Chess Tempo User Guide Chess Tempo Chess Tempo User Guide Chess Tempo Copyright © 2012 Chess Tempo Table of Contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 The Chess Tempo Board .............................................................................................. 1 Piece Movement ................................................................................................. 1 Navigation Buttons .............................................................................................. 1 Board Settings .................................................................................................... 2 Other Buttons ............................................................................................................. 3 Play Position vs Computer Button .................................................................................. 4 2. Tactics Training .............................................................................................................. 5 Blitz/Standard/Mixed ................................................................................................... 5 Blitz Mode ......................................................................................................... 5 Standard Mode ................................................................................................... 5 Mixed Mode ...................................................................................................... 5 Alternatives ................................................................................................................ 6 Rating System ............................................................................................................ 6 Standard Rating .................................................................................................. 6 Blitz Rating ........................................................................................................ 6 Duplicate Problem Rating Adjustment .................................................................... 7 Screen Controls .......................................................................................................... 7 3. Endgame Training ........................................................................................................... 9 Theory Mode .............................................................................................................. 9 Practice Mode ............................................................................................................ 9 Rating System ............................................................................................................ 9 Endgame Played Move List ........................................................................................ 10 Endgame Legal Move List .......................................................................................... 10 Endgame Blitz Mode ................................................................................................. 10 Play Best ................................................................................................................. 11 Screen Controls ......................................................................................................... 11 4. Chess Database ............................................................................................................. 12 Opening Explorer ...................................................................................................... 12 Candidate Move Stats ........................................................................................ 13 White Win/Draw/Black Win Percentages ............................................................... 13 Filtering/Searching and the Opening Explorer ......................................................... 13 Explorer Stats Options ........................................................................................ 14 Related Openings .............................................................................................. 14 Game Search ............................................................................................................ 14 Results List ...................................................................................................... 14 Quick Search .................................................................................................... 15 Advanced Search ............................................................................................... 16 Game Details Search .................................................................................. 16 Material Search ......................................................................................... 17 Games for Position .................................................................................................... 20 Players List .............................................................................................................. 20 Player Search .................................................................................................... 20 Player Table ..................................................................................................... 21 Openings List ........................................................................................................... 21 Openings Search ............................................................................................... 21 Openings Table ................................................................................................. 22 Player Details Page .................................................................................................... 22 Comments ........................................................................................................ 23 Rating Graph .................................................................................................... 23 Opening Stats ................................................................................................... 23 iii Chess Tempo User Guide Repertoire Selector ............................................................................................ 23 Opening Details Page ................................................................................................. 23 Comments ........................................................................................................ 23 Opening Popularity Graph ................................................................................... 23 Game Details ............................................................................................................ 24 Game Data ....................................................................................................... 24 Move List ........................................................................................................ 24 Current Opening ................................................................................................ 24 Game Actions ................................................................................................... 24 Permanent Link ................................................................................................. 25 Material Graph .................................................................................................. 26 Game Comments ............................................................................................... 26 Database Subset Selector ............................................................................................ 26 Filter Impact Selector ................................................................................................. 26 Database Related Board Buttons .................................................................................. 26 5. Comment System ........................................................................................................... 28 Adding a New Comment ............................................................................................ 28 Comment Voting ....................................................................................................... 28 Comment Boards ....................................................................................................... 28 Editing and Deleting Comments ................................................................................... 29 My Comments .......................................................................................................... 29 6. Problem Search and Custom Problem Sets ......................................................................... 30 Basic Search ............................................................................................................. 30 Advanced Search ....................................................................................................... 31 Advanced Search - Problem Features .................................................................... 31 Advanced Search - Attempts Criteria .................................................................... 32 Advanced Search - Ordering Options .................................................................... 33 Advanced Search - Source Game Criteria ...................................................................... 34 Creating Custom Problem Sets ...................................................................................