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Building a Repertoire

A repertoire in Masterboard is a named collection of opening lines for one colour. You can have multiple repertoires — for example, one for your main 1.e4 system and one for your 1.d4 lines.

Creating a repertoire

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  1. Go to the Openings page from the left sidebar.
  2. Click New Repertoire.
  3. Choose White or Black and give the repertoire a name (e.g. “1.e4 Repertoire” or “Sicilian Defence”).
  4. The repertoire is created and the Repertoire Builder opens automatically.

Adding moves

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The Repertoire Builder shows an interactive board and a variation tree in the Notation panel.

Make moves on the board to add them to the repertoire. After each move, the tree panel updates to show the new branch.

Adding variations

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To add a second line from the same position:

  1. Navigate back to the branching point using ← or by clicking the move in the tree.
  2. Play a different move. A new branch is created automatically.

For example, after 1.e4, navigate back to move 1 and play 1.d4 to begin a second opening system.

Right-click moves in the tree

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Right-clicking any move in the Notation panel opens a context menu with:

  • Add comment — attach a free-text note to that move
  • Add NAG — mark the move with a symbol (!, ?, !!, ??, !?, ?!)
  • Delete branch — remove the move and all continuations from that point

Renaming a repertoire

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From the Openings list page, click the pencil icon next to a repertoire name to rename it inline. Press Enter to confirm.

Workspace layout

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The Repertoire Builder uses the same mosaic layout as the Board page. The Board, Notation, and Database panels can be independently resized and repositioned by dragging their headers and edges.

Next steps

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