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2.1.4.1.3 Tip Search mask
Suppose you have a collection of games where the same name is spelt or recorded
differently in a database, e.g. “Mueller” and “Müller”. If you search for Müller’s games
as White by entering “M” under the first and last names (with “Ignore colours” active),
then only the games where the player was recorded as “Mueller” are returned, or in
which Black also had a name beginning with M.
This is due to the way that the program has been implemented - it operates on the
assumption that players’ names can only be composed of letters from A-Z and does
not include other characters, such as umlauts other diacritics.
Solution: Use the * wildcard and enter “M*” instead of “M”
2.1.4.1.4 Search mask – Annotations
Se a rc h m a sk, Annot a t ions.
Text1, Text2
You can enter two text strings, and ChessBase will retrieve all games in which either is
contained. All variations and all languages are considered. “Whole word” will retrieve
only games in which the word stands alone, i.e. “dramatic” will not find “dramatically”.
Please note: If you only enter a blank character as Text1 ChessBase will retrieve all
games that contain a lot of text commentary.
Symbols
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