Sigma Chess 6

User's Manual


Copyright © 2002

Ole K. Christensen
ole@sigmachess.com
http://www.sigmachess.com

Copyright Notice
The Sigma Chess 6 software and this manual are copyrighted. Please make sure you read the "Read me first!" document before using Sigma Chess the first time.

Disclaimer
The Sigma Chess 6 software is provided as is without any warranties of any kind either express or implied. By downloading, installing and/or using the Sigma Chess 6 software, the user/customer accepts all responsibility and agrees that the author of Sigma Chess cannot be held responsible or liable for any damage, data loss or harm of any kind whatsoever caused directly or indirectly by the installation and/or usage of the Sigma Chess 6 software.


CONTENTS


Welcome

Features
System Requirements

Instructions

1. Installation
2. Overview & General Use
Starting a New Game
Making Moves
Showing Legal Moves
Controlling the Search
Hints
Pausing the Game
Draw Offers
Browsing the Game Record
Printing
HTML Export
3. Saving & Loading Games
The Sigma 5 & 6 format
The Sigma 3 & 4 format
The Sigma 2 format
The PGN format
Game Information
4. Playing Levels, Modes and Styles
The Normal Levels
The Tournament Levels
The Average Levels
The Leisure Level
The Fixed Depth Levels
The Novice Levels
The Infinite Level
The Solver Level
The Mate Finder Levels
The Manual Level
Permanent Brain
Non deterministic
Playing Styles
5. Playing Strength
Setting Sigma's Playing Strength
Rating Your Games
6. Editing Positions
7. Game Annotations
The Annotation Editor
Entering Annotation Text
Search & Replace
Setting Move Suffixes
Inserting Diagrams
Clearing Annotation Text
Computer Annotations
8. Game Collections
Opening Collections
Browsing Collections
Sorting & Filtering
PGN Import/Export
Basic Chess Publishing
Printing
HTML Export
9. Position Libraries
The Library Editor
Library Import
10. The 3D Board
Making Moves
The Position Editor
Memory Requirements
11. Transposition Tables
12. Endgame Databases
Endgame Database Generators
13. Preferences

Menu Reference

The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Game Menu
The Analyze Menu
The Level Menu
The Display Menu
The Collection Menu
The Library Menu
The Window Menu

The Sigma Chess 6 User's Manual - Copyright (C) 2002, Ole K. Christensen

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