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CHESS HAMPIOIIJEUD'ECHECS ECHAMPIONNAT

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INlRODUCTIONYourGo ChessChampion 150Ls an ad.vanced hesscompulerndorsed yworldchess hampion arryKsparov. ndevenlhough t haspowerand fealureshalcanchallengehessmaslers,lalso llrsevels lplyora chess ovice.{Therearlotalol64dillrenlsvels lplay)the ChessChmpion150Laulomalicllyreglslrslhsmovesyoumks n ls memorynd on ls buillln LCDchssboafdisplay.Thedisplaylsoprovldsvarlsty l olhrhslplr.ilnlormellon uringplay.The ChessChampion1501 slsyo ekbackup o 50 moveswhichanbs sxlrsms-ly helplulnsludingand earning or boullhs game.

llyouwant oplaychesswitha iiiend,youcan havo he ChessChampion 150Lelerelhgamoo bsuralllhemovss re sg|.Youcan evenask he compuleror adviceduflnga two-personm.Flnally,oucanuss he LcD displayo sthe compulr'shoughlprocesswhsn lisplaylng gmwilhyou.ForeJmpl6,ocan sewhal movs he compulorlans omeksnxtendwhat hs comDulor xDectsyou o do allr hal.Allol lh6se alurs. ndolhers ou'llrnaboul6 yoursd hls manual,makeyourChssChamplon150L neollhemost er-aaliischess ompulrs vailable-

lmporranr: llourgames nd oysarsmado n ac@dancewirh heEuropeanaloryeqularions,rl6sr6dy he bel E

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USINGTHIS MANUALBslorsyoubegin using he compuler,wesugggst hal you al lesl rcd"GeltingStarted". l explains he basics:. How o makemovos. How o coatgct flofs. Howo understandll he hingshatmight

occrduring normelgameThen,whsnyou'veearnedhebasics,efert0lheotherseclions l this manualo lrnaboul lhe computer's more advancedfeatures s oullinsdblow:"SetlingLevlsof Play' dgscriboshe dil.ferentevels lplayandhow o selectthem.

"Additionalealures" escibes lhefusefulleatures hl a buill nto he computer.

"vrifyingndSstting pPosilions"explain6howyoucan verily nd/orsel upspecialposltaons,"GotiingMoroDta rom hcomputor' ellsyouaboulall the extra nformtionoLiangelffom he computer.Not: Thiscompuler as beenprogramm-ed to playchssswithyou. t knowsall lh6rules fthegame,ncludingastling,npas-snl,under romolion,talemat,nddrawbythreefold palition r by hs SGmov ul.Sometimeshe computer ight ppearo beplyingregularlywhenl isactuallybey-ing thess ules. lyouare nol familiarwilhtherulesof chss. e sure o ad lh suo-pliedpamphletaltedRulesofChsss.fyoundmore nformlion,our ocal ibrary ssure o havsseveral ookson the subjecl.

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GETTING STARTEDINSTALLINGATTERIESYourchesscompulers powered y si)(Cbatleries,Forxtr ong batlry ite, useRadioShack/TandylkalineatleriesCat.

No.23-551).o nstallhe batteies:

Whenballerypowerbocomesow:1 Havea newsetof batleriesedy loreremovinghe old ones.

2. Turn oft the computr bypressinglsToPl.

3. lurn thecomputer verso that he ACLbulton's abl appears ght-side-upo

Thispositionshe memory altriosn therow nearest

oyou.

You must move ndreplacehessbatleies n 10secoods r ess,lo preservehe current ame.

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2 .

3.4 .5 .

Removehe battsrycompanmentovrbypressingls alch owardh cnter flhe gamand irlingotl th cover.InserlixC batteries,bservinghepolai-

ly(+ ad-) m*ed n he comparlment.Replacehe battsry ompaltmentover.Press STOPIt pproprile.Press ndhold hslPLAYlkeyandresslhe [Golky ro initializehe computer.The computer onductsquickself-testof allls eleclronic onponenls. hen, tis ready o plychsswilhyou-

A set of alkalne balteriesprovidesabour100hoursol plyng ime.

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USINGAN AC ADAPTERWhsnyouare al home, oucanusan ACadaDlerCat.No. orCanada: 73-1455,orAuslralia: 739663, orU.K.:2737000)opowerhs compuler ndsavsyor.ifatldriss,

USING HEACLBUTTONCu on : Ths ollowingprocodurssrsesallhsmory nformationnyourchess ompuler.Use hisprocduronlywhenyouafe sur6lh comoulrs locksduD,llthcomputorocksdo6s ol rospondfo.p6rlyo any ol lh butlons),rss STOPl.Then,uselhe ipol penorpencillopressIACLIon lhe back ol lh6 unit lor severalseconds. hisreselshe compulorand clearsall ol th computefmemofy.h compulorconduclsa quicksll-leslofall itsloctroniccomponenls.hn, t is readyo playchss

IIiOVINGTHE CHESSPIECESOncyouhave nslelld th balteriesend ni-taaliz6dhecompulr,ouar6rady oplayyourjlslgamwilh he compulf- tup hpiecesn hopningosltionithlhswhitpiecesnaresto you,1. ProssNEWGAMEIo selall h piscs

lo theirstarlinq osilionsn th display(and n th compuleasmomory).

