memory while using a minimum of current. This means that you can stop in the middle of
a game, and then switch the computer ON again later on and continue the game.
This also means that you must always press the NEW GAME key after turning the comput-
er ON, if you want to start a new game.
IX. SOUNDS
If you prefer your computer to operate without its audio signals, just press the
SOUND/COLOR key when it is your turn to move. The sounds can be switched on again
by pressing the SOUND/COLOR key again. The sounds are also turned on again when you
press the NEW GAME key.
X. LEVELS
The computer has 64 different levels, which are organized in the following way:
PAWN PROMOTION
is performed automatically by the computer:
1. Press the FROM square and pick up the pawn.
2. Find a queen of the right colour among the captured pieces (if there are no queens of the
right color among the captured pieces, you can use a rook and place it up-side down
instead). Press the TO square and put down the queen on the new square in the usual
way.
The computer assumes that you always want to promote to a queen. If you want to promote
to a rook, bishop, or knight instead, you can do so by changing the position . The com-
puter itself will always promote to a queen.
VI. ILLEGAL MOVES
If you try to make an illegal or impossible move, or try to do something else which is not
possible, you will hear the error signal. Whenever you hear this signal, it means that you
have done something wrong, and that your last entry has been ignored.
If you try to make an illegal move, or try to move one of the opponent’s pieces, you will
hear the error signal. You can just continue and make another move instead by pressing
the FROM and TO squares.
If you hear the error signal, and the computer is showing a square, it normally means that
you must press on this square.
VII. CHECK, MATE AND DRAW ANNOUNCEMENTS
When the computer gives check, it beeps happily and the CHECK light comes on.
If the computer checkmates you, or you checkmate the computer, it plays a small melody,
and the CHECK and DRAW/MATE lights come on. If you checkmate the computer the lights
are steady, if the computer checkmates you the lights are flashing.
If you stalemate the computer, the DRAW/MATE light comes on, indicating that the game
is a draw. If the same position occurs 3 times in a row, or if neither player moves a pawn
or captures a piece for 50 moves, the DRAW/MATE light also comes on, but you can still
continue playing if you want to.
VIII. OFF/SAVE MODE
When a game is over, you can press the NEW GAME and start a new game, or turn the
computer OFF by pressing the OFF/SAVE key. The computer is not turned completely off,
but instead retains the current chess position and the current level and playing style in its
GB 5
GB 6
LCG500IM 2/16/04 4:55 PM Page 20
