- Improved cooperation with Outlook for emailing games.
- Create a new database with Right-Click “New ChessBase
Database” in Windows Explorer.
- All file types registered in Windows.
- Reacts without fuss to removal of a CD: Related database windows
are closed automatically.
- Evaluation column in repertoire print function. Menu Print
-> Repertoire for heavily annotated opening analysis
System Recommendations: Windows XP or better, 256 MB RAM,
1 GHz or better. New Graphics adaptor for a fast 3D board.
Required: Windows 98, 64 MB RAM, 300 MHz. ChessBase 9.0 does
not support Win 95 or NT 3.
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