Sortings in the Chess Academy database program

Chess Academy gives you quick access to the games through automatically generated indices on players, sources, ECO indices, years, number of moves or the game’s result. The program sorts the games in an active list according to the following criteria:

Number – sorts by the original game’s index number in a database

White – sorts alphabetically by player for White

Black – sorts alphabetically by player for Black

Source – sorts alphabetically by source of game

Year – sorts by year

ECO – sorts by the ECO codes (a total of 500 codes are available)

Moves – sorts by the total number of moves in the game

Result – sorts by a result in the game

Displaying in according with game index number

The names of all players will first be displayed according to an original game index number.

This is done by choosing Sort > Unsorted from the List menu or by clicking the button Number at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+1

database probase game list

Sorting by player's name (for White)

After sorting by player’s name (for White) there will be an alphabetic order from A to Z.

sort player for white gamelist

This is done by choosing Sort > Player for White from the List menu or by clicking the button White at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard  Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+2

sort player white

Sorting by player's name (for Black)

After sorting by player’s name (for Black) there will be an alphabetic order from A to Z.

sort player black game list

This is done by choosing Sort > Player for Black from the List menu or by clicking the button Black at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+3

sort by player for black menu

Sorting by sources

After sorting by sources games list will be re-sorted and show an alphabetic order of all sources from A to Z or from Z to A.

sort by source

This is done by clicking Sort > Source from the List menu or by clicking the button Source at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+4

sort by source menu

Sorting by ECO codes

ECO codes are displayed at the middle of the games list and all games can be sorted by these opening codes.

sort eco codes

This is done by clicking Sort > Opening index from the List menu or by clicking the button ECO at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+5

sort opening index menu

Sorting by years

After sorting by years games list will be re-sorted and all games will be displayed in increasing order from a minimum value of year to a maximum value of year.

sort years

This is done by clicking Sort > Year from the List menu or by clicking the button Year at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+6

sort years menu

Sorting by number of moves

After sorting by number of moves games list will be re-sorted and all games will be displayed in increasing order from a minimum value of moves to a maximum value.

sort moves

This is done by clicking Sort > Number of moves from the List menu or by clicking the button Moves at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+7

sort moves menu

Sorting by results

After sorting by results, the games list will be re-sorted, displaying first wins, then losses, draws, and finally games with undefined or unknown results.

sort result

This is done by clicking Sort > Result from the List menu or by clicking the button Result at the top of the games list.

chessacademy keyboard Alternatively: use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+8

sort result menu

Both sorted and unsorted game lists are presented by default in ascending order. You can switch on the descending order (or vice versa) using the corresponding command from the Sort menu. Alternatively, click the necessary button at the top of the list window with the right mouse button.