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- K-Chess Elite
-
- Copyright (c) 1992-97 by Rob McDonell, ARK ANGLES
- All Rights Reserved
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-
- OVERVIEW
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- K-Chess Elite is a powerful and versatile chess program designed to
- help you play better. It is ideal for casual players, children
- learning to play chess, and anyone wanting to improve their game.
-
- K-Chess Elite has lots of features to help you play. See the pieces
- that have been taken, where pieces can move, who can take what, which
- move the computer recommends, whether checkmate is inevitable, and
- more. Set the board to a specific layout, rotate it, enlarge it,
- change the set of pieces, and even add your own comments to a game.
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- Unlimited undo and redo is available, plus move hinting and replay,
- giving you complete control of the game and allowing alternate
- strategies to be explored. Print board layouts and move lists. Save
- games to disk and reload at any time.
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- K-Chess Elite can play with two players, one player against the
- computer (either black or white), or the computer against itself.
- Choose from a variety of time restrictions, or none at all. Change
- the playing strength to suit yourself. There are dozens of options
- to customise the appearance and operation of the game.
-
- There is full keyboard and mouse control, and easy to use button bar,
- and extensive help. And it plays a good game of chess too!
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- Versions for both Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 are included in the one
- package.
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- UPGRADE INFORMATION
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- K-Chess Elite has many additional features over K-Chess for Windows 2.x
- including
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- * new Windows 95 look
- * optional button bar for one click access to common functions
- * display of taken pieces sorted by value or order taken
- * hide or show status panel with enhanced information display
- * variable speed moving pieces
- * adjust speed of file open, undo and redo functions
- * sound effects and spoken messages
- * multiple sets of pieces
- * easy customisation of colours
- * textured, resizable board
- * board rotation
- * print board layout
- * enhanced print moves with selectable font and size
- * enhanced attack/jeopardy highlighting
- * more time limit options
- * manual or automatic clocks
- * analogue or digital clocks
- * setup board using drag and drop
- * adjustable playing strength by changing search depth
- * add comments to any point in a game
- * quick hint function to suggest a move
- * replay last move
- * undo all and redo all functions
- * double click on move listing to undo or redo to that move
- * allows optional resignations by either player
- * recognises two Kings stalemate
- * more sample games complete with comments
- * games saved in new text format for use outside of K-Chess
- * reads all earlier K-Chess and Turbo Chess files
- * enhanced help with rules and guidelines for beginners
- * full keyword search in help
- * window maximisation
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- plus more.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- K-Chess Elite comes with both 16 bit and 32 bit versions in the one
- package.
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- K-Chess Elite 16 requires a PC with 386 or higher processor, 2MB memory,
- 1MB free disk space, VGA graphics, and running Windows 3.1 or higher or
- OS/2 Warp 3.0 or higher with Windows.
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- K-Chess Elite 32 requires a PC with 386 or higher processor, 4MB memory,
- 1.5MB free disk space, VGA graphics, and running Windows 95 or higher or
- Windows NT.
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- Both programs require graphics resolution of at least 600 x 480 in 16
- colours. The textured backgrounds look best in 256 colours or higher.
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- A sound card is required for sound effects.
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- A printer is required to print game listings or board layouts.
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- K-Chess Elite must be installed onto a hard disk with at least 1MB of free
- space (1.5MB under Windows 95 or Windows NT).
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- 1. Put the Installation Disk in drive A:.
-
- 2. Select the Run function from the File menu in Program Manager (in
- Windows 3.1) or the Start button (in Windows 95).
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- 3. Enter "a:setup".
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- 4. Press Enter to begin installation. When requested, enter the drive
- and/or directory to install the program to, or just press <Enter>
- to accept the default.
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- K-Chess Elite is supplied on high density 1.44MB 3.5" diskettes. 5.25"
- diskettes are available at additional cost.
-
- Note: K-Chess Elite is installed by K-Install for Windows, also available
- as a separate product from ARK ANGLES. K-Install has an extensive range
- of powerful features for software developers and publishers, and is very
- easy to set up. See the ARK ANGLES catalogue for details.
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