ChessBase 16

Keyboard shortcuts for commentary symbols

Keyboard shortcuts for commentary symbols

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Keyboard shortcuts for commentary symbols

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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.