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5.11.10

 

Opts: CPU speed

  

Reducing the computer’s speed of calculation is one way to make it an easier opponent. The ‘CPU 
speed’ option offers 30 settings, ranging from 10 to 300 MHz. 

5.11.11

 

Opts: Style 

To determine The King’s style of play, there are five predefined ‘settings’ to choose from: Defensive, 
Solid, Normal, Active and Aggressive. 

In addition, there are three ‘User’ settings. These are styles that you can create according to your own 
specifications. 

Inspecting the styles 

Each style is defined by the significance it attaches to the following components of the position: – 

Pawn 

 Space    

Knight 

 Mobil (= Mobility) 

Bishop 

 Ksafe (= King safety) 

Rook 

 PassP (= Passed Pawn) 

Queen 

 Pweak (= Pawn weakness) 

The style is also influenced by a ‘Selectivity’ factor. A high value for this parameter (maximum: 20) 
permits the program to analyse certain selected variations more deeply. A value of 1 results in ‘brute 
force’, i.e. every variation analysed to the same depth.  

To inspect (e.g.) the composition of the ‘Aggressive’ style: – 

1.

 

Use 

ï

 or 

ð

 to display the ‘Aggressive’ setting. 

2.

 

Press GREEN. The ‘blinking’ cursor (  

  ) appears. 

3.

 

Repeated presses on 

ñ

 or 

ò

 bring the cursor to each line in turn and allow all the components 

to be displayed. The last 4 lines look like this: 

 

 

          German:  

         English: 

          

 

         

 

In each line, the percentage on the left is the value ascribed to this component in the computer’s own 
position. The value of the same component in the opponent’s position is indicated on the right. In each 
case, the ‘normal’ value would be 100%, but notice how the ‘Aggressive’ style attaches great 
significance to the opposing king’s safety factor – meaning that the computer will be especially eager 
to attack the king. On the other hand, the low score on the left of the same line means the computer 
will be prepared to take certain risks with its own king’s defence. 

In the ‘Selectivity’ line, ‘Auto’ means that this factor will be adjusted automatically as the game 
progresses. The value is likely to be 20 in the early stages but will decline towards 1 as the endgame 
approaches. 
When you have finished the inspection, a press on RED returns you to the Options list. 

Defining a ‘User’ style 

Example:

 You want the ‘User1’ style to give the bishop a slightly higher value than usual in relation to 

the other pieces. And you want ‘User1’ to take special care to keep its queen on the board. 

Содержание King Performance M830

Страница 1: ...ing against the computer 7 3 1 Your move 7 3 1 1 Ordinary moves 7 3 1 2 Special moves 7 3 2 The computer s move 8 3 3 Errors 8 3 4 Symbols displayed in the bottom line during play 8 3 5 Retracting and...

Страница 2: ...rview of the advanced options 18 5 11 2 Altering an option 18 5 11 3 Opts Invert Board 18 5 11 4 Opts Tutor 18 5 11 5 Opts Book1 19 5 11 6 Opts Book2 19 5 11 7 Opts Permanent Brain 19 5 11 8 Opts Rand...

Страница 3: ...mes 26 7 4 Can I load games onto the King 26 7 5 Is there a firmware update 26 7 6 Can I go back to older firmware 27 7 7 The Update or PGN Tool does not recognize the chess computer unit 27 7 7 1 Dri...

Страница 4: ...orage and cleaning Please note that real wood needs extra care Handle the wood carefully always store the device where it is dry and do not expose it to strong sunlight When required only clean the de...

Страница 5: ...French Fran ais Dutch Nederlands Italian Italiano Spanish Espa ol Russian P After you connect the power the display shows the word English together with the version number of the chess program To sele...

Страница 6: ...th the parameters level etc that you have specified even if you afterwards disconnect the power When the power is reconnected the computer automatically switches on To switch on when the power has not...

