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Firstly select one of the game
entries available in the visualizer page. This action will load the Chess
Tutor applet. It takes around 30 seconds to be ready depending of your access
speed.
Accessing and re-playing a game
The visualizer applet reads from a games catalog database. You may select
one of
these catalog entries (click just once) which will result in a new Window containing a chess
board.
By selecting from the available buttons, you may play one move at a time, play
all
the moves in sequence, go back a move, stop a play sequence, or reset the game
to
the starting position. You may also set use the 'sliding bar' below the moves
list
to advance or reverse to any place in the game.
As each move is made, the current move is highlighted in the moves list.
The moves list is clickable, so that clicking on any one move will cause the
chessboard
to advance (or reverse) to the position resulting from such a move.
If variations exist for a given move, then the Variations menu will be enabled.
When
one of the available variations is selected, a new Chess board window will be
opened
displaying the position at the beginning of the variation. Also, when there are
variations
at a given move, a blue dot will be displayed by the move. Double-clicking on
the move
in the moves list will open all the variations at that given move. You may then
play
through the remaining moves in the same manner described above.
Filtering a games database
You may select the filter button to narrow down the number of games displayed in
the games list. For instance you may wish to only display games played by a given
player, and/or
which contain a certain move order. Enter this information in the Filter window,
enable
the appropriate checkboxes, and press the 'Execute' button, and away you go.
Analysis of moves and positions
As you traverse through each move, comments which have been attached
to a
move will appear on the right bottom panel of the Window. Hopefully, these
comments will
give some insight into key moves. At the end of the game, when
all moves have been completed,
there may also appear an Analysis window with an overview analysis of the entire
line of play.
Note that not all moves and/or games are annotated, so do not be alarmed when
you do not see
any commentary or analysis.
Downloading Games
You may download any of the games
you wish. Just
click in the "Download PGN Database Button ". The games are in the PGN format.
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