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How to create a chapter in the study where only a part of a broadcast game is shown

#1
As in, let's say I see a game in say, Sharjah Masters where there is a nice tactic. When I try to save it to a study, it saves the whole game-I could copy the FEN but then it gets rid of the player names and ratings. Does anyone know how to keep player names but only part of the game?
#3
I interpreted it as OP wanted from position and not up to.

One could copy FEN and then add the names manually under tags in the study. Or copy PGN and modify it by removing the prior moves and then adding these tags to PGN header:

[Variant "From Position"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r1bqkb1r/pp3ppp/2np1n2/1N2p1B1/4P3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 1 7"]

replacing the FEN with a desired one.
#4
Nice question. A hole in the PGN-centric modus operandi. It relies on having the FEN at the root, and the successive application of the moves on it. As it is more compact information storage that way, but demands some work on it to get the position information explicit, where our consciously guided attention chunk would prefer it. The workarounds are up there.

From wherever on Lichess, there is always the "continue for here" or the "board editor" that might compute the FEN; to which one can then append the continuation. The same as above would be implemented.

If wanting only mouse work, that is. I did not test. The Board editor "from here" might not be available from anywhere. Speaking from memory (and mine has a tendency to only keep the gist of things, not the exact procedure).

@TotalNoob69: that might be a nice thing to add. Generally, have the instant in the face position FEN or clicking somewhere in the stream of moves without FEN explicit, get the subtree of PGN from the computed FEN from the selected node. (could be the copy PGN from here, context menu).
#6
@TotalNoob69 said in #5:
> Just for the position and names press Shift Alt

I had forgotten. Just tested. The only problem, is that it needs chromium, or Lichess seeing some user case otherwise.

I hope that inspiration gets credited, not just source code, I mean the feature ergonomics concept behind the source code, should start getting some visibility, in the spirit of transparency about any creating effort or work applied. I find Lichess-tools might be a good laboratory for Lichess about non-keyboard (non-verbal) skills required user case subpopulation**, feature sets.

**: of which I might not appear to be, but I am. I definitely like to give a break to my arms forward typing posture. Such a distraction with sustained usage. I hear I might not be the only one at that stage of keyboard posture lifelong fatigue. I use a trackball. So far it gives total break to my neck and arms forward posture... no repetitive motions upward my thumb. (maybe wrist care, but I can change posture there at will, or just take a walk). So, while this might be my quirks, I bet there is a principle of ergonomics that might conflict with maintenance spaghetti potential, that we are all coming to understand from Lichess communications with us in the past, but between the 2 pressure directions, there might be gems like that of Lichess Tools displaying.

I don't mind a modifier key, but without aiming within the keyboard, qwerty. How lazy I might be...?
#8
@TotalNoob69 said in #2:
> If you install the LiChess Tools browser extension it has options to download the PGN (complete with names and all) up to the position you are right clicking on. You will have to press the Alt key when you copy the PGN.
>
> More here: siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual/#analysisContextActions

Right but you can and the extension is on the bottom of the screen when you scroll down
#10
@FunFunPieces said in #8:
> Right but you can and the extension is on the bottom of the screen when you scroll down

Sorry, I didn't understand what you mean.