Answers.Body: <p>Enter a null move by ctrl+alt+0.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the information about that feature of which I was unaware. I updated my question with the results. The blue text shows more like what I am aiming at.
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Answers.Text: This is entering a variation.  Just return to a move and enter another.  In your example, go to the position before c4 was played and enter Nf3.  By right clicking the move/variation, you can make it the main line, delete, and other functions.
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Answers.Text: You can also enter a text comment.  Ctrl+A inserts after the move, and Shift+Ctrl+A insert before the move.  It should also be found under the insert menu.
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Body: <p>One problem I have with ChessBase is that often I need to enter moves that are non sequential in a comment. For example, I might have a comment like "with the idea of g5 followed by Bb7". There is no way to enter these moves, I just have to type them in as text. As an extreme example of non-sequential moves, there is of course the chess game from "Through the Looking Glass" which features many out of order (illegal) moves.</p>
  
  <p>The bizarre thing is that ChessBase has a "with the idea of" Informant symbol (the delta), but this annotation is useless, because you always use it with a non-sequential move, which you cannot enter.</p>
  
  <p>Is there any way around this dilemma? Note that I am using ChessBase 9.0, so more recent versions may have additional capability.</p>
  
  <p>UPDATE -------------------------------</p>
  
  <p>I tried entering a null move according to an answer below, and this is the result:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/kv7Sq.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/kv7Sq.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>So, this kind of works and allows use of the annotation symbol, but it does look a little kooky with the dashes.</p>
  
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Title: Enter non-game moves in ChessBase
ThreadText: # Enter non-game moves in ChessBase
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-14)
  
  One problem I have with ChessBase is that often I need to enter moves that are non sequential in a comment. For example, I might have a comment like "with the idea of g5 followed by Bb7". There is no way to enter these moves, I just have to type them in as text. As an extreme example of non-sequential moves, there is of course the chess game from "Through the Looking Glass" which features many out of order (illegal) moves.
  
  The bizarre thing is that ChessBase has a "with the idea of" Informant symbol (the delta), but this annotation is useless, because you always use it with a non-sequential move, which you cannot enter.
  
  Is there any way around this dilemma? Note that I am using ChessBase 9.0, so more recent versions may have additional capability.
  
  UPDATE -------------------------------
  
  I tried entering a null move according to an answer below, and this is the result:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/kv7Sq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/kv7Sq.png)
  
  So, this kind of works and allows use of the annotation symbol, but it does look a little kooky with the dashes.
  
  **Tags:** chessbase, annotation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: In Chessbase, ideas are usually expressed with graphical commenting (arrows, highlighted squares).  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-15. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Enter a null move by ctrl+alt+0.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the information about that feature of which I was unaware. I updated my question with the results. The blue text shows more like what I am aiming at.  
  > **username_2**: This is entering a variation.  Just return to a move and enter another.  In your example, go to the position before c4 was played and enter Nf3.  By right clicking the move/variation, you can make it the main line, delete, and other functions.  
  > **username_2**: You can also enter a text comment.  Ctrl+A inserts after the move, and Shift+Ctrl+A insert before the move.  It should also be found under the insert menu.  
  
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