Taking Back a Capture
After you take back a capture,
the square of the captured piece
will then appear on the display.
This is to remind you to put
back the captured piece. You
must press on the square of the
captured piece. Use the LCD
chessboard, to see what was
captured.
Levels of Play
Ivan II, the Conqueror
Talking Chess Set has six level
types. Two of the level types
(
PLY
and
MATE
) are for analy-
sis. The other four level types
are for play.
Press
LEVEL
to see the current
level.
Press
LEVEL
repeatedly to
change to a different level type.
Press
CLEAR
to return to nor-
mal play.
Level types Beginner, Fixed,
Sudden, and Tournament can be
adjusted for three different
strengths. While viewing the
level, use the
OPTIONS
key to
select ‘
E
’ for Easy, ‘
A
’ for
Average, and ‘
H
’ for Hard.
Beginner Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or 15
seconds per move.
BE001 BE002 BE003 BE004
BE005 BE007
BE010
BE015
BA001 BA002
BA003
BA004
BA005 BA007
BA010
BA015
BH001 BH002 BH003 BH004
BH005 BH007 BH010 BH015
Fixed Time Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30,
45 seconds, and 1:00, 1:30,
2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 5:00 minutes
per move. Fixed Time Level
“
INF
” is infinite time, and Ivan
II, the Conqueror Talking Chess
Set will only stop thinking when
the
MOVE
key is pressed, or a
mate is found.
FE001
FE002
FE003
FE005
FE010
FE015
FE020
FE030
FE045
FE100
FE130
FE200
FE230
FE300
FE500
FEinF
FA001
FA002 FA003
FA005
FA010
FA015 FA020
FA030
FA045
FA100 FA130
FA200
FA230
FA300 FA500
FAinF
FH001 FH002 FH003 FH005
FH010 FH015 FH020 FH030
FH045 FH100 FH130 FH200
FH230 FH300 FH500
FHinF
Sudden Death Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select the amount of time in
minutes for the entire game. If
you run out of time you lose or
forfeit,
FORFT
will be shown on
the display.
SE 05
SE 10 SE 15
SE 20
SE 30
SE 45 SE 60
SE 90
SA 05 SA 10 SA 15
SA 20
SA 30 SA 45 SA 60
SA 90
SH 05 SH 10 SH 15
SH 20
SH 30 SH 45 SH 60
SH 90
Tournament Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select the the amount of time in
HOURS MINUTES
format to play
the number of moves shown on
the left side of the display. If you
run out of time before you play
the indicated number of moves,
you lose or forfeit,
FORFT
will
be shown on the display.
40 TE030 45 TE045 40 TE100 40 TE130
35 TE130 45 TE155 40 TE200 45 TE225
40 TA030 45 TA045 40 TA100 40 TA130
35 TA130 45 TA155 40 TA200 45 TA225
40 TH030 45 TH045 40 TH100 40 TH130
35 TH130 45 TH155 40 TH200 45 TH225
Ply Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select the depth of search from
1
to
8 PLY
. A ply is one half
move.
PLY 1 PLY 2
PLY 3
PLY 4
PLY 5 PLY 6 PLY 7
PLY 8
MAtE Solver Level Type
Press the
or the
key to
select the number of moves to
mate the program will search.
NONE
will appear if no mate is
found.
MATE 1 MATE 2 MATE 3 MATE 4
MATE 5 MATE 6 MATE 7 MATE 8
Note: You can only change
the level while it is your turn to
play.
Book Opening
Trainer
Ivan II, the Conqueror Talk-
ing Chess Set makes it easy for
you to learn the same openings
C
OMPUTERS CAN
SOMETIMES
“
LOCKUP
”
DUE
TO STATIC DISCHARGE OR
OTHER ELECTRICAL
DISTURBANCES
. I
F THIS
SHOULD HAPPEN
,
USE
A SLIM
,
POINTED OBJECT
TO PRESS THE BUTTON
MARKED
“
ACL
.”
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