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After entering the serial number the download status changes to subsc ribe d .
Now the download can be started by clicking the button Dow nloa d ga m e s .
After downloading the games the user can decide what to do with them.
Add to… ” is the usual method. The new games are automatically added to the
reference database and classified. This is done automatically for the user.
Note: Please make sure that you have already defined a reference database in the
program.
Users who prefer to examine the games first before adding them to the reference
database should select “Save as separate database”. The database is copied onto
the user’s hard drive and a new database symbol is created in the database window.
You can now examine the database yourself before adding it.
The downloaded material is usually a collection of games from current tournaments,
but there may also be historical games. Updates are offered frequently, as soon as
they have been edited and prepared for download. The games are the ones that will
be used by the editors of future versions of the Megabase and Big Database.
3.4.18 Copy games to book
You can copy games into an openings book to extend it. You can drag & drop another
database symbol onto the book symbol, or drag & drop a selection of games list or
opening keys onto it.
Games
You can set the number of games you want to copy.
Length
Crucial for the size of the resulting tree is the length of the variations which are put
into the tree. It is not very meaningful to put entire games into it, so you should
truncate them at a specific point.
ChessBase allows you to limit the length of the variations in two different ways.
1. You can specify that the absolute length of every variation should be exactly “n”
moves.
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