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uri65

I've recently started using Fritz 13 and one thing seems to be missing - the board has no indication of side to move. For example in other chess software there is a white/black dot at board corner for this purpose. I was looking in Fritz board design options but didn't find anything. So when I load a position from database how do I know if it's white's or black's move?

JamesColeman

Normally if you're importing from a database there'd be moves as well rather than just a position so you could simply look at the notation in the board window to determine it.

Assuming that's not the case than that there are still at least two ways.

1. Ensure the "home" tab is clicked at the top (it's usually on there by default) and press "infinite analysis" button, and see which side the engine starts to calculate for.

2. Press "S" to take you into positon set up and it will tell you who is currently on move. 

uri65
JamesColeman wrote:

Normally if you're importing from a database there'd be moves as well rather than just a position so you could simply look at the notation in the board window to determine it.

Assuming that's not the case than that there are still at least two ways.

1. Ensure the "home" tab is clicked at the top (it's usually on there by default) and press "infinite analysis" button, and see which side the engine starts to calculate for.

2. Press "S" to take you into positon set up and it will tell you who is currently on move. 

Thanks for your answer. The training databases I'm using contain tactical or endgame problems. The idea is to solve them by myself - that means looking at game notation or using infinite analysis can't be used. Pressing "S" is Ok but awkward. I find it amazing that such simple things are missing. Both Arena and Aquarium have it.