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your desired promotion piece to enter that choice into the

computer. The computer recognizes your new piece

immediately, and begins thinking about its next move.

The computer can also promote and underpromote.

When it promotes, the display shows both the pawn and

the promoted piece. Remember to change the piece on

the board after a pawn promotion.

2.3 Illegal Moves/Wrong Moves

Your chess computer never accepts illegal moves. If

you attempt such a move, the computer sounds a low

double beep, and the board lights and display indicate the

square the piece came from. Since the computer will not

allow you to move to an illegal square, it will completely

disregard that square and wait for a legal entry. Either

move that same piece to another square, or press the

piece back down on its original from square and move a

different piece.

If you do not execute a computer move correctly, you

will also hear an error beep and see an error message.

This indicates that you are either trying to move the

wrong piece, or are moving the computer’s piece to the

wrong square. If the computer wants to move its pawn

from d7 to d5, for example, and you press down on d7

and then d6, the display shows Er:D5 briefly, pointing

out your error. The display then returns to showing the

move again (D7-D5), and the computer expects you to

press down on d5 to complete its move.

If you press down on a piece and the from square

appears in the display, but you decide not to make that

move, simply press down on that same square again to

cancel the input. Now make another move of your choice.

If you change your mind after entering your whole move,

you must take the move back as described in Section 1.

2.4 Check, Mate and Draw

When a King is in check, the computer first displays

the move as usual. After the move is made, CHECK

flashes in the display for a few seconds, along with the

checking move. The display then reverts back to showing

the clock.

If the computer discovers a forced mate against its

opponent, it first displays its move as usual. After the

move has been made on the board, the computer flashes

a mate announcement along with the move for several

seconds (e.g., =in:2 for a mate in two moves). The

display then goes back to showing the clock.

Whenever a game ends in checkmate, the computer

beeps, and the display flashes MAtE (along with the

mating move or clock display) for a brief time after the

move has been made. The display then goes back to

showing the clock.

The computer recognizes draws by stalemate, three-

fold repetition, and the 50-move rule. If you are unfamiliar

with these draws, see the Chess Rules at the back of the

manual. After a draw has occurred, the display flashes

End for stalemate or draw by insufficient material,

End:3 for three-fold repetition, and End:50 for a draw

by the 50-move rule for several seconds together with the

move or clock display.

Note:

Although the computer knows the rules of chess,

it will not display CHECK, MATE, or DRAW messages in

Two Players Mode, nor will it announce CHECK or MATE

on the computer’s turn.

2.5 Terminating the Computer’s Search

To interrupt the computer while it is thinking, press

ENTER. This forces the computer to play the best move it

has found so far. This feature can be very useful on the

take back up to about 200 individual moves. To resume

play at any point, simply press CLEAR and make another

move on the board.

Note: After taking back a capture, the computer re-

minds you to put the captured piece back on the board—

the piece and its square are displayed, and the board

lights for that square are turned on. Put the indicated

piece back on the board and press down on that square

to complete the take back.

Game Over? Try Another Game!

Whenever you finish a game (or if you decide to abort

your current game) you may reset the computer to start

another game by pressing the CLEAR and ENTER keys

simultaneously. A series of beeps signifies that the

computer is ready for another game, using the currently

set level.

IMPORTANT: Resetting the computer for a new game

clears the current game from the computer’s memory—be

careful not to press these keys by mistake.

Too Easy/Hard? Change the Level!

When the computer is first turned on, it is set to Level

4 (five seconds a move). You may, however, choose any

of the 64 playing levels. For a detailed description of all

the levels and how to change levels, see Section 3.

2. ADDITIONAL FEATURES

2.1 Indication of the Side to Move

When the computer plays Black, it flashes a black

square in the display while it is thinking. After it has

moved, a white square is displayed steadily to show that

it is now White’s turn to move. This feature allows you to

tell at a glance whether or not the computer is currently

thinking, and which side is to move.

2.2 Capturing and Special Moves

To capture, press down on the piece you want to

move, remove the captured piece from the board, and

press your piece down on the square of the captured

piece. Captures are displayed as in G6xH5.

En Passant

In an en passant capture, the computer reminds you to

remove the captured pawn by using two board lights to

indicate that square. You must press down on the cap-

tured pawn before removing it from the board.

Castling

The computer automatically recognizes castling ma-

neuvers after the King is moved. After you have pressed

the King down on its from and to squares, the computer

uses board lights to remind you to move the Rook. Press

down on the Rook’s from and to squares to complete the

move.

Note: A Kingside castling is displayed as

0-0

, and a

Queenside castling as

0-0-0

Pawn Promotion

When you promote a pawn, first press your pawn down

on its from square, as usual. To promote to a Queen,

press down on the to square, and then press the QUEEN

key. The computer will automatically change your pawn to

a Queen.

underpromote

(to a Rook, Bishop, or Knight), follow

the same basic procedure. First, press your pawn down

on its from square, then press down on the to square.

Next, press the corresponding PIECE SYMBOL KEY for

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