2, Prsss own hepiece ouwant omovon ils currnt souare.A shorlbeosounds nd rcrlcolumn ndicalofslashlo porrlto lhepisceyoua moving,

Note Normally,ou pbylh whitpicsand lhe computerPlaysblack. See.changingides".

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W/'Y1. Press STOPIo turn ofl th computer.2. PIugheadaplernlohcompulr's C

3. Plug h6 adpter'sowermodulo nlo a

slendard c oullstandoperalehocom-

Notos:. Turnoft he compuler lore isconncl-

inghe adaplertromhcompulrrlromlh wall.

. To ensure thal lhe conlenlsol themmoryr nol losl.youshouldkeepgoodbatle os n h6compulrevenhsnyouarsusingan adaptsr,l batl6 es arenolinstalled,memorytaas osl whnyouunplug he adapter.

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3. Placehs pieceon thesquare ouwantlo movet lo andpress t downagain.Anotherbepsoundsand the movesreflecldn hcomputr's sptay. his

means halth computras accgptedyourmove,and lhe computerbggins,irktl,gabouijts move.

Note: Althebeginningt a gam,lhe om,pulefs moves are often instntaneousbecausohecomputersplayingmovesthatare stored inits openingbookmemory.

SpecialMovesandCapturingTo captureone olyouropponenl pieces,yousrmplymove neoJyoufiecesontothecaptured iece'ssquare.ln caseof anen passanl apture,he com-puteruses he rowcolumnndicalorso re-mrno youlo removeh capluredpawn,{Presst downbefofeomovinqt.)Whencastling,make he k'ng'smoveirst.Inen,he omputersstheow/cotumnn-drclorso rmind ouo movehe rook.Whn oupromotepawn,t sautomatjcaltvchanged ntoa queenon thecomputer,adisplay.f you wish,tounderpromotehepawn,do so inlhe lollowingmanneria. Press ownhepawnand emovelJrom

b. Press he rook,bjshop, r knightpiecebutlono lett he compulerwhichpieceYoure promolinghe pwn o,

c. Press ownhe piceyouhavechosenon lhepromotionquare,Whenhe compulerromotes pawn,t in-dicaleshe desiredpromotionieceat ebollomol itsdisptay.

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How theComputerMakesMoves1. Whenbo computers readyo makea

move, l soundsa high-pitchedoubtebeepandufisonro cotumnndicatorsto indicalhe pict wanrso move.Thecomputerndicatesls movon theLCDdisplay ylernatelyhowinghedsifed iscejnlscufinlandnw oc-lions.Thecomputer lso indjcatestsmoveat theboromof thedisplay.For

pLAy(l!. ) d5 EaThe erer/numberoodjnalesd5E4)in-dicathecurrentndnewposjtionsl hpi6cehe computer ants o move.

2. Press ownhe ndicatediece n tscur-renlsquare. he row/columnndicrorsnowshow ouwhetehe computerwantsto moveh piece.

3. I\,4ovehe piece o rhe ndicatedquarendprsss tdown o comptetehemove.

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lllegalMoveslJyouallsmpt omak6an llegalmove.hecomputordoesolacceplh6movo,nstead.il conlinues o llash lhe row/column n-

dicalorsorlhe currenlosition l the oiecyouare rying o movs.ThecompulerwjlldisplayCLr(coordinales)o showyouthewrong qurooupressod, ress own hepi6ceonthe ndicatedquare nd twill 16-mand ou o replaceh6 pagcs ack o lherighl ocalionyshowingut(piece ylnbol,coofdinates)t thebolom of th6 LcD.lfyoudonotcor.ecllyexecuthscomputer'smov, he computeroundsn error on6andconlinueso ndicalehe move lwanls.Besuropress ownhecompuler'sieceon lhe square t indical6s.

CHECK,MATEAND DRAWA _+"willppearon th displayonly inAnlysismodeand normal cout-uporcounldol/twindow whnoneol the kingsis beingchscked.l gameends n check-male, ulappears n h6 display ndannd-olameonesounds. hWH|TEor LCKindicatorighls o lellyouwhichside has

lllh computernliciotes torcedmat6. tdisplaysM in', al rhebottom l thedisplay.Thismans hecompulerwillsndhegamsoy mate n n moves.It agamsnds n a drsw, h6 end-of-gamesignalsoundsnd hedraw ndiclorppears

on hdisplay. hecompulerecognizeslourDraw by Slalemate lhe sidewaiting omove s notincheckbul hasno egalmoves.Thedisplayhows:

O.aw by Threetold Repetilion- lh6 samsboardpositionas occurredhre im6s nlhegame.Thdisplay hows:

Dlrwby the Fllly-itove Rule- lh6r havebn50 moveswithoula caDture r oawnad-vanc.The disolav hows:

gtl- h5fr5+Drawby InsutllclontMatedal- neithor ade

has sulliciont lrnglh o win thgme,

7U- ii: d5:85+BEGINNING NEWGAMETo slart a newgam6al any imo and romny modeof operalion,implypress NEWGAMEI. henew-gameignalsoundslow-highlow-high)nd he computer nl6fs henormlmode.ProssingNEWGAMEI l6rslhe cunentgam6 nd esetshe nsmory,obe crelulnot o orss l bv mislaks,Nol: lfyou ccidsntallypress [NEWGAMEI,oumay eplayhe gameup o lhlaslmove sdscrlbsdn " ReplayinganGme-.

