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Dear chess enthusiast, 

Welcome  to  the  ranks  of  MEPHISTO  chess  com­

puter  owners!  We are  sure that  your  new  acquisi­

tion will give you many hours of pleasure. 

Your  MEPHISTO  is.  a  quality  product  from  a 

German  manufacturer.  It  is  easy  to  operate  and 

offers  a  wide  range  of  options.  It  is  the  ideal 

training partner far every chess player. 

In  order  to  enable  you  to  get  the  most  from  your 

computer  right  from  the  outset,  we  are  providing 

this manual, which is intended to help you become 

an expert in the handling of your computer within a 

very short tirne. 

This  instruction  manual  has  been  written  in  the 

form  of  short sections which can be read indepen­

dently  of  one  another.  There  are  copious  cross­

references  to  supplementary  material  in  other 

sections. 

We  recommend  that  you  start  out  by  going 

through  the entire  manual  section  by  section  once. 

After  having  tt,us  obtained  a  general  overview  of 

the  way your  computer is  operated,  you can make 

a  more  detailed  study  of  specific  points  whenever 

the need arises 

And  now  we  wish  you  lots  of  fun  with  your  new 

electronic chess partner! 

Bedienungsanleitung 
lnstruction manual 

MMV 

1.  General  remarks

28 

2. lnstallation

28 

3. Making  moves

29 

3.1  Starting  a  game 

29 

3.2  Captures 

30 

3.3  Capturing  en  passant 

30 

3.4  Castling 

31 

3.5  Pawn  promotion 

31 

3.6  lllegal  moves 

31 

3.7  Checkmate,  stalemate,  draw 

32 

3.8  Starting/interrupting  calculations  32 

3.9  Starting  a  new  game 

32 

4. User  intertace

33 

5. Level  Mode

33 

6. lnformation  Mode

42 

7. Memory  Mode

45 

8. Position  Mode

48 

9. Extensions

50 

Summary of Contents for MMV

Page 1: ...ne another There are copious cross references to supplementary material in other sections We recommend that you start out by going through the entire manual section by section once After having tt us obtained a general overview of the way your computer is operated you can make a more detailed study of specific points whenever the need arises And now we wish you lots of fun with your new electronic...

Page 2: ... six keys each that allow you to set all the necessary parameters and to access various items of information You are assisted in the handling of your computer by a four character seven segment display 6 function indicators the light emitting diodes or LEDs located above the keys and 64 square indicators one LED on each square of the chessboard The extensive explanations contained in this manual ar...

Page 3: ...making the capture on the respective square 3 3 Capturing en passant Execute the pawn move in the normal fashion The computer will then remind you to remove the captured pawn by flashing the LED on the square that it stands on lf you are not sure whether the rules allow an en passant capture please refer to the relevant chapter in any elementary chess course When castling you must always move the ...

Page 4: ...ffice tor you to know that even if one of these drawn positions is reached you can stil go on playing as lcfflg as you like 3 8 Starting or interrupting the calculation of a move Pressing the ENT key while it is your turn to move will start the computer calculating the next move in your stead Pressing ENT while the computer is analyzing will interrupt its current thinking process and cause it to p...

Page 5: ...a tournament game within the prescribed tirne limit of two hours the computer will repeatedly Here follows a descnption ot the d1fferent play1ng sound a warning tone and display the following 8 message C This means that strictly speaking you have now forfeited the game on tirne However it you wish to continue the game in spite ot that you are free to do so The 7 key Level 7 tournament level human ...

Page 6: ...computer must be given ample tirne far its calculations we recommend levels 6 or 8 10 Games played with the autoplay option may later be reviewed in Memory Mode The Automatic Play Option is accessed by pressing the LEV key 5 times IILI Vou can now enable this special option by pressing ENT The display will change to this _I_IL_I _ As soon as you leave Level Mode by pressing CL the computer will st...

Page 7: ...d moves it has found 5 5 6 Disable Opening Book With this option you can turn otf your MEPHISTO s extensive opening library or book The chess program then has no access to the opening theory stored in its memory and will start calculating moves on its own from move 1 It you want to disable your computer s op ning book proceed as lf you want to play Black against the computer proceed as follows Pre...

Page 8: ...TO s super iority and resign in your tum During the early pl ase of a game while the computer is stili playing its moves from its store of 14 opening theory or book the following message will be displayed instead of an evaluation _ You can leave lnformation Mode at any tirne by pressing CL 6 2 lnfo 2 Chess clock While the computer is analyzing the display normally shows only the tirne taken tor th...

Page 9: ...TO anticipates mate in 2 1 l l MEPHISTO RESIGNS CHECKMATE STALEMATE Patt in German J 16 position evaluation or if only a few opening moves have been made so far the theo message By pressing the key labelled O you can now cause the comment MEPHISTO wishes to make to appear in the display window In some positions it may be that MEPHISTO has more than one comment for you Theretore you should always p...

Page 10: ...so it is better to use the method described in section 7 2 in order to avoid any mistakes On the other hand when taking back only a tew 7 2 Taking back move MEPHISTO s interna memory allows you to play the current game backwards either in its entirety or far a few moves only Press the MEM key to enter Memory Mode while it is your tum to move In the display window you will see the message memo By r...

Page 11: ...ey The disptay will change to this J This means Do you really want to ctear the computer s interna board Confirm your intention by pressing ENT once more and the display will switch to the symbol tor the white king __ _ Briefly lift the white king from its square The corresponding square LED will start flashing and the coordinates of the white king s location will be shown in the display window un...

Page 12: ... as a travelling chess computer Finally we the MEPHISTO team wish you lots of tun with your new electronic chess partner Technical Data Microprocessor 65C02 ROM 32 KByte RAM 8 KByte Processor speed 4 9152 MHz Display 4 character Fits these units Modular Exclusive CE Munich Mobil LCD Thls lnstruction manual descri s the produd as ex acUy as poss1ble bul does not guarantee any specific property or s...

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