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Calculation Training

You can vastly improve your playing strength by training to calculate variations. This function is fun to
use and helps you to learn visualization of moves on the board without moving the pieces. This is
what over the board chess is all about!
Calculation training starts from an arbitrary position on the board. Call menu Training -> Calculation
Training. (Ctrl-Alt-B)

You enter moves by clicking or dragging with mouse like on the normal board. Every move is added
to the notation. You can click in the notation and move forward or backwards with the arrow keys. At
any stage you can enter new variations. However the pieces on the board always remain fixed in the
starting position.

Calculation training offers you different levels of feedback:

From left to right

Arrow left takes one move back.
The curved arrow retracts a move for quick correction: The next move you enter will overwrite the
retracted move without the usual query.
Arrow right executes a move in the notation.
The green checkmark checks all moves for legality. Like in real calculation you may enter illegal
moves.
You can start the engine for interactive analysis. However the board will still remain in the starting
position. Good for tactical checking without moving the pieces.
Score the quality of your calculation: This will take a while. The engine examines every move you
entered and assigns a point score. Simple moves will get one point, strong moves four points and
tactical oversights will score negative values.
New calculation – deletes all previous lines.
Quit calculation training ends the current session and, if you wish, merges your variations into the
game notation.

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Calculation training – only long notation without piece names

The calculation training, already available in Fritz 11, has been extended. The user has new options,
such as deleting results already made with the program in order to start again.

The program first asks whether the user really wants to delete the results.The program also checks
whether the moves that have been entered are legal.

Important: You can use calculation training on the chess server during a broadcast, using Menü
Tools -> Calculation Training. This is to be especially recommended during live broadcasts when
players are spending a lot of time pondering over a position. It will help your chess much more than
simply looking at the main line of your engine.

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