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USINGTHECHESSCLOCKSIna normalgame,woclocks ppoar l lhebotlom t h display. hy eep rackol lh6tolallimeeachsideuses n hegame. niliaflv, hours, minulesand seconds aredisplayed. Altr 10 hours, lhsdisplaychangeso hoursand minuleswath H onth lettmosl igit).

TURNINGFFTHESOUNDlJlhecompuler'seeps fdistraclingoyouor olhers uranggam, oucan um otl hesoundbyprssingSOUNDI.ssing hebullon gainurns hesound ack n.Adou-ble beepsoundso conlirm his.)Youmustcarefully alch he ndicalo nd hdisplayit you playwilhouthe sound.Thecomputsrgmmbershesound elting{onor olr)svsn whenyou press STOPIolurn otf the computer.

TURNING FFTHECOMPUTERTo urnotl thcompulr,rsss STOPI.oucan um oll lh comoutr nv im6venwhsn he computers hinking. hn, lyoupress GOl,hcomputer omes acko lifeandconlifluestolay- venlhelock imesre held n memory.)Wsuggesl halyouprossSTOPIhenevrouwantlosuspendDlavormor hana lw minutes. hiscon-seruesballerypowerandprevefllsconlusion

Wilhafresh lol batterisnsrallednd hecompLier fl. lhe comouler an rlainhecurrenlams latus ndolhermemorynlor-malon lofuo lo two voarc.

Both clocksar reset o 0:00:oowhenyouprssNWGAME].Whnoumakewhite'slifstmove, lack's lock larts.white'sclockdoesn aclually lartunlilil s lime orwhalesocondmovo). heclocks lsokp rackollhs imwhen wopeopls replayinggainstacholhsrwilh ths computer s a reler.(Se Playwilh Two People".)tyou nteFrupla gamsbypressingSTOPl.olhclocksslop and hecompulermembershe curnlpiecposilionsnlilyou esumelaybyprssinsGOl.

THINKING URINGHEOPPO.NENT'STIMEYou can lookal lheboardand hinkboutyour nexl move whilthe compuler sdscidingon its move.Wl/... he computercando hesame.Thissomelimesllowshecofiputerlomak movlmostmmediat,ly aileryourmove,evn n lh middleol agameplayedal one ot lhe higher evels.Inallbut h noviceevls,lhoomputsr ieslo anlicipathe moveyou r ikelyo makeand o clcultsts resoonsesofvourmovewhile youre lhinking. l lhecornpulergusses orreclly,her s no reason or itlo conlinuealculting,l makes s movem-

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SETTINGLEVELSOF PLAYYourchesscomputoras a tolatot 64 dif-lerenlplay evels.They nctudvets orcasual play, tournamnts,peed chess,gameanalysis, roblemotving,nd eightspecial oviceevelsor beginnrs.The evels re dentifiedy he row(.t-8)andcolumnA"H)indicatorsn hebord.Whenyou initializehe computer,evet A3 isaulomticallyelectod. oucanveritythisypressing LEVELI.The MODEindicatortlashes range,ndicatinghecomputerisnlhe lvelmode, and the row/columnn-dicatorsonl lo squareA3.Also0:05/1L appearc n the disptay. hehighlightedindicatesthomputerisn he

Whileyoure in the levelmode,youcanchange he levelas follows:Press +1. The row/columnndicatorschange o indiclesquareA4 (tevetA4).Repeatedlyress+llo step hroughtt64levelsn sequenceA3-Ha).he -l buttonlelsyoumovebackwardhroughhe evets.The TAB/COLORIulton anhelpyouleplhroughhe evelsmorcquickly.ressinglhisbultonadvanceshe indicaledovelacrosslhe columns. se heITAB/COLORIutrontoselecrhedesiredolumn.hen, se +lor [-l to selecl he desiredow.

Youcanchangehe playevlat hebegin-ningol, or al any imeduring gme.Onceyouhavselecledhe desired evel,pressINORI4ALIo return o normalply.(TheIVODindicatorchangeslogrn.)Thelevelsetlingemainsntilouchanget,evenif youbgin a newgamsor turnoff the

Note: fyou hangetheevelwhitehecom-pulerslhinking,oumustpressPLAYlafreryoupressNoRlvlALltoxitthe evelmode.Thisslls hecomputerostarthinking gain.

