=============================== ChessBase 13 keyboard shortcuts =============================== First published at 4/10/2019 on https://defkey.com/chessbase-13-shortcuts ChessBase 13 is a standalone chess database, it includes millions of chess games. ChessBase was originally created for Atari ST. It was later ported to DOS. ChessBase 13 has 125 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below. Commentary symbols ------------------ Ctrl + K ¢ King Ctrl + Q £ Queen Ctrl + N ¤ Knight Ctrl + B ¥ Bishop Ctrl + R ¦ Rook Ctrl + P § Pawn Ctrl + A Attack Ctrl + I Initiative Ctrl + Shift + C Counterplay Ctrl + Alt + I With the idea Ctrl + S Space Ctrl + Shift + Z Zeitnot (time trouble) Ctrl + Alt + D Development Ctrl + L File (line) Shift + Ctrl + D Diagonal Ctrl + Alt + Z Zugzwang Ctrl + Alt + C Centre Ctrl + Shift + W × Weak point Ctrl + O Only move Ctrl + W ª with Ctrl + Alt + W º without Ctrl + Alt + Q « Queenside Ctrl + Alt + K » Kingside Ctrl + E v Endgame Ctrl + Alt + P Pair of bishops Ctrl + Alt + O ® Bishops of opposite colour Ctrl + Alt + E ¯ Bishops of same colour Ctrl + M ° With compensation for material Ctrl + 1 ± White has the upper hand Ctrl + 2 ² White stands somewhat better Ctrl + 3 ÷ Unclear Ctrl + 4 ³ Black stands somewhat better Ctrl + 5 µ Black has the upper hand Ctrl + Alt + B ¹ Better is Ctrl + Alt + R ½ Draw Ctrl + Shift + P þ Passed pawn Games lists ----------- Home Jump to beginning of list End Jump to end of list Shift + Down arrow Mark games Ctrl + Left click Mark games Shift + Page Down Mark page - full of games Shift + End Mark all games to end of list Ctrl + A Mark all games Enter Load/merge marked game(s) F10 Load next game in list Ctrl + F10 Load previous game in list Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow Automatic scrolling Page Up / Down Scroll page up/down Up arrow / Down arrow Move highlight bar and scroll Ctrl + G Go to game number Alt + Q Toggle list format, e.g. show notation / game data Ctrl + J Set start move S Show statistics for marked/all games Shift + S Show piece probability for marked/all games F5 Copy marked games into clip database O Game overview in many diagrams T Generate tournament table Ctrl + F Call up search mask to define search Tab Switch search mask on/off. If no search mask is defined, next game index + Set user medal for game Del Mark selected games as deleted Ctrl + C Mark selected games for copying Ctrl + V Paste games marked for copying Board window ------------ Ctrl + F Flip board Arrow keys Play moves forwards and backwards * Replay games automatically Ctrl + G Go to move number x Ctrl + Move the mouse Make the move a variation without query Shift + Move the mouse Overwrite next move without query T Takeback move, make next move a variation ("TNote") Ctrl + Alt + 0 Enter null move Ctrl + Y Delete variation Ctrl + Alt + C Classify game according to opening in reference database Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C Classify game according to themes Shift + F6 Find novelty/compare in reference database Shift + F7 Show Opening Reference for board position Tab Switch notation M Close variation + With the analysis engine on: Increase/decrease the number of lines calculated. - With the analysis engine on: Increase/decrease the number of lines calculated. Page Up / Down Scroll one page up/down in the notation Home Go to beginning of notation End Go to end of notation ] Cut remaining moves [ Cut previous moves Ctrl + Shift + Y Remove all variations and commentary Ctrl + A Enter text commentary after move Ctrl + Shift + A Enter text commentary before move Shift + 1 (or "!") Annotate with !, ? etc. Ctrl + Alt + Y Delete all graphic commentary Ctrl + Alt + M Enter training commentary Ctrl + Alt + W Enter correspondence chess header Ctrl + W Annotate correspondence chess move %% Ctrl + S Save game Ctrl + R Replace game F10 Load next game in list Ctrl + F10 Load previous game in list Alt + F2 Start/stop the default analysis engine Space Insert best engine move into notation Ctrl + Space Insert best variation of all engines into notation X Show threat Y Calculate next best move (only Fritz engine) Ctrl + Alt + B Open/close photos window Ctrl + Alt + N Open/close notation window Esc Close window Ctrl + Z After deleting or reordering variations: Undo Database window --------------- Tab Switch between window "panes" F3 Next higher directory level Ctrl + F12 Go to My databases Enter Open selected database/start training Ctrl + F Search for games in selected database Ctrl + Alt + L Switch database preview pane on/off Ctrl + O Open database and add it to My databases Ctrl + X Create a new database in the current directory Ctrl + Z Archive current database Ctrl + L Show games list of the selected database Ctrl + P Show players index of the selected database Ctrl + T Show tournament index of the selected database Ctrl + A Show annotator index of the selected database Ctrl + S Show source index of the selected database Ctrl + K Show openings key of the selected database Ctrl + C Mark all games for copying Ctrl + V Paste all games marked for copying in the selected database Ctrl + D Display databases as detailed list Ctrl + I Display databases as large icons Last modified on (UTC): Monday, November 11, 2019 Defkey © All rights reserved.