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Correspondence chess management
See also ICCF Chess Server ....
ChessBase has extensive management functions for correspondence chess players. It
will look after correspondence games, keep track of progress, present them in the best
way possible, print out cards, and send email to your opponents.
These are the available functions:
To start a correspondence game you must first fill out the correspondence header
for the game:
Board window: Insert – Annotations – Special annotation – Correspondence chess
header (Ctrl-Alt-W)
For each move you are going to send you must enter a correspondence move
commentary:
Board window: Insert – Annotations – Special annotation – Correspondence move
(Ctrl-W)
To send a correspondence chess move click:
Board window: M e nu F ile – Print
Print Corre sponde nc e c a rd.
To get a report on the status of the game click:
Board window: File – Print – Print Correspondence report.
To e-mail a correspondence move or report click:
Board window: M e nu F ile Se nd Se nd c orre sponde nc e m ov e /re port .
Note: The correspondence header only needs to be entered once for a game, but
every move of the game must get a “correspondence move” commentary. This keeps
track of the time spent by each side. When you have executed a move for yourself
and inserted the correspondence move commentary you can print out the letter or
postcard you send to your opponent.
How to play a correspondence game
This is basically how you start and maintain a correspondence game:
Click the New game button or press Ctrl-N.
Press Ctrl-Alt-W to get the header mask. Fill out the header form as explained in
the next sections.
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