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The Games screen The database currently contains over 4 million high-quality games, updated weekly, which can be replayed online and searched by a variety of criteria. When the list is unfiltered, the games that appear are the most important ones that occured recently. To search by White and/or black player, start typing the first letters of the player surname (or two letters followed by a comma). The system will bring up a list of the matching players and the one needed can be selected. The system matches games based on exact surname, or exact surname, comma, and exact forename. You can also search by site and tournament (the system pattern matches based on at least 3 letters typed in these search fields). There is also available a Year and ECO code search. Finally, there is a search field for the result desired. These search criteria can obviously be combined together to drill down to a specific game. A search by position can also be performed. Clicking on the "Set position" link in the search area will bring up a window in which you can set up the position to search for. In this window, there are three buttons. The "Clear" button clears the board from all pieces, while the "Game position" button will setup the current game board position in this window. You can obviously click on the pieces below the set up board and set any position. When you have set up the position you want to search for, click the "Done" button. You will notice that the tick box next to the "Set position" link will be ticked and clicking "Search" now will result in the system searching for the last position setup. Also to be noted is that if you are carrying out a search by position, you cannot include game criteria (like White, Black, ECO, etc) and these fields will be disabled. If you want to revert to searching by games criteria, just untick the "Set position" tick box. The games in the games list can be viewed by clicking on the desired row. The list shows the players and their ratings, ECO code, the year in which the game was played, the result and the total number of moves. Hovering over the players in the list with the mouse will reveal the tournament and site of the game in question. Whenever the games are updated, the default games that appear are the highest rated games amongst the ones that have just been uploaded. The Studies screen Here you can view through a variety of problems. To view the solution of a particular problem, just click on the "Show Solution" link on the Search panel. You can play through the moves and variations of the problems - variations are colour coded for better readability and playability. You can search for problems by a particular composer, keywords, and even by difficulty. Keywords can be separated by a semicolon (eg: "zugzwang;stalemate"). Registered ChessBites users can rate any problem once from 1-5. However, as an unregistered user, you can still search and solve problems. You can navigate through the problems database by entering the search criteria and clicking "Search next" or "Next Random" or by typing a problem number directly at the top left hand side and clicking the "Go" button. In the latter case, the search criteria entered will be ignored. The Daily Puzzle Here you will be presented with puzzles of varying difficulty, changed on a daily basis. These puzzles are all taken from high quality tournament games. When you think you have found the best move in the position, just click the link beneath the board and you will be taken to the actual game where the position occurred. The Position Explorer From within any game position, clicking the button "Explore" underneath the board display will present a screen with the moves played in that postion, together with statistics on white, black and draw percentages, and the total games of each move for that position. This list can be sorted by clicking on the list headers for White, Black, etc. You can easily navigate move by move through the moves played in any position. If a particular position in the Position Explorer is of interest, you can click the button "Show all games with this postion" and all the games in which the position in this window occured, will be displayed. The moves and statistics of the Position Explorer are updated in real time with each games update.

The Games screen

The database currently contains over 4 million high-quality games, updated weekly, which can be replayed online and searched by a variety of criteria. When the list is unfiltered, the games that appear are the most important ones that occured recently. To search by White and/or black player, start typing the first letters of the player surname (or two letters followed by a comma). The system will bring up a list of the matching players and the one needed can be selected. The system matches games based on exact surname, or exact surname, comma, and exact forename.
You can also search by site and tournament (the system pattern matches based on at least 3 letters typed in these search fields). There is also available a Year and ECO code search. Finally, there is a search field for the result desired. These search criteria can obviously be combined together to drill down to a specific game.
A search by position can also be performed. Clicking on the "Set position" link in the search area will bring up a window in which you can set up the position to search for. In this window, there are three buttons. The "Clear" button clears the board from all pieces, while the "Game position" button will setup the current game board position in this window. You can obviously click on the pieces below the set up board and set any position. When you have set up the position you want to search for, click the "Done" button. You will notice that the tick box next to the "Set position" link will be ticked and clicking "Search" now will result in the system searching for the last position setup. Also to be noted is that if you are carrying out a search by position, you cannot include game criteria (like White, Black, ECO, etc) and these fields will be disabled. If you want to revert to searching by games criteria, just untick the "Set position" tick box.

The games in the games list can be viewed by clicking on the desired row. The list shows the players and their ratings, ECO code, the year in which the game was played, the result and the total number of moves. Hovering over the players in the list with the mouse will reveal the tournament and site of the game in question.
Whenever the games are updated, the default games that appear are the highest rated games amongst the ones that have just been uploaded.

The Studies screen

Here you can view through a variety of problems. To view the solution of a particular problem, just click on the "Show Solution" link on the Search panel. You can play through the moves and variations of the problems - variations are colour coded for better readability and playability. You can search for problems by a particular composer, keywords, and even by difficulty. Keywords can be separated by a semicolon (eg: "zugzwang;stalemate"). Registered ChessBites users can rate any problem once from 1-5. However, as an unregistered user, you can still search and solve problems. You can navigate through the problems database by entering the search criteria and clicking "Search next" or "Next Random" or by typing a problem number directly at the top left hand side and clicking the "Go" button. In the latter case, the search criteria entered will be ignored.

The Daily Puzzle

Here you will be presented with puzzles of varying difficulty, changed on a daily basis. These puzzles are all taken from high quality tournament games. When you think you have found the best move in the position, just click the link beneath the board and you will be taken to the actual game where the position occurred.

The Position Explorer

From within any game position, clicking the button "Explore" underneath the board display will present a screen with the moves played in that postion, together with statistics on white, black and draw percentages, and the total games of each move for that position. This list can be sorted by clicking on the list headers for White, Black, etc. You can easily navigate move by move through the moves played in any position. If a particular position in the Position Explorer is of interest, you can click the button "Show all games with this postion" and all the games in which the position in this window occured, will be displayed. The moves and statistics of the Position Explorer are updated in real time with each games update.