5.4 Position
Here you can view the current board position or enter a new one, as well as display the
game notation of the current game.
5.4.1 View Position
Works just like the position key (see chapter
3.7. Position Display
). It shows the current
board position with upper and lower half of the board being displayed side by side.
Pressing flips the board, and pressing it once more displays the list of material.
You can quit this position viewer by pressing
a
or
r
. If you press the
≡
key, you will
leave the position viewer and the menu system altogether.
5.4.2 Enter Position
Allows you to enter a position of your choice. You will be guided through the different
pieces step by step. First the white pieces in the order of king, queens, rooks, bishops,
knights and pawns, and then the black pieces in the same order.
Use
a
to confirm the piece squares for the current piece type and move on to the next
one. If you want to enter more than one piece of the same type, just enter the next square
without pressing
a
inbetween.
You can delete the last square of the current piece type by pressing
r
.
If you enter a piece on a square that is already occupied by another entered piece, that
other piece will be overwritten silently, with the exception of kings. Since a position without
kings would be illegal, the kings' positions will be retained. If you try to overwrite a king's
position when entering the opposite king's position, there will be a warning dialogue box
because none of these two pieces can be discarded safely.
For moving back and forth through the pieces types, use
3
and
4
.
During entering, the CT800 keeps track of how many promoted pieces have been entered.
E.g. if you enter three white rooks, then one of them must be a promoted piece. This
means that you can only enter up to seven white pawns. This works also the other way
around: if you have already entered eight white pawns, you cannot enter more than two
white rooks.
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