You replay games in the board window after you load them from a games list with a double-click or the enter key.

 

Click in the notation window to jump to any position. Use the cursor keys to play forward and backward. Or click on the navigation buttons below the board:

 

 

If the replay arrows are not visible, right-click below the board to switch them on. The white arrows in the green circle navigate in the game history. The stop arrows lead to the begin/end of the current variation. The single arrows go forwards/backwards move by move. The red undo button in the center cancels the last move entered.

 

ChessBase has a new, intuitive way to navigate games. The slider below the board can be dragged or clicked, as in a media player, to get to different parts of the game very quickly. This is especially useful in long, commented games. You can install the slider by using the menu right-clicking the board and using Board Design -> Slider.

 

 

You enter moves with the mouse or by typing the coordinates ("e2e4"). You can annotate a game with variations, text, chess symbols and many other special features like colored arrows.

 

While you replay or enter a game, you can start an analysis engine for move suggestions and evaluations.

 

When you are done entering and annotating a game, you save it into an existing or new database.