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When clicking once on a repertoire item and subsequently clicking 'show', the starting position of the opening, variation or subvariation should be shown. Could you please instruct me as to how to correctly set these starting positions to a certain point, and how (if possible) to reset them correctly after they're created. 

For example, I have a folder entitled 'English' under which I have an opening entitled '1.c4 e5' where I would like to start at the position 1.c4 e5. Under '1.c4 e5' I have a variation titled 'Karpov Variation'. When I click on the variation I would like to see the position after 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bc5. Under that variation I have a subvariation which I would like to start at the position after ...h6 and ...a6. Currently double clicking on these various items sends me to a position in the line that has nothing to do with the branching event the item indicates. Thank you for your help.

 Matthew Freeman 

Hi Matthew,

openings will always load the last position which was shown before you closed the opening (or closed the complete database). You can't define the key position which defines the opening.

(Sub-)Variations work like bookmarks for an opening. They help you to jump to a specific position. Go to the key position for which you would like to have a bookmark and then add a (sub-)variation. Now, if you browse through your opening you get back to this key position by double-clicking on the variation.

If your current variation doesn't jump to your desired positions just delete it, go to the key position and add the variation again.

Variation don't contain any moves. They only store the move list for the current position.

There is no logical relation between variations and sub-variations enforced (you can freely move a variation under any other variation and thus make it a sub-variation). It is up to you to use them to organize your opening in a logical way.

Kind regards,

Stefan

Great explanation! Solved all my organization issues. I was of the mind that variations and sub-variations actually stored the lines as more than just bookmarks. Big misunderstanding. Thanks!