Interactive Deep Analysis (IDeA)

IDeA is one of the most advanced chess analysis methods available. The purpose of IDeA is to analyze a position deeply and return as much information about it as possible to enable the user to get a better understanding of the nuances of any position.

IDeA keeps a permanent record of its analysis in a tree structure, which is unlimited in size. The user can browse the analysis tree at will, both while the analysis is in progress and after it has finished.

The user can direct the analysis into the positions that are of most interest to him by excluding or adding positions and variations to the analysis.



IDeA is an incremental analysis method, which means that it can be stopped at any time and the next time it is started, it resumes where it left off.
Users can exchange analysis trees, work together on analysis projects, combine their results etc.

In short IDeA is is highly selective search, controlled by Aquarium (and the user). Interesting lines are analyzed deeply, but weak moves are only considered briefly or not at all.

Don't forget that the "I" in IDeA stands for "Interactive" and your involvement in the analysis process is the key to understanding and improving the analysis.

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