Let us assume you have just received a delivery of new games, e.g. This function is a quick and elegant way to find out what’s new in your openings systems. Remember that you can also click a directory with many databases or in fact an entire partition of your hard disk and use the search mask to find all repertoire games there. This will retrieve all games in a database which are relevant to your repertoire. Simply call up the search mask (Ctrl-F) and click In repertoire. With a repertoire database it is easy to search for games that match this repertoire. The same command is to be found in the Tools menu, and you can press Shift-Ctrl-Alt-F to execute it. ChessBase will open a search result window and list all games from your repertoire database in which the position occurred. With a game loaded in the board window right-click a position and use Search in Repertoire. If you have a single game or variation without branching lines in your repertoire database, you can specify the first relevant position by annotating it as Critical opening position: right-click on the move, chose Special annotation – critical opening position. When you manually add a game to your repertoire there are two way of determining from which move on the game represents your repertoire. You can load games from your repertoire database and add analysis or commentary. If no repertoire database exists, ChessBase will automatically create one and add an icon to your database window. It will even suggest a suitable name for it (e.g. If your game contains a completely new line the program will save it as a new game. You can let it do so or overrule it and save the game as a separate entry. If the game is very similar to an existing repertoire game, ChessBase will suggest merging the two games in the repertoire database. There is also the same command in the Tools menu, and you can press Shift-Ctrl-Alt-A.ĬhessBase will save your game with the variations which are already stored in the repertoire database. With a game in the board window right-click the board and select Add to repertoire. How to add games to the repertoire databaseįirst of all you can save or copy games into your repertoire database, just like any other database.
In the dialog that appears click the “Repertoire database” checkbox.ĬhessBase has a number of functions that will help you look after and even automatically update your repertoire. To make a database your repertoire database right-click the icon in the database window and select Properties. In it you collect all information on the openings systems you like to play. The repertoire database is a collection of annotated games or variations in which you look after your repertoire.