4.5: Material/Pattern Searches

This search is useful for finding endgame or middlegame themes. You can specify minimum and maximum amounts of each type of material, and find patterns such as a Bishop on f7, or a pawn on the f-file.
A number of common material and pattern settings are provided, such as Rook vs. Pawn endings, or isolated Queens pawns.
Saving search settings
The Material/Pattern and Header search windows provide a Save settings button. This lets you save the current search settings for later use, to a SearchOptions file (suffix .sso). To search using a previously saved SearchOptions (.sso) file, select [Open] from the [Search] menu.
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