CASUALPLAYLEVELS A1-A8)The ilsleight evelsA1-Aqredesignedorcasualplay.LevelA1 sthe easiost ndA8is he mostdiflicult.hecomputr'svegelimeo makea p,ayncrass s the tevelol playncreases. he averageime or hcompulersmovs t each evelare:

Lv.l Av..g.llno Det Mov. Dl.pl.yA1 1 socond ermove 0:01/1

A2 2 sconds ermove 0:02/1A3 5 seconds rmove 0:05/1A4 15 seconds rmove 0:15/1A5 30seconds ermove 0:30/1A6 1 minuteermove 1:00/1A7 2 minlsrmove 2:00/1AB 3 minuis6rmove 3:00/1

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The isled imesaf avergod vefa largenumbr fmovs. n hs bsginning ndnearlhe end ol thegme,lhecomputerends oplayaster. n h middlet agame,hecom-putermighlakoconsiderablyongero make

THE TOURNAMENTEVELS(81-Bs)Levls81 lhrough85 ar lor tournamenlply. n hese evels, hereareprimaryndsecondaryrmconlrols.For exarnple,nlvelB1, achlyr uslmakehe irsl30

moves n 30 minutesprimaryimecontrol)-Then. eachplayrmusl make30 movesevery30 miutes hefeatlefsecondarytimeconlfol).This is xactlywhat hppons n roal ronna6nls. Afler a crtain engthot lim. aiudgchscks o se hatbolhplayrsavecomolsledhe rsquird umbfl movs.foneol hemhasn't, eor she ososhsgamo,Theprimaryndscondryitnecontrolslor

levels81.85 af shown nlhchanbelow.

For hs 6vels, he display ndicaleshlenglhtllrne or he movss nd hnumbsrol movson lhe letl handsid as primafylime conoland secondaryime conlrolnlh6 righl.For exampl,he displayor lhelvel85 is 2:30/50 1:00/20.In accordance ilhournarnsnlegulalions,any jmo emainingroma previousim6 on,lrolisdddothenxt imecontrol,or x-ample,llh compulofasmd he irst40movesn onlyon6hourwhensingev6l82,it hs a tolal of two hours orits nsxt 20moves. nylime emainingftr ach econ-dry imcontrolis ccumulaiedntilth ndol lhegam6.The compLrtf'suill-in locks ndicatehelolaltimelorblackadwhite.Thclocks onot run whsn he computers in lhe sl

Nole: llyoudo not slop hecomputr ypressingSTOPIwhenyoudo nolplan ocontinuelayoranxtendederiodltim,thecompuler ighlplyrrationallyr nstan-

Levl Dcrlplion81 Club82 Inlrnalional83 Gfandmster84 Fasl85 U.S.Open

Prlmry lmeConlrol30 moves/3ominuls

40 moves/2ours,40 movss/2.sours,45 movs/1.5ours,50 novs/2.5ours,

Secondary lm Control30 moves/3ominutes

20 moves/hour16 moves/hor.r

15 moves/3ominuls20 moves/hour

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SPECIALPLAYLEVELSB88)ColumnB oflershreemorplayvls.86- this evelallows one hour or6ach

t:ntil iiiii

In .Verilyinsand S6tting Up Positions'.lhsre s anexampl fseningup ndsolvinga chessDroblemilhhecomDuter.

MODERN OURNAMENTLEVELSC1.C8)A lournamentormthal is rapidlygainingpopularityson hal requireseachlayrtomk6llmov6s n a cortain mountoltim6,rgerdlgss flhs numbsrof movs n lhgam,11 side funs out ol limewilhoutchckmalinghe opponont,hal side os6slhgam, hsournamntsresomtimsteletrcdlo as sucldendeatt- You cn ndono ol lhosogam6sas a lechnical faw flhre s nsuflici6ntmterialor mal6or if bolhplaye6agrss o a draw,

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87 (Analysis) in his evel,h6 computercontinueshinkinguntilyouintrruptt byprsssingPLAY]f thecomput6rhas Jullyssarchedo a depthot 16 moves,Youcanuse has vel o hve hacomputer nalyzcomplicatedositionsor manyhoursor evendays.See.Getling Mor Dt rom tho

5a (Sotvingor ilai)- in hisprobiemo/v-,ng evel,he computersrch6sor a forc-ed mre n 16or ewermoves.l il indson.itannounces ateandplaysh kymov,Youcan ry o detendorlh othersid,bullhs coputer chckmatsagainsl anydolnc n 16 or fewermoves.

ll thecomputeroesnotmake mov6 n h88 level. tcannol ind a lorcedmat n 16of lewermoves. epreparedora longwail,

however.Solvingmates nsix cr moremovescan takehoursor evendavs.

C1 5 minulesC2 7 minulesC3 10 minules

C415 minutes

C5 20 minutesC6 30 minutesC7 60minutesC8 90 minules

L 0:05/99L 0:0799L 0:10/99L 0:r5/99L 0:t99L 0:30/93L l:00/99L 1:30/99

In evelsC1 hroughC8,lhecompulerrieslo compll llthemoves flhgms n hespcifidimo, n agamewilhmanymoves,th computerraduallyncreaseslsspoodinnttempto staywilhinheallocalodims,

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EXPERIMENTALEVELS(H1-H8)Levols H1lhrough H8 ereexprimentallevels n which lhecompuler 3arch6s o alixed deplh(looksonly a crleinnumb$ olmovs hd),n evelH4, or xampl,hcomputeronly ooksat all thpo6slbllllisorthe next lourmovs or 6ach side. lnlevelH8, l lookst henextpossibleightmovesloreachsld.Thdisplyndictoshs evels s LE FlnLwhren is lhe depthol the compu-ler's srchforoossiblemovs.

