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to sacrifice for the opportunity to fulfil the other criteria. For instance, if you have set
maximum piece play with the queen and a blunder range of 1.0, this means that the
program will sometimes sacrifice a pawn in order to be able to move the queen. A
setting of 3.0 or more will make it sacrifice a whole piece for the privilege.
The chess clock only records the time and has no further relevance, so you can think
for as long as you like.

3.2.7

Rated games
T ra ining

Ra t e d ga m e

This switches the program into a special mode for serious tournament games which
gives you an objective assessment of your playing strength.
In rated games, you will not be able to take back moves or receive any help from the
program. You can only offer a draw or resign.

The only buttons available during a rated
game are: Stop, draw offer, resign, Contra!,
J'adoube

All rated games are automatically saved in the
directory \ChessBase\CompBase\AutoSave. After a certain number of games you will

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