Loading EPD Files

You can load a file in the EPD format with EPD arrow Load or Ctrl-E. The EPD list appears with Ctrl+Alt+E or EPD arrow List.

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An additional list will appear in the Arena main window. It contains 3 columns: Number of the position, best move and position. Best move means, that the best move according to the file will be shown there, the ”bm” opcode. In the position column the whole string belonging to the position will be shown.

You can sort the list with a click of the topmost line by the respective column.

You can show the file with your editor with EPD arrow Show with editor.

You reach the EPD list with Ctrl+Alt+E or in the main menu under EPD arrow List.

You can create a new EPD file with EPD arrow New.

With the keys Ctrl+Alt+F11 and Ctrl+Alt+F12 or the main menu entries under EPD you can jump to the next or previous position.

You can add the current board position to the EPD file, if you right click with the mouse on the EPD list and select ”Add current board position” from the context menu.

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You can also add a position in the clipboard to the EPD file by right clicking with the mouse on the EPD list and select ”Add from clipboard” from the context menu.

The current EPD file can be saved with EPD arrow Save. If you want to save with a different name, select EPD arrow Save as.

The EPD file will be loaded the next time you start Arena, unless you close it with the 'close' command in the context menu of the EPD list or close it in the main menu under EPD arrow Close.

If you are currently in analyse mode (the analyse button of the navigation bar is down), you can simply click on the next position without previously interrupting the analyse process with the analyse button. The analyse process will be interrupted by Arena and started again with the new position.