PART 2 • Databases
There are other kinds of game searches you can do in Chess
King. Click the “Other fields” button in the “Find games” panel
to see a dialogue containing other search types:
• You can still search for players using this dialogue, but additional tools
are furnished for you as well.
• “Result” lets you specify whether the search should be limited to White
wins (1-0), Black wins (0-1) or draws (1/2-1/2). You can also search for
“no result” which is useful for database which contain theoretical entries
(for example, annotated opening variations).
• “Year” lets you set a range of years (or a single year, if you enter
the same year into both boxes). For example, if you want to limit a
search for games between Fischer and Spassky to their 1972 World
Championship match, you can type “1972” (without the quotes) in both
boxes.
• “Elo” lets you specify a range of ratings. For example if you want to
see only games of master-level or higher you can type “2200” in the
left-hand box and “2900” in the right-hand box. Clicking “Both” means
that both players' ratings must fall into the range you've specified,
while “Any” means that only one of the players must have a rating
in that range (so you'll also get games in which a high-level player
faced a weaker opponent). Please note: the Elo rating system wasn't
adopted for international chess play until the early 1970's, so using
an “Elo”search will leave out many, many excellent games by strong
players from the decades prior to the introduction of the rating system!
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