"Mr. Plow" wrote in
rec.games.chess.computer:

I am trying to create my own tactics "book" that I can use to
emphasize areas I need to work on. Sort of like the Reinfeld 1001 .pgn
file except personalized.

For instance, say I need to work on knight forks. I want to create a
.pgn file of 100 positions where there is an immediate knight fork
that will lead to a gain of material.

Can Chessbase, or Chess Assistant, or SCID, or any database filter a
database based on imminent knight fork? If so, I could open up each
game and copy the FEN positions to a pgn file, then work through them
one by one on my computer.

Alternatively, can any of the databases filter for all games that have
a forced mate in X moves or less? That way I could create my own
Checkmates workbook.



For ChessBase it's a good idea to get familiar with the manual,
especially about filtering games. Use "manoeuvers" and if necessary
"material", especially material "difference" to look for such positions.

If you look for a fork with a check and a win of say a queen against the
knight, specifiy the move sequence in "manoeuvers" (say wN????+ followed
by bK????, wN????xQ b????xN).

If the difference has to be permanent, use the material difference
filter and take care the difference is one queen plus for white and one
knight less for white.

Looking for a forced mate in CB8 can be done in the same manner.




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