PART 2 • Databases
First, let's find and load the GigaKing database. Click the
large “Games” button in the ribbon, and then click on the
GigaKing database from the panel:
• When you click “Games” from the ribbon, the panel will show you the
databases you've created and imported, as well as the databases
which come with Chess King. The number in parentheses after a
database's name indicates the number of games which are in that
database. (Don't worry if the GigaKing which came with your Chess
King program displays a different number of games. Newer versions of
Chess King have larger GigaKing databases, since we continually add
new games to the database to keep it up to date.)
• The most basic form of database search is a header search. The
“header” of a chess game in a database contains basic information to
identify the game: the player names, the year the game was played, the
result of the game; often additional information is included, such as the
place a game was played, the opening (“ECO”) code, and even the Elo
ratings of the players. When you click on the GigaKing database in the
left-hand panel, you'll see a list of games and, at the top of the screen,
a box which lets you do the most basic header search: a search for the
games of a particular player.
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