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ADDITIONAL FEATURESAllthe 6alursw havo xplainedo arareenoughoprcvideountl6ssoursol unwithyourchesscomputer. oucanplaygamesaginslhecompuler, orr6clmislak6s, ndselecldillerent v6ls tplay o match ourneeds.Bul hefare manyother hings hecomputercanothatmake t evenmorever-salileand un lo use.ThischaDterxolainssomof lhes additionalalules.

CHANGING IDESWouldyou ike oplayhe backpieces ndlet h computrlaywhit?f so,simplyeruo ho boardwilh heblackoicesclos6slloyou,Rmemberht ho blackqu6onmustb on a blcksquareand ho whilequeenmusl b on a whil squar.Thn,prssINEWGAMEISWAPslDEllPLAYl.Thecompulermakeshe irslmoveorwhileandplaycontinues susual.PssingPLAYIlways useshecompulerloplayhe nsxlmovforblack rwhit). oucan change ideswithhe corpuler tnylimeduring hegameby simplypressingIPLAYInstead l nakingyourown move-You can chang idesas ollenas you ikeduring game.Youcanevnprss PLAYIaller evsry mov6, orcing he compulroplayho enliregamsagainst tselll

INTERRUPTINGHE COM.PUTER'S HOUGHTTheIPLAYIbullonhas anothgr mponant

lunclion, tlhe computers laklng oo onglo makoa mov6,youcan press PLAYIotorca h comDutero immsdialelv akelsmov.This s uselul n the moreadvancedmodss, speciallyn he 87 analysismode,wher he comoulr anhink orevr.

Notesi. There s oneexcaptionothasule. n he

88 mode(problsmsolving),pressingIPLAYIoesnot cause he computeromake move. hcomputrnlysoundsa doublbeep o inlormyou hat t hdnotloundiorcodmleallh ime lwasInleffupled.

. Ityou press PLAYIo lorceachoflhcompuler'soves,ouarenol etlinghcompulerlayat lscufrenl 6velselling.ll mighlbe bensr o lowerh6playevel.

TAKINGBCK MOVESNormallyouare norallowedo takebackmovesn asriousam l chess,Howevr,ilyoucommilan unnecssarylundr r ilyouwanl o analyse 6veral illerentlaystromacellaanosition,lishelplultobeablslo tak bckon or mofe movss.To lake

1. Afterhcomputermakes move, r6ssIANALYSISI.he MODE ndicatorurns

orang, ndicalinqhal youare in thAt hebollom l hedisply,lhs omputerindicaleshe lastmoveas in lh Jollow-ingexample

4-(i) Fsb4

4- -- :i::FgbLlThe 4 tgllsyou hal lhemovewas partollhe lourlhroundol moyes n lhe gam.Thegraphlcymbol( )lettsyou hichprece was moveo, and lhe two let-rer/numbefoordinalesellyouwhat he

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2. lfyou wishto take bck hedisptayedmove,press-1.Thedisplay hows hepositionsl thepiecsswilh thg moveo be takenbackand hE row/columnndicator hows helastpi6cenoved.Prss hepiecedorvnand h indictorsill show lspreviousposilion.\rovehe pieceo lhatposilionandprsss l downagin.Then he flexlPreviousmove sshown,

. ll youwnlto take backanolhermove,lollow he stepsas before. oucancon-linue akingbackmovssuntllyourech

lhe availbleimit.Anerror onesounds).. llyouwant o retum o normllayandreplay certlnorlionl egme,pssINORMAL|whenhedesired iecepositionsappear n lhs display.Themodeindicatorurns grn).Thnyou canreplay hegame rom hal poinl.ll il is lhe computer'surn o play,youmustalsoprss PLAYIo loll lhe com-Putero mako ts mov,

l{ot: You may ks backal most50 moves-

REPLAYINGGAMEAs ongas you mainn he analysismode,youcn moveorward r backwrdhroughlhomoves t th6 currentame l availble.Aftgryou have lakenback on or moremovesyouanplaythemorward gin.Todoso, ress

IANALYSISIndhen

+1.The

compulerwill showyouwhichmovesweremadeandyoucanplayhrcughll he movesyouretracrsd. highlow beepwill ellyouwhen ouhve sachedhe astmoveol hegame- o etun o normally atanystage),press NOR[rAL].

TAKEBACKAND REPLAYONTHE LCD SCREENNowwe comeo somelhing allyus6ful.Yotlcan reacl numbrol movesor rplay

hemwilhout ctuallymovinghephysical iscsson h6 board. uslprss ANALYSISI.- I,l- l , l- l ,. . .or ANALYSrsl,+1, + L I+,. . .andwatch h6moves xeculed n the LCDchss-bord.n this wyyoucn go bckduing gams to sse whal happsnod,withoutdislurbinghe game. l you prssNOBMALl anyslage ouareaulomalical-ly relurned o the currnlboardposilionl

