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that this is a certain way to lose every game, and to do so unbelievably quickly.
Tip: Before trying out this feature on the chess server and risking valuable ratings
points, you should play with the function against a chess engine such as Houdini. The
option also works in classical play against chess engines.
3.11.8.2 Database search – watch out for small or capital letters
If you use the search mask in Houdini to look for specific players, the program only
selects from the database those entries is which the player’s name begins with a
capital letter. But when you play games on the chess server or get game data from
the internet, then a lot of players’ names are written with a lower case letter at the
start. Is there any way to collect from the database entries for players whose names
start with a lower case letter?
The search function in the program or ChessBase considers that all names start with a
capital letter. If, e.g., you are looking for "pe t e r", the program changes the search
criterion to "Pe t e r". This procedure actually offers a lot of advantages when you are
searching for names.
But, since there are a lot of games in, e.g., the database MyInternetGames with
names in lower case, there must be some way to home in on these and select them.

Solution: In your search, enter a * in front of the names. So in the aforementioned
example, you should enter simply “* pe t e r into the search mask.

3.11.8.3 Displaying thinking time
The chess clock with Fritz displays elapsed thinking time for both sides.
The left hand clock is for White and the one on the right shows the time used by
Black.

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