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Games &
Positions
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Chess Wizard:
A powerful chess playing and
learning software
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| Limitations in
Chess Wizard |
- Chess
Wizard supports PGN and FEN files with
the following limitations:
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Branches (variations) are not supported,
all branches (marked as parentheses in
PGN file) are regarded as comments.
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A PGN with branches may be overwritten
with a trunk-only one. Do not open a rich-branch
PGN with Chess Wizard for modification.
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Only the first game in PGN file can be
read out.
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A multi-game PGN may be overwritten with
a single-game one. Do not open a multi-game
PGN with Chess Wizard for modification.
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Only the first position in FEN file can
be read out.
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A multi-position FEN may be overwritten
with a single-position one. Do not open a multi-position
FEN with Chess Wizard for modification.
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| How does Chess
Wizard parse openings? |
- Chess
Wizard parses openings according to ECO.TXT
in Chess Wizard folder.
- See Encyclopaedia of
Chess Openings for details.
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| How to type in
moves? |
- You
can type in algebraic notation in Type In text box
and press enter to make a move by
keyboard. See Algebraic Notation for
details.
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feature (with the shortcut Ctrl+I) is
useful for users with visual impairment.
Chess Wizard will beep and clear Type In text box
if the typed move is not correct or
ambiguous to parse.
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| How to deduce
variations? |
- You
can click Analyze in
New Window button to deduce
the current position in a new Chess
Wizard window.
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| How to demonstrate
a game? |
- After
opening a game, you can press down Demonstrate button in
the toolbar, then Chess Wizard will
replay the whole game move by move to the
end.
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stop replaying, you can release Demonstrate button.
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default interval in replay is one second
between two moves. You can increase the
interval in Preferences dialog.
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