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- PSION CHESS - HELP
- SIX PAGES OF HELP ARE AVAILABLE
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- Page One (this page) ...... Making a move, starting a game
- Page Two ...... Commands when player's turn
- Page three ...... Commands when computer's turn
- Page Four ...... Setting Up a position
- Page Five ...... The GAMES command
- Page Six ...... En Passant, Draw
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- MAKING A MOVE - to make a move, use the arrow keys to place the
- cursor on top of the piece you wish to move and press ENTER.
- Then move the cursor to the destination square and press ENTER
- again.
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- IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND half way through a move, return the cursor
- to the piece you had wanted to move, and press ENTER.
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- CASTLING - Move the King two spaces to either side. If it is legal
- to castle, the computer will move the Rook for you.
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- TO START A NEW GAME - press $
- TO SWITCH BETWEEN 2-D AND 3-D BOARD - press F2
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- PRESS SPACE BAR FOR NEXT PAGE OR ESC TO EXIT
- HELP - page two
- COMMANDS WHEN PLAYER'S TURN
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- To use a command - press the first letter of the word.
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- INVERT ... view the board from the opposite end.
- COMPUTE ... asks the computer to take the next move.
- LEVEL ... increases the level of play being used by the
- computer. To decrease the level of play, press CTRL and L.
- HINT ... asks the computer to suggest a move
- TAKEBACK ... takes back the last move and assumes the next move is
- yours.
- REPLAY ... replays the game from the start. Pressing ESC returns
- control to the player.
- 2-PLAYER ... allows game to be played by two humans.
- SOUND ... switches sound on or off.
- DEMO ... lets the computer play itself.
- FORWARD ... steps forward a move after moves have been taken back.
- PRINT ... prints moves as they are made. To print the whole
- board press CTRL and P. The printer port of your computer must
- previously have been set up using a utility that will have
- been supplied with your computer.
- NEXT-BEST... forces the computer to play its last move again.
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- PRESS SPACE BAR FOR NEXT PAGE OR ESC TO EXIT
- HELP - page three
- COMMANDS WHEN PLAYER'S TURN (contd.)
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- GAMES ... see page 5
- WAIT ... freezes the game in its current state. Pressing any
- key allows the game to continue.
- ANALYSIS ... switches on/off an analysis of the current position.
- EASY ... stops the computer thinking while it is your move.
- QUIT ... leave the chess program.
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- COMMANDS WHEN COMPUTER'S TURN
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- MOVE-NOW ... forces the computer to move now. If computer was in
- DEMO mode, returns control to the player.
- SOUND ... switches sound on or off.
- BEST-SO-FAR ... displays the best move so far discovered.
- ANALYSIS ... switches on/off an analysis of the current position.
- WAIT ... freezes the game in its current state. Pressing any
- key allows the game to continue.
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- If you use any of the features of Psion Chess which would not be
- available to a player in a championship match, (TAKEBACK etc.) the
- word CHAMPIONSHIP on the 2-D screen disappears.
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- PRESS SPACE BAR FOR NEXT PAGE OR ESC TO EXIT
- HELP - page four
- SETTING UP A POSITION
- Press F3 to set up a position. The setup cursor (two small blocks
- at the front of the square) replaces the normal cursor. To position
- a piece simply move the cursor to a square and type K,Q,R,B,N or P
- to place a piece or 0 to delete it. Press C to start setting up for
- the other colour.
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- COMMANDS WHEN SETTING UP A POSITION
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- EMPTY BOARD ... clears the board.
- LEVEL ... increases the level of play being used by the
- computer. To decrease the level of play, press CTRL and L.
- SOUND ... switches sound on or off.
- INVERT ... view the board from the oposite end.
- ZERO CLOCKS ... resets the clock.
- CHANGE COLOUR ... switches between setting up white pieces and
- setting up black pieces.
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- To leave setup press F3 again. The game restarts with the computer
- expecting you to move next. You cannot leave setup if the position
- is illegal. Castling and En Passant capture are not allowed in the
- first move from a set up position.
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- PRESS SPACE BAR FOR NEXT PAGE OR ESC TO EXIT
- HELP - page five
- THE GAMES COMMAND
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- The following sub commands are available when the games command is
- used.
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- SAVE ... allows you to save the current game. The extension
- given to the filename you enter will always be ".chs".
- Pressing the ESC key allows you to abort this command.
- LOAD ... allows you to load a previously saved game.
- DIRECTORY ... lists all saved games.
- MASTER-GAMES ... allows you to run the selection of 50 famous games
- which comes with your Psion Chess disk. When the game has been
- loaded, using the REPLAY command will display the games from
- the start. FORWARD and TAKEBACK can also be used to advance or
- go back one move at a time. You can take over the game at any
- stage, or you can get the computer to take over the game by
- using the DEMO command.
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- PRESS SPACE BAR FOR NEXT PAGE OR ESC TO EXIT
- HELP - page six
- THE EN PASSANT RULE AND DRAWS
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- EN PASSANT
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- Psion Chess recognises En Passant capture and will use it itself.
- En Passant capture can only occur when a player moves a pawn two
- squares forward to avoid capture by the opponent's pawn. The
- opponent can capture the pawn just as if it had only been moved one
- square instead of two. The option to capture the pawn en passant
- must be exercised immediately, before playing any other move, or it
- lapses.
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- DRAW
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- A draw is declared if stalemate occurs, if a position is repeated
- three times, or if no pawn is moved and no piece is taken during 50
- consecutive moves.
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- PRESS SPACE TO RETURN TO FIRST PAGE, ESC TO EXIT