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what the analysis board could possibly be useful for. After all the program in its regular layout offers some of the finest analysis functions available in current chess software. You can switch on one or more engines, let them analyse one or more lines, copy the main move or entire variations into the game notation with a single mouse click, you can lock the engine to a particular position and then continue studying the game while the engine is working. It is even possible to play through the main line the engine is displaying on a small variation board. And there is a wealth of additional automatic analysis functions, like blunder check, deep position analysis, shootout, compare analysis, etc.( all in the menu " Tools "). So why do we need an additional analysis board?
Well, one important advantage is that you have an additional board to work on. It is like using a pocket chess set when watching a GM game. You have the original position in view and can experiment with lines on the pocket chess.
The biggest advantage of the analysis board becomes clear when you are logged into the Chess server and are watching a game. Theoretically you could periodically " unplug " the transmission( by pressing Ctrl-U) and start analysing on the main board. But then you do not know when new moves are played. And once you plug back into the transmission the board jumps straight to the current position in the game. With the new analysis board things become considerably easier. You can watch the game and, without disturbing the position, try out lines on the second board.
There are a number of buttons below it to support the analysis. Here is a description of what each of them do.
Start – this activates the analysis board( which is initially empty) and copies the position from the main board onto it. You can start moving pieces on the analysis board, using the engine to help you if you wish. The new lines appear in a copy of the main game notation, but the position on the main board remains unchanged.
Stop – this ends the analysis session, empties the analysis board and jumps to the main game notation. If you restart the analysis board you will see that the
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