Overview

This is an overview of the main display showing some features of Chess PGN Master on a tablet.

overview

Overview of Chess PGN Master

The title bar

title bar with action buttons

Title bar with action buttons

The title bar contains:

  • menu (also available if you swipe from the left of the device)

  • title with game information (result, White, Black), file name and game number within the file

  • Action menu with action buttons and the overflow button (the overflow button is invisible on devices which have a hardware menu button)

Game list

In order to show or hide the game list tap the Game list button.

On the top of the game list is a search bar. When you enter a word into the search bar the game list is filtered by this word. Only enter one word and no spaces.

List of games

The list of games displays each game with the following information:

  • White player

  • Black player

  • Result

  • Event

  • Site

  • Game number

Board actions (buttons)

default board buttons

Default board buttons

The buttons from left to right:

  • Left

    Go one move back.

  • Right

    Go one move forward.

  • Start autoplay

    Start the automatic playback.

  • Previous game

    Go to the previous game.

  • Next game

    Go to the next game.

The board action bar changes depending on the state the app is currently in. If, for example, analysis is enabled the button bar shows the following buttons:

board buttons when analysing the game

Board buttons when analysing the game

The buttons from left to right:

  • Left

    Go one move back.

  • Right

    Go one move forward.

  • Pause analysis

    Pauses the analysis (maintains connection to engine)

  • Threat analysis on/off

    Turns Threat analysis on or off

  • Add engine analysis to the game

    Add one or more lines of the current engine analysis to the game