KING ARTHUR
CHAPTER 4:
GETTING A RATING AT
THE ROUND TABLE | |
4.1 | then press the appropriate key: |
Viewing your rating | WIN, DRAW, or LOSS, depending |
Press the RATING key to view | on your result in the game. |
your current rating. But under- | That’s all there is to it. King |
| Arthur will automatically adjust |
points. You get 100 points for winning your third rated game. After that, rating adjustments are more modest.
On any given level, you can- not improve your rating by more than 400 points. When you notice that your rating does not go up when you submit a game that you’ve won, increase
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your playing level by 10 when you play rated games. King Arthur is telling you that you’ve improved and you need to move up to a tougher level of play!
King Arthur will send you helpful messages while you play.
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stand that your rating won’t | your rating. However, when you |
change until you “submit” | |
games to the Round Table for | checkmate King Arthur, he will |
rating. | display “LOSE.” Before updat- |
4.2 Submitting a game | ing your rating, you must press |
the NEW GAME key and then the |
CHAPTER 5:
SPECIAL MESSAGES FROM CAMELOT
for rating | RATING key to register your win. | ||
Like any official tournament | The “0” symbol will remain on, | ||
game, to be eligible for rating, | even when | NEW GAME | is |
your game must be played with | pressed. |
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no HINTS or | Arthur weighs your first three | ||
you finish such a game, King | rated games the most heavily in | ||
Arthur will confirm that it is eli- | order to establish a rough esti- | ||
gible for rating by displaying a | mate of your strength quickly. | ||
“0” symbol. | Winning your first rated game | ||
To enter a game for rating, | increases your rating by 300 | ||
immediately after finishing it, | points. Winning your second | ||
simply press the RATING key and | game sends your rating up 200 | ||
General-information
5messages.1
Check
When you are in check, King Arthur will alert you by display- ing a “+” sign.
5.2 Ratable Game
When a game is ratable (see Chapter 4), King Arthur will display a “0.”
5.3 Two-player mode
To remind you when you are in
5.4 Threat
King Arthur will tell you when there is a serious threat by displaying the “!” sign. (See also Section 3.11.) When this
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