The game archive in 4PC is a very useful tool. You can use it to look at your past games and to analyze them, or even just look at them for fun. But have you ever wondered how to use all the features?
Let's begin by looking at how to reach the 4PC archives. Sign in to chess.com, head to 4PC, and click on the "Archive" tab (as shown below).
The tab is located the third from the right.
Once you click on the tab, you will see a handful of drop-down menus and buttons to click on. It will look something like this (depending on what options you have already chosen).
These are the default settings that the archives are set to.
Circled in red above is a drop-down menu that shows all the games that were played in a certain amount of time. For example, if you were to select "1-3 Months", all the games that were played within a month to three months ago would be displayed, and you could scroll down to see all of them. Next to that dropdown menu is another option that displays the three game modes: FFA, Teams, and Solo.
You can choose any you want, and it will filter out all of the games of the other two game modes.
These are just the most basic archive options, but there are more if you click on the green button to the right.
As you can see, there are now many more options to choose from.
You can choose the type of game (Standard, Variants, Antichess), the time control they were played in, and the mode they were played in (Rated and Casual).
You can also add another player's username to find games in which you played with/against them, as shown above.
You can also type the name of a certain game, such as "Arena of Legends", in the search bar provided next to the "Game Title" menu. Or, you could...
...click on the menu itself and receive more buttons to deal with. These buttons represent the game rules that each game is determined by. For example, (my variant) "The Eyes of Horus" has the game rules "King of the Hill", "3-check (actually 10-check because I messed with the PGN4 and FEN4 )", and "Custom Position". When clicking on those options, the games are filtered to games with only those selected game rules.
You can also click on the buttons circled above in red to find arenas/tournaments that you or someone else played in. You can also view the results of that arena (who got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc).
And finally, let me explain what those numbers circled in red mean. Obviously, "Jun 25" stands for the date the game was played on, June 25th (unfortunately the year isn't provided, but you can hover over the date to find how long ago it was played). "1:40 PM" is the time the game began. The "2'" tells you how many minutes it lasted. In this case, the game lasted 2 minutes. "27p" stands for how many turns were taken in the game. Every turn a player takes counts as one "ply", so at the end of a move, 4 plies are made. At the end of the game, 27 total plies were made. Finally, in a teams game, the score (0-1 or 1-0) is shown. If the score is 1-0, then red/yellow won, and blue/green won if the score is 0-1.
Oops, I almost forgot!
You can also sort your games by rating, duration, and more!
I hope this simple guide on the archive helps you find and analyze your games better. Thanks!
The game archive in 4PC is a very useful tool. You can use it to look at your past games and to analyze them, or even just look at them for fun. But have you ever wondered how to use all the features?
Let's begin by looking at how to reach the 4PC archives. Sign in to chess.com, head to 4PC, and click on the "Archive" tab (as shown below).
Once you click on the tab, you will see a handful of drop-down menus and buttons to click on. It will look something like this (depending on what options you have already chosen).
Circled in red above is a drop-down menu that shows all the games that were played in a certain amount of time. For example, if you were to select "1-3 Months", all the games that were played within a month to three months ago would be displayed, and you could scroll down to see all of them. Next to that dropdown menu is another option that displays the three game modes: FFA, Teams, and Solo.
These are just the most basic archive options, but there are more if you click on the green button to the right.
As you can see, there are now many more options to choose from.
You can choose the type of game (Standard, Variants, Antichess), the time control they were played in, and the mode they were played in (Rated and Casual).
You can also add another player's username to find games in which you played with/against them, as shown above.
You can also type the name of a certain game, such as "Arena of Legends", in the search bar provided next to the "Game Title" menu. Or, you could...
...click on the menu itself and receive more buttons to deal with. These buttons represent the game rules that each game is determined by. For example, (my variant) "The Eyes of Horus" has the game rules "King of the Hill", "3-check (actually 10-check because I messed with the PGN4 and FEN4
)", and "Custom Position". When clicking on those options, the games are filtered to games with only those selected game rules.
You can also click on the buttons circled above in red to find arenas/tournaments that you or someone else played in. You can also view the results of that arena (who got 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc).
And finally, let me explain what those numbers circled in red mean. Obviously, "Jun 25" stands for the date the game was played on, June 25th (unfortunately the year isn't provided, but you can hover over the date to find how long ago it was played). "1:40 PM" is the time the game began. The "2'" tells you how many minutes it lasted. In this case, the game lasted 2 minutes. "27p" stands for how many turns were taken in the game. Every turn a player takes counts as one "ply", so at the end of a move, 4 plies are made. At the end of the game, 27 total plies were made. Finally, in a teams game, the score (0-1 or 1-0) is shown. If the score is 1-0, then red/yellow won, and blue/green won if the score is 0-1.
Oops, I almost forgot!
You can also sort your games by rating, duration, and more!
I hope this simple guide on the archive helps you find and analyze your games better. Thanks!