games, the positions and moves you have played.
If you have been using another chess software application we recommend you save your games in PGN
format - that is the Portable Game Notation that allows you to transfer your games in a portable way similar
to what PDF documents are to documents. You can open the PGN of your games in HIARCS Chess
Explorer or copy and paste all the games into a new PGN database within HIARCS Chess Explorer by
using the copy and paste games function.
If you don't already have a database of your games in PGN format you can set this up as follows:
1) Create a new database and name it - for example MyGames
2) If you have the game entered in a different chess software application you can copy and paste it into the
MyGames database tab.
3) Enter your games into the Game Notation and save each game into the MyGames database. As you do
this you will see the Opening Explorer is automatically building an opening repertoire tree from the games.
You can then use Analysis Explorer to analyse your games and update your games database with
annotations and variations as appropriate.
You can also store your games in other databases as appropriate. HIARCS Chess Explorer can open
multiple databases simultaneously so you can easily handle more than one databases at the same time.
Entering and annotating games
To enter a game first decide on the database context for this game. This is important so you put the game
in the correct game collection. You can of course copy and paste games to different databases but it makes
sense to choose the PGN database appropriate for the game you wish to enter.
With the database open it appears in HIARCS Chess Explorer in its own tab. With the database tab
selected you can choose the Game->New menu item and the Game Notation will be cleared ready for entry
of a new game.
You can enter moves and add comments, move symbols, evaluation symbols or other symbols at any time
using the move context menu.
Analysing games
You can have any compatible UCI engine analyse a game. With the game loaded in the Game Notation you
can access analyse game in one of two ways:
· choose the Game->Analyse game... menu item and the Analysis Explorer will open (if not already open)
and select the last engine used and open the Analyse Game dialog for you to configure the analysis.
· Alternatively with the Analysis Explorer pane open you can select the engine you wish to use to
analyse the game and then click the analyse game icon
next to the engine name.
Please see the Analyse Game dialog section for details on configuring game analysis.
Learning to play openings
You can practice playing openings using the non standard starting position element of the Play game
dialog:
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