to the original move, you can
TAKENBACK
press the key to replay the MOVEmove or moves.
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Changing levels of play | ||
You can change levels by | ||
pressing the | LEVEL | key to |
increase the level one at a time. | ||
Pressing the > key increases the | ||
level by 10. Pressing the < key | ||
decreases the level by 10. (See | ||
chapter 7 for a full explanation | ||
of levels.) |
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3.8 Display options |
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You have quite a choice of | ||
information that King Arthur | ||
will display for you. All of these | ||
options are made available by | ||
pressing the | OPTION | key until |
they are displayed. Then press > | ||
to turn these options ON or OFF. | ||
Press the CLEAR key to exit | ||
OPTION. |
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Displaying total |
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game time used: | normally | |
Your King | Arthur | |
shows the time taken for each move. With the “TotAL” option, you can instead choose to have 14
the total game time displayed.
Displaying
the position score:
Your display normally shows the number of the current move. If instead you want to display the
3.9Forcing King Arthur to move immediately
To interrupt King Arthur while he’s thinking and make him move immediately, press the key. King Arthur will makeMOVE the best move he’s found
so far. This feature can be very useful on higher levels, when King Arthur may take a while thinking about his moves.
3.3 Getting Hints
If you don’t know which move to make, or you simply
want to see what King Arthur
would recommend, press , and the display will showHINTyou the move King Arthur believes to be best.
To show all legal moves for a selected piece, press the
button until is displayedOPTION. Press the HELPkey to turn on
>
the optionMOVE. The display will
show . Exit mode by pressingHELP / OPTION.
ON CLEAR
3.11 Displaying threats King Arthur will tell you when
there is a serious threat by dis- playing the “!” sign. (See also Section 5.4.) When this hap- pens, you can push the
key, and King Arthur willTHREATflash the threatening move.
3.12 Peeking into King Arthur’s brain on higher levels
At levels 6 and above, you can actually see what King Arthur is
“thinking.” Press until “InFO” is displayedOPTION. Turn this option on by pressing > or <. Exit OPTION. mode by pressing
ON/CLEAR
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When turned on, this option will display the score, depth of search (number of moves King Arthur is “thinking ahead”), best move he is considering, and clock times. These will be dis- played while the computer is thinking at its higher levels.
3.13 Replaying a variation This feature is used best when
playing without the physical pieces (See 3.5, above.) When you want to take back a whole
series of moves, press then
. King ArthurAUTO will takeTAKEBACKback all moves in his mem- ory. If you change your mind, you can replay the entire string of moves by immediately press-
ing . (When “rPLAY” is no longerMOVEshown on the display, the last move of the variation has been reached.)
3.14
Practicing blindfold chess Very good players sometimes
amaze people by playing with- out looking at the pieces and board. King Arthur gives you a