Keyboard shortcuts for commentary symbols
When you type in text commentary, key names or game data you can use chess figurines and the special symbols used to annotate games. This assumes that the ChessBase fonts have been correctly installed and selected for that purpose.
Here are the symbols you can use and the keyboard shortcuts to input them:
Ctrl-K |
¢ |
King |
Ctrl-Q |
£ |
Queen |
Ctrl-N |
¤ |
Knight |
Ctrl-B |
¥ |
Bishop |
Ctrl-R |
¦ |
Rook |
Ctrl-P |
§ |
Pawn |
Ctrl-A |
‚ |
Attack |
Ctrl-I |
ƒ |
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. |