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and press your king down on its
FROM square (if castling king-
side, E1). Then move and press
your king down on its TO square
(if castling kingside, G1). King
Arthur automatically recognizes
castling maneuvers after the
king is moved two squares. He
then reminds you, by displaying
the proper FROM square, to com-
plete castling by moving the
rook. Move the rook in the rou-
tine manner, pushing on its TO
and FROM	squares normally.
Remember,	you must always

move the King first when castling!

6.3 Promoting Pawns

other than a queen, use King

Arthur’s feature. (See Chapter 9.SETUP)

King Arthur immediately rec- ognizes your new piece, and begins thinking about the posi- tion in order to move. When the computer pushes a pawn to your back row or rank, it will always promote to a queen. Remember to change the piece on the board after either side promotes a pawn. When promoting a pawn to a queen and the original queen is still on the board, chess players frequently mark the new queen with an upside-down rook.

You	already	know, from	level that gi
				ves both you and
Chapter 3, section 3.7, how to			King Arthur a reasonable chance
select the level King Arthur is			of winning. Try to find a level at
playing at. With his 72 levels of			which you win about half the
play, King Arthur can adjust			time. As you get better, simply
himself to play you a competi-			adjust King Arthur’s playing
tive game, no matter what your			level so he can “improve” as you
level of skill! It’s more fun and			do!
more	educational	to select a

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When a pawn reaches the other end of the board, official chess rules say that you can pro- mote it to a more valuable piece. To promote a pawn, make your pawn move to the last rank in the normal manner. King Arthur will automatically promote the pawn to a queen, since this is the best choice in nearly every case. In the unlikely event you want to promote your pawn to a piece

6.4 En Passant —

taking a pawn in passing

For an en passant capture,

press the FROM and TO squares

of the capturing pawn. The

square of the pawn being cap-

tured will then appear on the dis-

play. This is to remind you to

remove the captured pawn. You

must press down on the captured

pawn before removing it from

the board.

7.1 Beginner levels

The first four levels (1, 2, 3 and 4) are beginner levels and take approximately 4, 8, 12 and 16 seconds per move, respec- tively.

7.2 Fixed ply levels

Level 5 is a fixed 1-ply (one- half move) search.

7.3 Timed levels

Levels 6 through 15 take about 1 second per level num- ber, so level 10 will average about 10 seconds per move. Levels 16 through 72 take about 2 seconds per level numbers. The amount of time taken will vary depending on the position, the stage of the game, and

whether or not the level

option is on. FAST