Youmaywanlo goback oanearlier osilion andplayon from her, l ispossibloorelrclmovs yaclullymovinghoplecesbackwardsntilhedesiredpositions reach-ed, oryoucan ak6 backmoves apidly nthe LCDboard nd hen rsnsler ositionothe mainboard.This s doneby pressingIFUNCTIONI,NEWGAlvElwhsnyousr nanalysismode.Sayyouwant ogo back15 movss.PressIANALYSISI,-1, -L t-1,. . .ntilyouachthe positionnd thnpress FUNCTIONj,INEWGA[4Ej. heposilions ranslerrcdothe mainboard- he LCDhelDs ou o d'justthpiecsso halyouwill be ble oplay

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MarkingpositionsTo enhancehe funclionsescribedbove,Chess Champion21501 llowsyou to"mark' posilionsn a gameand retum o

them ater. his susefulf,Jor nslance,ouwish o takea closer ookl crucialpoinlin hegme.Press ANALYSIS]l\,lODEighryellow)nd hen FL,NCTIONI,SETUP]tomark hepositionuring hegame- n lheLCDdisplayouwillsee.POS n".PressINORMAL]andontinuelheamen henor-mal tashion-OJcourse ou can lso mrkpositionswheneplayinggamen analysismode youonly eed topress FUNCTIONI,ISETUPllo mark l.Andyoucanalso un-mark"a markdosilionypressingFUNC,TlONl.SETUP]againdisplay:"POSoflt-Whenyouwish o return oa markedposilion,press FUNcTloN],+l or IFUNC-TlONl,l-linanalysis ode.Inhefirsl aselhe compulerwillump o the nextmrkdposilion,n the second ase o the previousone(watchhe LCDboard). l noposilionsare marked henhe computerwiltjumpothe tinalof the initialposilionespectively.

ENTERINGLLMOVESMANUALLYTheanalysismodehasonemore mporlantuse. l allowsou o enler moves or bolhsides o torce hplayol apaniculareiesot moves. orexmple,tyouwant otry anopeninghat hecomputorwouldolplyon

1. Press NEWGA[,18]ANALYSIS].2. Then,begin enteing moves or both

ln heanalysis ode,hecompuler oesnollrylomakemoveq ul l does eeptlackofthe

movesoumaks o besure heyareallleg|.Thedisplay howshe movesthatyouake-Onceyouhave achd theposilion ouwanl,press INORI1ALInd contanue susual. f il is lhe computer'surn o play,pressPLAYIloellthe ompulerloake

PLAYWITHTWOPEOPLETheanalysis ode lsoelsyou s hecom-putras a judge or a gamebtw6nwoSimply,ressNEwGA[,4E]ANALYSIS]ndb6ginplaywithwopeople. h compulermonorshegameo be sureallmoves rlegal.ll eilher side needshelp,youcan pressIPLAYIndallow he computero suggesllhe nexlmove. fyoudon't likehe com-purr's

mov,ou

can ake t back.Nole: PressingPLAYIo gethelpchangeslhecornputertotheofmalmode.flrask-rng he computero makea mov6 or eitherside,youmustpress ANALYSISIo relum10 he wopersonplaymode,

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SELF.PLAYMODEThere is a wy lo maketh6 computraulomaticallylyan ntiregameagainstitsellyoudon'lhaveo press ky or each

Pr6ss FUNCTIONIPLAYI PLAYInd hocopuler automalicellvmakesmoves orbolh sidsand displaysh mov6son thedisplay. oudon'thavetomovehplying

llyouwnl o inlenupthe compuler'slayand mako a move manually,prssIANALYSISI NORMALI.l you do lhis,

however,youshould st up thepiecesasshownon lhedisplay.Theaulomaliclymod6 anbs usfulilouwanl to closoly anlyzo he corpuler'smoves at e very ditficult level.Set lhlevelolplay 3minutssprmov, or xample) ndprsss FUNCTIONIPLAYIPLAYI.hn, elthecompulrlayunallnd6dven vemighlor lor sevol dys. Thn.youcan ke backandquickly plytand study he movs t

Toxll soll-plymode, fss JFUNCIIONIIPLAYIii Normalmod6.

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VERIFYINGANDSETTINGUP POSITIONSIn hispadol lhe manual,weexplain owtodo two imporlanlhings: how to checkwhslherallpicesrecon6ctlypositiondntheplayangoard, ndhowlosetup special

VERIFYINGIECEPOSITIONSllyou orsomeon lsaccideotallyisturbsthepiecos, oucansimply ookat hs com-puter'sLCDdisplayin he normalmode)tosee h corroclpiceposilions.

CHANGING IECEPOSITIONSYoucanuslhisproc6duro setup spcaalboardposilionshtyouwnt oplayromorlhalyouwanl he computrto olve oryou.r. Press SETUPI oput hecomputernto

lhe selup mode.The MODEndicalorchangeso red.Youcan now move raddpiecesas lollows:

. To rsmovea piec,press t downon ilscur.snl squreand rmovet lrom lhe

. Toadda newpiec,irstselect hecolorby prsssing TAB/COLORIo thl lhdsedcolor ndicaloriqhls. hn,presstheappropriatei6cbutton,andpressthe newpieceon an emptysquare.

2. PressNORMALItoelurntonormalplay.Note:B6foreprssingNORI4ALI,s surethlthe dgsired olor ndicalor WHITErBLACK)s on (lo ndicatewhomoves ext).The ollowing xperimonthows ouexactly how osel up a spsclalboardpositjon:1. Prss INEWGAltIElISETUPl. The

display hows henormal tartingiecposilions.

