Chapter 12. Analysis Board

The Analysis Board allows you to explore different lines in a position, add and remove variations and annotations, and copy the results to a comment if required.

Copy to Comment

Copies all of the current analysis to a comment on the entity the board was launched from. The label for the copy comment button changes to reflect the target entity. For examples if you launched the analysis board from a board showing a game in the chess database, then the label will be "Copy to Game Comment".

Copy Selection to Comment

If you drag the mouse over a subset of the move list, you can copy only the selected moves to a comment.

Delete to End

This button deletes all moves from the currently selected move to the end of the line, any variations and annotations attached to the deleted moves will also be copied. If you want to delete the entire line, then select the first move before using this button.

Promote Variation

This button promotes a variation into a main line (or parent variation for deeply nested variations). For the simple case where there is a variation straight off the main line, this button will promote the variation to become the new main line, and the existing main line will become a sub-variation to the main line. To operate the button, select any move in the variation you wish to promote, and then click the button.

Annotation Entry

To add an annotation to your analysis, enter the text of your annotation comment in the before move or after move annotation boxes, and then click on save, the comment will be added in the appropriate position in the move list relative to the currently selected move.

Engine Analysis...

Displays the engine analysis panel. See the Engine Analysis Section of the User Guide for more details.