Hi Chess studiers,
Does anyone have tips on following bracketed variations in PGN files? Do you
try and understand the text or do you find its easier to use a PGN viewer to
examine the variations and sub variations?
The problem I have is I can work down through variations but when the
variation finishes or worse still another higher level variation finishes as
well I find it difficult to backtrack an work out the correct board position
relating to where I am in the text. Alas my brain doesn't have its own board
position stack so I can not very easily reverse the moves to get bak to the
game position after the variations have finished, Maybe I'm a bit thick!
I do realise the above is a bit esoteric but any timps would be useful. Now
if one was sighted it would probably be a lot easier as with the use of
indenting as is done with computer programs one would be more likely to
follow and backtrack through the variations with greater ease as its easier
to follow the variation nesting. I'll give an example of what I mean below.
This is the contents of a PGN from chess.com which does come with a very
excellent video which arguably is easier to follow for a blind person.
Thanks go to chess.com for the below PGN text.
[Event "Arco op 20th"]
[Site "Arco"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timoshenko, Georgy"]
[Black "Niedermayr, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[Annotator "Rendle"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.10.??"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[Source "Chess Today"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.09"]
1. d4 f5
2. e4 fxe4
3. Nc3 Nf6
(3... d5 4. Qh5+)
4. Bg5 Nc6
(4... c6 5. f3 d5 6. fxe4 dxe4 7. Bc4 {followed by Nge2 with a dangerous
initiative for hite})
5. d5 Ne5
6. Qe2 Nf7
(6... c6 {is an alternative for Black here and now}
7. O-O-O cxd5
(7... Qa5 8. f4 $1 Nf7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Qxe4) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Qh5+
Nf7 10. Qxd5 e6 11. Qxe4)
7. h4
(7. Bxf6 exf6 8. Nxe4 Be7 9. d6)
7... Nd6
(7... c6 8. O-O-O)
8. O-O-O Kf7
9. f3
(9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Nxe4 Qe8)
9... e3
10. Qxe3 g6
11. g4 {time to get on with the attack!} Bg7
12. h5 gxh5
13. gxh5 h6
14. Bf4 Nf5
15. Qd3 d6 {Black is finally managing to develop his pieces but it is too
little, too late. The horrendous weakness of the light squares around the
king
make it impossible to defend for Black here.}
16. Bh3 Nxh5
17. Nge2 Nxf4
(17...Qd7 18. Bd2 (18. Bxf5 $2 {would be a mistake because of} Nxf4) 18...
Nf6 19.
Nd4)
18. Nxf4 Nd4
19. Bxc8 Qxc8
20. Qg6+ {Black resigned as
if} Kg8 ({or}
20... Kf8 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Ne6+) 21. Rhg1 Rh7 22. Rxd4 1-0
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