2. Prss own he blackueen n tssquareand rmove llrom he bord.

3. PrssNORMALI.heJmilirew-gamesignalow-highlow.high)ells ou hal hecomputr asacc6pt6dh posilion.

Th compulr owplayshe qmewilhoutilsquen lhis s knowns a queen-oddsgame.Trydding scondlack ingo he board-Wh6noupress NOR|{ALIo exit hstupmode, an rror beepsounds(high-low)becausel is illgal o havsmore hanoneking or echside.

Setting Up Onlya FewPiecesToselupa spcialosilionhalcontainsonly lwpieces,t iseasier o strtwilh anemptyboard. reseNEWGAMEIISETPIIFUNGTIONINEWGAMEI. hisclsars hboadol allpieces.You cn nowadd piecsasdscribedrviously.hdisplayshowshe

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A SampleChessProblemYour hess omputer asa special roblm,solvingmode levsl88) harries o solvformal n 16 orlewermoves rcm anygivenboardposition.Heres an xample:Set up hesepiecepositionssing hpro-cedure n.SeltingUp Onlya FwPieces'.

BlackKingon E5

WhlteKingon D3

Knighlon C7

In thisposition,hitehasan oveNh6lmingmalorialadvanlage nd here s no doubt hthe can easilymate h blackking.Selthelevelo 88 andprsss PLAYIo see whatsolutionhe computerinds.Nole: nourexamplo,6surc hWHITEn-dicatorson belor6oupress PLAY].thsr-wise, hs computrrieslosolve or mateo{

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GETTINGIORE DATAFROMTHEGOITIPUTERWouldou jketoknowwhat hs ch6ss om-pulofs hinking?W6ll,ourchess omputercanprovidewoalth lintormalionboutishoughlproc6ss,t can showyouwhichmove

t ispresenllyonsidring,har ontin alionl6xD6cts llerlhat.tsevalualionl theDos|iofl,end he deplhol ils search.his nto

mation nhelDoulo arnmorboul hegemsoJchoss-

THE MAINVARIATION NDPOSITIONEVALUATIONTh6 mainvariation s t nxl sriesol movsh comoutefshinksasbest. tvouwant o

ss6 whl thos mov6sre, press NFOIrwic6whll hs compulers thinking.Thn,using h6 LCDchssboafd,he com-pulershowsyou lts nxl mov(lhefromsquareand lhe fo squers lsheltrnatglylhr tim). Allof that, lhe compulsrn-dict6shomovtxpoctsou omak ndwhetmov6 l intendso plyalt6r hal-Al hg ondol themein aritionhcomoutor

displayshe depth6nd ho evluetlon. heevaluatlon isplayss ln 100ths l pawn(.9. 2100'mans hat l lhinks halWhileis lhe equlvelntl twopawnsahad),Aminussign n trontol lhvluem6ans hatBleck s lading.Not: ll the computf ecidoson a movewhile isplaylnghis nlomalion,h nlorma-lion displys canceled. ry again ho nxllim the computers thinking.

PlayingHlnts romtheComputerEvonafler h6 computerlaysa move, tremmbrshs rsst ol lh mainvariation.Becausehe irslmovelhe ompulerisplaysis he best t has ound oryourside, oucanconsiderhismoveas a hanl omthe com-puter.Press lNFOIo sse hs hinl when l

Note: When h computors plyingutolils openlhgsabrarynd nolaclually om.pulinqmoves,t cannot iveyouany hintsin thisway. n hissilualion,rss PLAYIlyouwant he compulr o makerhe next

While hecompulersshowinglsmainvaria-lion,pressing+]displaysnly heslmovol lh6 mainvarition. PGssing-l givesyouan inslanlposjlionvalualion,ou canwalch h vluationhang s the search

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MOFEABOUTTHELCDDISPLAYYoufcompuGrs uillinLCDdisplay anpro.videa walth l informalionuringa game.Normally,ous onlya smallsclionawir-dow) ol the available nlormtion ut,bypressingNFOI,youcandisplaymuchmoreinformation.In he ollowingagesweprovidesummaryolth nlormalionvailabln hecomputer'sditler6nt poralionmodes.

NormalGameDisplaysWhenyouare playing gameagainst hecompulor.ou normally 6 he ime eachsid usedup so lar.1 PressinglNFOlnce isplayshs ime e-

maininoor eachsid.

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rhinksharWhits s the equivalonl f twopawnsahead). minussign n lrontol lh6valuemoans hal Blacks leading.

