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3.1.28 Merging games
Select a number of games either by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on
individual games, or by holding down the Shift key and moving the band down the list
with the cursor keys. Hit Enter to merge them all into a single variation tree. The first
game becomes the main line, the others are given as variations.
You can merge games even more precisely: highlight a game or games in the list and
then use Drag & Drop to insert them into the notation of the current game.
Merging a single variation
You can use Drag & Drop to copy individual variations from one game into another. If
you have two board windows open you can grab a variation (by its first move) in one
notation and drag it into the second. It will be inserted there as a new line. You do
not need to worry where you drop it, ChessBase will automatically find the correct
place to insert it.
Merging identical games
If a number of people have annotated the same game you may want to merge these
analyses into one single annotated game. When you do so there are certain
conventions you should stick to:
Define one game as the parent game. It's commentator is regarded as the main
commentator and his name will appear in the games list.
When you merge the analysis of another commentator (by simply dragging the
entire game into the first one) you should manually type in the name of its author the
first time there is a deviation from the parent game's analysis. The name is entered as
text commentary in the game. All other commentators should be listed in the same
way, as text the first time their commentary appears.
Reordering the merged variations
You can create very large openings repertoires by merging games and variations.
Normally the variations will be inserted in the order in which they were encountered.
There is a function with which you can considerably improve the structure of the
variations.
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