Introduction
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Enter your opponent’s first move (e.g. 1.e4)
Press Ctrl-W and fill out the commentary form.
Save the game (Ctrl-S) and ponder your reply.
Load the game and enter your move (e.g. 1...e5).
Press Ctrl-W and fill out the commentary form.
Click File – Print – Print Correspondence card. Mail the card to your opponent.
[Alternately click File – Send – Send correspondence move if you are playing by Email]
Replace the game (Ctrl-R) in the database.
Special games list for correspondence games
In the games list of your correspondence database you find special
correspondence columns: Last Move, Move sent, Time White, Time Black. On the
games list use right -c lic k List F orm a t
Corre sponde nc e Info to make those columns
visible.
Correspondence Notation
ChessBase supports entering games and printing in correspondence notation. Just type
5254 in the starting position. To switch to correspondence notation, call Menu Tools –
Options – Notation – 1.4244.
Question: Why is there no shortcut for the option “ Se nd c orre sponde nc e c he ss m ov e
by E-M a il”?
Answer: You can create a keyboard shortcut yourself via Cust om ize .
You can find this on the programme’s file menu.
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Configure the program
To work comfortably with ChessBase, it is essential that you understand two small
things about the window layout:
How to resize and rearrange window panes.
Also font size is essential for your individual comfort. In all text display windows
(notation windows, game lists, etc), you have right-click menus containing a Choose
Font item (or List Format -> Choose Font).
Every window contains M e nu V ie w Standard Layouts, giving you a choice of five
default skins for the program. The default skin is wood.
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