Fd5 tP:EIIll this nlormalionsdisplayedooqulcklyoryou.youcanpress +| lotroezehedisplay.Thsn,youcn slep orwardhroughh n'

lormalionyprssing

+lor backward ypressing-]. ProsslNFOiloyclh6varia-tion again,3. PresslnglNFOlgeinlsplaysth oplh

olsgarch, exlmovendlhe valuation,

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The lirne i3 in houfs,minules andssconds, his nlormations nolavailablslor evels 1-48,87,O1-D8, I-HBnd88 - lhedisplay hows0:00:00.PrssinglNFOlagainisplayshemain

Th6compuler howsou he continualion(seriesoimoves)l expscls nd hedeplhol the cuffntlydisplaydmov.Al ths endof he mainvariationhe com.pulerdisplaysh deplhand he evalua-tion.Thsevaluationisplayss n 100thsol a pawn e.9. 2:00,manshal il

Thedisplay howsou o whatdsplh hscompllerhasexamined llpossiblson-tinuations5: m6ans lullwidth depthsoarchlolh rounds f moves), gain.th6evalualionsdisplayedn 100lhs l a

Nole:Thcompulerxaminssertainm-porlantariations| doepef han he n-dicalodullwidlhdpth.PrssingNFO]a founh imedisplayshenumbsr lpossabloveshecomputerhas xamindin thousands), nd thamount flimspenl onsidefinghs cur-rnlmov.l thecompuler lsplays

21103Oio1:13il means hal lhe computer as benlhinkinglor minule,3 seconds ndhsevaluled 1,000osirions.

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5. PressinglNFOloncemore eturns outo lh6 slandardwindowtimeor achsid).Oncchosen. nvol lhe abovewindowsromainsacliveunlilyouchange l bypressinglNFOI.

AnalysisModeDisplaysPressinglANALYSlSllollowdby[-lor[+lpromptsyou in laking back or replayingmoves on the LCD as describedn.TakbckndReplayonh LCDScreen,.lfyoufpaledlyress -lor l+l in lheanalysismode,he display howsouallthemoves nlhggame.Youcan press FtINCTION],NEwGAMEI,INORN4AL|toeturno normalplayat thepoinlof th curfenlly asplydi6cepositions.Thon,nov lh aclulpiecss o thesame posilionshownon the displayandconlinueolav n lhenormalmode.

Position Verilicatlon DisplayWhenyoupressa piecebulton o verify heboardposition,he fow/columnndicatorspolnlo lh6piocsposilions,nd he symbol,or hplscand tscoordinlsreshownal the bollomol thedisplay.Of course, hosimpleslway o veilypac6 osilionss tolookal th LCD disolav.

lllegal MoveDisplaysDuringa game, llegalmovesar alsocorecledwilh he hlpol ths display.For n'slanco,CLiG4 means hal lheDiceonsquaG G4 is incorrecllyocated press tdownand remove t lrom that souare).Pul l Gl meansthatth6i6c6 hould splaced n sqursGlTheposalionndicaledby lh Ck ndPutdisplays topoinledloylherovcolumnndicators,

PlayLevel DisplaysWhenyouchoose levelot ply hat useslimeconlfols,see.Sxing evls t Playtinlormalionboul he imecontrols ooears.

0i3O/30meansachplayrmustmake30movss n 30 minutes r lsss.9:59/1mansonmovn anunlimiledlims.This s lhe analysismod.0;05/99means oumuslmakeall movesn

ln the novice levls(O1-D8)Handl isdisplayed.n he pfoblm-solvingevel Bg)Problisdisplayed. nd, n h xpedmenlallvlswitha fixeddplhol search H1-Hg),yousee Fr and h deplhol search.

Posilion Setup DisplaysWhenyou pressSETUP!,SEt UP on hedasplayndicateshalyoure n the slupmode.Whenever ou nter a piec(sdescribdn.Verilying and SetlingPosi-lions') lhpiec yp and posilions in-dicaledon rhedisplay.

Information WhileSolvingProblemsWhenouareusingheproblem-solvingvl(88),hecompulers ooking nly or a lorc-d mate.PressinglNFOlwicewhile t islhinking oes otproducehenomaldisplay,lnsl6ad,he compulor hows he curnldpthofsarch n he deplhol searchwin-dow. l, lor instanca, d 1 is displayed,hocompulers cur.enllyookingor a mato n

lfyou pressNFOIatlr he computeraslound(andannouncd) lorcedmat, tshows ouoneoJ h vaiations hat eadom16,ollowd y th numbr l movso

Note The irstmovesalwayshekeymov,Theolhersmighl, n cerlain ases, ea sids

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Exitinghe InlormationModellthecomputerslhinkingwhileyou isplayinformation,hs nlormationisplayss urn-ed oltwhen hs compulerdecidesls move.However,hen hecomputertans hinkingagain for ts turn), h inlormation isplayreturns.EvenpressingNEWGAME]doesnol change hjs. lyouwant o complstelyturn otl lhe inlormation isplay,ou mustpress llNFOlto cycle backlhe deskd

An lnformationDisplayExamplePressNEWGAME]ANALYSIS!.Then, ntor ho ollowing oves:

1. e2-e4E7-e52. g1J3d7-d63. l1-c4h7-h64- b1-c3 8-94

Nowset hecomputero levelA8 andpressIPLAYI lNFOlNFOI+1.You canwatchhow h computer eeps hanglngts minduntil l lindsa reallygoodmove13-e5).oucan press -l whil he computers think-ing lo see how thepositionevaluationchanges. r,youcanpress INFOIo cyclelhrough he enlirevafiation.Experimenlo findoutwhy hewhilequeencannotbe capturcdatter the last move(f35).fyouplayg4-d1or black, hcom-putermmediatlyhows ouwhy t wasad-vocating nothermove n ls mainvarialion.

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