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If you want to play a game with the back pieces, press MOVE key in
the starting position. The computer will then turn the board around and
play with the white pieces from the top of the board, while you will play
with the black pieces from the buttom of the board.
12.
TAKING BACK MOVES
If you press down one of your pieces but then decide not to move
it after all, press on its square a second time. The lights indicating
the square will go out, and you may move a different piece.
If you have already completed a move, it is not too late to retract.
While the computer is considering its reply or is showing the 'from'
square of the move, press TAKE BACK key. and the computer will
stop thinking. Then press the TAKE BACK key again, and the
computer will show you the piece you moved last. Press it down on its
square, and the computer will show you the square it came from. Move
the piece back to this square, pressing it again If the move was a
capture, the computer will remind you to replace the captured piece,
by indicating the square and the type of the captured piece. Press
down on the square as you replace the piece.
If you have already performed the computer's move, you must first
press the TAKE BACK key and take back the computer's move, then
press the TAKE BACK key again and take back your own move. If you
want to take back more moves, simply continue taking back moves as
long as you wish, The computer normally remembers the last 60
moves for each player.
13.
HINT
If you press the HINT key. the computer will give you a piece of advice
on what to move. This is done by flashing the move by first showing
the ‘from* square (long period) and then the 'to' square (short period).
The computer will continue flashing the move until you press another
key. The move showed is the move the computer expects you to
make. Whenever it is you turn to move and you are considering your
move, the computer is also considering