Страница 7: ...to the promotion square The bottom line of the display will show e g This invites you to promote to a queen If you want you can switch to a different piece by pressing or When the desired piece is sho...

Страница 8: ...re as you remove the pawn To carry out an underpromotion of pawn to rook press the square b2 as you remove the pawn then press the rook down on b1 If the computer gives check its move is followed by a...

Страница 9: ...screen To replay a sequence you may repeat this same procedure to execute each individual move Alternatively you may simply press the anticlockwise arrow button several times and then reconstruct the...

Страница 10: ...played Large clock Game score Analysis Opening name and code Permanent brain and Small clock You can switch between the screens by using the and buttons From any Info screen you may press a GREEN butt...

Страница 11: ...the move that the computer rates as best is Qb5 It considers that after this move the best continuation for both sides is Qxb5 cxb5 Nd8 the sequence may be continued in the fourth line The number 0 3...

Страница 12: ...g took 22 seconds examining about 1 048 000 positions at a rate of 46571 positions per second The full width search see 4 5 was conducted to a depth of 8 ply 4 5 Info screen Permanent brain When the P...

Страница 13: ...nstead you press RED this returns you from the menu to the info screen Note When operating the special functions remember that the uses of the RED and GREEN buttons are always indicated by the inverte...

Страница 14: ...omputer plays at reduced strength to give practice to inexperienced opponents It cuts short its calculations after examining a certain number of positions 125 on the lowest of the Easy levels 16 000 o...

Страница 15: ...xample You want to give the players 1 hour and 30 minutes for their first 42 moves and 15 minutes for every 7 moves thereafter with an increment of 15 seconds per move The display for the User categor...

Страница 16: ...el On this level the computer searches for the quickest way to force checkmate from the current position If it fails to find a forced mate in 37 ply or less it displays No mate found on the Analysis i...

Страница 17: ...following Plug the small connector at the end of the King Performance adaptor s cable into the left hand socket at the rear of the ChessLink unit Take the cable with 2 identical connectors supplied wi...

Страница 18: ...sor to the Book1 line This parameter described in Section 5 11 5 has nine different settings which you can display in rotation with or In this way bring Q Gambit onto the screen Having finished your a...

Страница 19: ...f either of the books is set to Off only the other book will be used If Book1 and Book2 are both Off The King will compute its moves independently right from the start of the game 5 11 7 Opts Permanen...

Страница 20: ...blinking cursor appears 3 Repeated presses on or bring the cursor to each line in turn and allow all the components to be displayed The last 4 lines look like this German English In each line the perc...

Страница 21: ...uter will e g be more reluctant than usual to exchange bishop for knight and more keen to exchange knight for bishop It will also be more reluctant to part with its queen even for a nominal material e...

Страница 22: ...es and no For castling to be enabled the king and rook don t have to be on their home squares for classical chess They can be on any squares from which castling is possible in Chess960 For example You...

Страница 23: ...00 see http computerchess com so that we can inform you of changes and or software upgrades relating to your computer To connect the computer unit to a PC or laptop you will need an A to B USB cable n...

Страница 24: ...lay the final moves of the game you have downloaded You can step back and forward through the moves as described in Section 3 5 6 2 3 Loading a PGN file A game from a composite file in PGN format can...

Страница 25: ...d are available to be filled by data from headers labelled White Black and Result Other standard headers that can supply data for the drop down menu are Site Date and Round For example you could equip...

Страница 26: ...ick on Send Clock 7 FAQ and troubleshooting 7 1 My board does not work as intended A lot of work goes into The King Performance and we do our utmost to get the best product to you Sometimes the board...

Страница 27: ...lso if you might have blocked the Update Tool for example access might be denied by your firewall 7 9 How long does the update take When is the update complete Depending on your Internet speed it migh...

Страница 28: ...Ltd UK approx 300 000 positions Aegon 1994 book C de Gorter NL approx 61 000 positions NOTE This product is not protected against the effects of electrostatic charges strong electromagnetic radiation...

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