Game Header Editor - czbar/ChessForge GitHub Wiki

The Game Header editor allows you to enter basic information about a game. You can open it in 2 ways:

• for a new game - use Create New Game (green below) from the right-click context menu of the Games section in the Chapters View (red below):

 

• for an existing game - double-click the game header area (red below) within the Games view (green below):

 

Once the Game Header is opened, populate the required information:

• White and Black - players' names (dark green below)
• Elo - players' ratings (light green below)
• ECO - Encyclopedia of Chess Openings Code for the opening played in the game (purple below).
• Event - name of the tournament in which the game was played (dark blue below)
• Round - the round in which the game was played. This field can also include decimals to represent multiple details for sorting purposes. For example:
  • Round 3.7 – a specific round and the board on which the game was played (Round 3, Board 7)
  • Round 5.2 – a specific chapter and the game within that chapter (Chapter 5, Game 2)
• Annotator - name of the person who analysed and annotated the game (orange below)
• Result - radio buttons to record the result of the game (red below). If the result is unknown select the * option
• Preamble - a brief note highlighting key information about the game, such as its historical significance or a tactical motif it illustrates. For example: Game of the XIX century or Siberian Trap.
• Date - date when the game was played (brown below). You can enter it either by using the Date Picker control (light brown below) or by typing it directly into the PGN box (grey below) in the format yyyy.mm.yy. The check boxes allow you to clear the month and/or day fields if you only want to specify the year.