Saitek Chess Explorer manual IT’S Easy to Verify Pieces, VERIFYING/SETTING UP Positions

For complete descriptions of these options and details on exactly how to interpret the displays, see Section 4.

6. VERIFYING/SETTING UP POSITIONS

6.1 Verifying Positions

See “IT’S EASY TO VERIFY PIECES!” for a step-by-step ex- ample of using Verify Mode.

If you should knock over the chess pieces or if you think your board position may be incorrect, the computer can verify all the piece loca- tions for you!

When it is your turn, press one of the PIECE SYMBOL KEYS (&, %, $, #, @, or !). The computer shows you where the first piece of that type is located on the board—the display shows the piece symbol, color indicator, and square designation. Press the same PIECE SYMBOL KEY again to see the location of the next piece of that same type. All the White pieces are shown first, then the Black pieces. When there are no more pieces of that type, only the piece symbol remains in the display.

Want to verify more pieces? Simply repeat the above procedure using the other PIECE SYMBOL KEYS, verifying the entire board if desired! Press CLEAR to return to normal game play.

6.2 Changing and Setting Up Positions

See “TRY OUT POSITION MODE” to get an idea of how this feature works.

Position Mode is an exciting feature which lets you set up special board positions to play from, or problems you want the computer to solve! Caution: All previous moves in your current game will be erased from the computer’s memory if you make changes to the position during a game.

Press POSITION to enter Position Mode, and the display will show -POS-. You can change or set up a position whenever it is your turn to move. After you have set up your new position, press CLEAR to exit Position Mode.

•To remove a piece from the board, press the piece down on its square and then remove it. Notice that the display indicates the

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		IT’S EASY TO VERIFY PIECES!		ENGLISH
new game		1.	Press CLEAR and ENTER together to reset the
clear	enter		computer for a new game.
			Display: [ 0:00:00.
		2.	Press the KNIGHT Key.
			Display: [,@,b1 (the first White Knight).

3. Press KNIGHT again.

Display: [,@,G1 (the second White Knight).

4. Press KNIGHT again.

Display: ],@,b8 (the first Black Knight).

5. Press KNIGHT again.

Display: ],@,g8 (the second Black Knight).

6. Press KNIGHT again.

Display: @ (no more Knights on the board).

	7. Repeat to verify any other piece! Press CLEAR
clear	to exit Verify Mode.

For more details, see Section 6.1.

piece type and color, along with a minus sign (–) and the square location.

•To move a piece from one square to another, press the piece down on its original square, pick it up, and then press it down on the new square. As you do this, the display will show a minus sign

(–)for the first square, and a plus sign (+) for the second square.

•To add a piece to the board, first press the PIECE SYMBOL KEY for that piece (&, %, $, #, @, or !). Make sure the display shows the correct color symbol for the piece you want to add. If it does not, press BLACK/> or WHITE/< to change the color. When the display shows the correct piece type and color, place that piece onto the desired square and press down gently. The display shows a plus sign (+), along with the location for that square. To add another piece of the same type, simply press down onto another