Options for FUN and Variety, Move Count/Game Moves

•Total elapsed time for White.

•Total elapsed time for Black.

•Remaining time for White (Speed Chess/Tournament Levels only).

•Remaining time for Black (Speed Chess/Tournament Levels only). Press WHITE/< to scroll backwards and see the previous displays

again. Press CL to return to the normal clock display.

The clocks stop when you take back a move, verify levels, select options, verify a position, or turn the module off with GO/STOP. How- ever, the times are kept in memory, and the clocks resume as soon as play is continued. When you change levels, board positions, or press ENT and CL for a new game, the clocks are always reset to 0:00:00.

4.4 Move Count/Game Moves

Press INFO a fourth time to show the move number in the game so far. Pressing WHITE/< repeatedly will scroll backwards through the moves of your game (up to 200 individual moves).

•Current move number so far.

•Moves of the current game.

Press BLACK/> to go forward through the moves again at any point. Press CL to return to the normal clock display.

4.5 Want a Hint? Just Ask!

If you ever need advice on a move, you can always ask for a hint. Simply press INFO when it’s your turn to move, and the computer will show a suggested move for your side.

5. OPTIONS FOR FUN AND VARIETY

Your Senator Module offers many other exciting game options, which are user-selectable at any time. They are described individually in this section, and summarized in the Option Mode Chart.

Selecting Game Options

See “THE BASICS OF OPTION MODE: HERE’S HOW!” for a complete overview of this feature.

The game options are divided into three groups: Operation Mode, Playing Mode, and Rotating Display Mode. Pressing OPT cycles from one group to another. Each group contains eight different options, and

the BLACK/> and WHITE/< keys are used to cycle through the options within each of the groups. For each option (except option for Bronstein clock), a plus (+) in the display indicates the displayed option is ON, and a minus (–) means the option is OFF. Press ENT to turn each option on or off as it is displayed.

For the Bronstein Clock, press ENT to cycle through the time settings. The clock option you choose to display will be the selected time control when you exit Option Mode. If you decide not to turn the Bronstein Clock on, press ENT until the display shows bc 0 again.

After you have made all your option selections from any or all of the option groups, press CL to return to normal game play.

When the computer is first powered on, certain default options are set. Options which are ON at the first startup are shown in the chart with a (+), and options which are OFF are shown with a (–). When you reset for a new game, most of your selected options are carried over to your next game. An exception is Auto Play, which is automatically set back to OFF when you start another game. To return the module to its default settings, select tEst in Option Mode, and then press ENT and CL simultaneously after the LED and LCD scan tests have been completed.

5.1 Operation Mode Options

Press OPT once to select the Operation Mode Options. Then use the BLACK/> and WHITE/< keys to select options within this group, and press ENT to turn options on (+) or off (–).For the Bron- stein Clock, press ENT to cycle through the time settings.

a. Auto Play

On:+Auto Off:-Auto

In a normal game against the computer, you make your move and the computer makes its countermove. If you turn Auto Play on, however, you can actually watch the computer play against itself. This feature can be very useful for studying the computer’s tactics and strategies. Simply set the computer on a high level—Level 58, for example, where it searches to a depth of 10 ply for each move. Then, let the computer play against itself for hours or even days! When the game ends, you can take back up to the last 200 individual moves and replay them on the board. This lets you study the results of the computer’s work at your leisure.

Some notes regarding Auto Play:

•To speed up the computer's play in the opening, pressCL while it’s still playing from its built-in book of openings.

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