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Cloud, so that you can look at them on any computer that has ChessBase 13.
You can create the repertoire databases at any time by selecting Re port -> Cre a t e
Re pe rt oire in the database window and accessing a database with your own games.
If you already have a single repertoire database that you created without separating
colours in ChessBase 12, the function Report -> Create Repertoire offers the possibility
to divide it into White and Black. ChessBase uses the moves that you have marked
Blue. It is strongly recommended to divide your repertoire into White and Black.
In the board window, use the function Report -> Repertoire -> Mark Move Blue.
This marks the moves in your games which should be added to your repertoire. This
builds a repertoire report for new game collections or searching in the repertoire
database. There is no sense in marking all your games with 1.e4 in the repertoire
report just because 1.e4 leads to a line in your repertoire database with Ruy Lopez.
How to add games to the repertoire database
First of all you can save or copy games into your repertoire database, just like any
other database. With a game in the board window right-click the board and select Add
to repertoire. There is also the same command in the Tools menu, and you can press
Shift-Ctrl-Alt-A.
ChessBase will save your game with the variations which are already stored in the
repertoire database. If the game is very similar to an existing repertoire game,
ChessBase will suggest merging the two games in the repertoire database. You can let
it do so or overrule it and save the game as a separate entry. If your game contains a
completely new line the program will save it as a new game. It will even suggest a
suitable name for it (e.g. "Sicilian Four Knights").
If no repertoire database exists, ChessBase will automatically create one and add an
icon to your database window.
Defining the repertoire
You can load games from your repertoire database and add analysis or commentary.
When you manually add a game to your repertoire there are two way of determining
from which move on the game represents your repertoire.
1. In the repertoire database a game is only considered from the first branching point
onwards. For instance if you have entered the moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6
(3... Nf6), then the first position of your repertoire is the one after 3.Bb5. Games
beginning with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 are ignored, as are, of course, games
beginning with 1.e4 c5.
2. If you have a single game or variation without branching lines in your repertoire
database, you can specify the first relevant position by annotating it as Critical
opening position: right-click on the move, chose Special annotation – critical
opening position.
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