Manual de Chess Position Trainer 4 2012 | Page 54

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The candidate move list shows all considered moves for the current position which are also called candidate
moves. In this context “considered” means that either you manually added the move to the opening or you imported it from a PGN file or another database. It does not mean that all possible or even just good moves are
shown. Instead it is your responsibility to make sure you don’t miss any important candidate move for every
position of your opening. It is recommended to get familiar with the concept of candidate moves by reading the
section The concept of Candidate Moves (p. 17).
If you double-click on a move notation the move will be executed and added to the move list.
In classical game databases you have only a move list and variations are shown within the list. They get quickly
clumsy and hard to read. CPT separates the move list from alternative moves per position. It is also very easy to
browse through all variations.
You can add moves to the candidate move list by making a new move on the chessboard (besides importing
moves). The move will be added to the current opening.
Let’s have a deeper look at the candidate move list. The description of the columns and the abbreviations of
their names are explained next.
Best Move
The first column shows whether the move is considered a “best move” or not. This information can be used for
training where you can determine to accept all “best moves” and not just the top-ranked candidate move. Yo