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If the lecture is on Playchess then you load the game. The program will detect the Chess Media broadcast and open the media window. Usually lectures and broadcasts have names like“ TV ChessBase”. Note that no multimedia broadcasts are available in the main playing hall and in other tournament rooms. They are generally to be found in“ Broadcasts”, in " Training and Teaching” and in the“ Chess Media System” room. In the latter there are a lot of recorded lectures.
If the Media System window does not open by itself you can do this manually, using V ie w Che ss M e dia Sy st e m.
At the bottom of the media window there are some buttons which allow you to open a new file, start, stop and pause the replay, change the volume, and move the slider to jump to a different position in the multimedia file. Note that if you do this it will take a few seconds for the position on the board to synchronise( it is stored at regular intervals in the media file).
Note that you can pause the game at any stage and use Ctrl-S to save it in a separate database. You can also start an engine and analyse the position on the board. But make sure to save your analysis in a separate database before you continue or it will be overwritten by the game that is being replayed in the media file.
System requirements In order for you to watch and hear the Chess Media lectures you need to have a working sound system on your computer; and to have the last Windows Media Plaver Version installed. This is available free of charge on the Microsoft web site. It is probably already installed on your computer.
3.8 Computer chess
3.8.1 Engines
The chess playing part of this program is separate from, and independent of the graphical interface. The playing part is called the " chess engine ". The engine can be changed( Menu Tools – Engine), and the interface can support more than one engine at a time.
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