FMCharless wrote on 12/21/21 at 18:42:49:

Right.

FMCharless wrote on 12/21/21 at 18:47:36:

Okay. I call that a position search, and the -8 .. +8 pawns a material search.

you can do queen exchanges in maneuvers to see when your opening transposes into an endgame.

you can search for positions with two bishops, or also 2 knights and  a bishop versus two bishops and a knight.

FMCharless wrote on 12/21/21 at 03:24:07:

What do you have in mind? I can't think of a way to use material searches for openings, only for middlegames and endgames.

"an ordinary chess player" did you see my direct message here on the forum. I was making a request. I was hoping you could help me.

can we have a quick skype call?

I wanted to start a thread about this subject to turn ourselves into  ninjas using chessbase.

I noticed that material searches got much better with chessbase 15. I dont know if I am missing out on something with chessbase 16.

having said that, here is an introduction to what a material search is in chessbase:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHswjyz3BaM
here is another useful one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4xXp8mnhvw

I would like to possibly build on  how many uses this has to learn how to win more games or get the most out of it.

anyone a pro at this one? or use it extensively?

I wonder if chessbase 16 has any new features that chessbase 15 doesnt have in the search department.

can we:
post our uses/ pro tips
and post resources like the videos I posted which might be useful.

the idea is to make it as easy as possible for all of use to learn how to win more games.

Like i said, chessbase 15 is much better than all the earlier versions, if not most.