•
: You are to move with White.
•
: You are to move with Black.
3.5
Retracting and replaying moves
3.5.1
Retracting moves
If you want to take back the last move played, you may press the clockwise arrow button . The red LEDs
on the chessboard, and the prompts in the bottom line of the screen, direct you to move the piece back. For
example:
The King:
ChessGenius:
The white bishop must be returned from h4 to g5.
You may also simply retract the move
without
first pressing the clockwise arrow button.
3.5.2
Retracting a sequence of moves
After retracting one move, you may also retract the previous one or a longer sequence. To do this, you can
repeat the same procedure as before.
3.5.3
Replaying moves
A move that you have retracted can be
replayed
by pressing the
anticlockwise
arrow button and moving
the piece on the board as prompted by the lights and the screen.
To replay a sequence, you may repeat this same procedure to execute each individual move. Alternatively,
you may simply press several times and then reconstruct the position at the end of the sequence.
At any time after retracting or replaying moves, you can resume the game from the current position on the
board. Carry out a move in the normal way, or select “Move” from the menu, to make the computer play next
–
you will then be playing for the opposing colour.
3.6
Result of the game
The final move is accompanied by three “beeps”, and the result is announced in the bottom line of the
display:
•
Mate
Checkmate
•
Stale
Stalemate
•
Draw 3x
Draw by threefold repetition
•
Draw 50
Draw by 50-move rule
•
NoMat
Draw due to insufficient material (neither side can mate the opponent)
•
TooLong
The game cannot be continued, as it would exceed the available
memory space (maximum: 256 moves for each side).
If the computer thinks its position is hopeless, it may offer its resignation. In the following example it thinks
it has a disadvantage equivalent to 5.73 pawns:
German:
English: