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The following is an example of a starting screen for ‘Chess960’, also known as ‘Fischer Random Chess’ (an
explanation of this variant of the game is supplied on the MILLENNIUM website:
http://www.computerchess.com/).
German:
English:
To start a game from number 450 of the 960 possible starting positions in ‘Fischer Random Chess’, set up
the pieces as shown below, and press GREEN.
To choose a different ‘Fischer Random’ position, press
ï
or
ð
as many times as required,
then
press GREEN.
The / buttons can be used to increase/decrease the number in steps of 50.
A press on RED would cancel the ‘new game’ command and leave the position unaltered.
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The info screens
The computer offers six different screens or ‘pages’ on which information is displayed: ‘Large clock’, ‘Game
score’, ‘Analysis’, ‘Opening name and code’, ‘Permanent brain’ and ‘Small clock’. You can switch between the
screens by using the
ï
and
ð
buttons.
From any ‘Info’ screen, you may press a GREEN button to access the menu of special functions. See Section 5.
Repeated presses on the right arrow button
ð
will display the screens in the following order:
–
4.1
Info screen: Large clock
This screen was displayed when you first connected the power and selected the language
–
see illustration in
Section 2.4.
On a ‘Normal’, ‘Easy’, ‘Fun’ or ‘Fixed depth’ level (as well as the ‘Find mate’ level), this screen shows the total
times taken so far by White and Black. On a ‘Blitz’, ‘Tournament’ or ‘User’ level, the clock display ‘counts
down’ and shows the amount of time remaining until the next time control. (See Section 5.4 for descriptions
of the levels and how to select them.)
4.2
Info screen: Game score
This screen shows the most recent moves, for example:
