Saitek Chess Explorer manual Info Mode AT a Glance, Moves of the current game, Press

4.3 Chess Clock Information

Press INFO a third time for chess clock information. The chess clocks keep track of the time for both sides. Press BLACK/> repeat- edly to scroll forward through the clock displays:

•Elapsed time since the last move was made

•Total elapsed time for the computer

•Total elapsed time for the player

•Remaining time for the computer (Blitz/Tournament Levels only)

•Remaining time for the player (Blitz/Tournament Levels only) Press WHITE/< to scroll backward and see previous displays again.

Press CLEAR to return to the normal clock display.

The clocks stop whenever you take back a move, check level set- tings, select options, verify or set up a position, or turn the unit off. In all these cases, however, the times are retained in memory, and the clocks resume as soon as play is continued. Whenever you change levels or press CLEAR and ENTER together to reset for a new game, the chess 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. You can then press WHITE/< repeatedly to scroll backward back through the moves of your game (up to 30 individual moves).

•Number of White moves played so far

•Moves of the current game

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

4.5 Want a Hint? Just Ask!

In case you missed this feature when it was mentioned in Section 4.1, we wanted to point it out again—if you ever need advice on a move, you can always ask the computer for a hint. Simply press INFO when it’s your turn to move, and the computer will show a suggested move for your side!

INFO MODE AT A GLANCE!

PRINCIPAL VARIATION INFO:

	info	x1 • Move 1 (predicted line of play)
			white/	• Move 2 (predicted line of play)
				• Move 3 (predicted line of play)
			black/	• Move 4 (predicted line of play)
SEARCH INFO:
	info	x2 • Evaluation of current position
			white/	• 2 numbers: Search depth + number
				of moves examined so far
			black/	• Current move under consideration
				• Positions searched per second

CHESS CLOCK INFO:
info	x3 • Elapsed time since last move
	white/	• Elapsed time for the computer
		• Elapsed time for the player
	black/	• Remaining time for the computer*
		• Remaining time for the player*
		*Blitz/Tournament Levels only

MOVE COUNT INFO:

info		x4 • Number of White moves played so far
		white/
		• Moves of the current game
		black/
Press	clear	at any time to exit Info Mode.

For more details, see Section 4.

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