Taking Back a Capture After you take back a capture, the square of the captured piece will then appear on the display. This is to remind you to put back the captured piece. You must press on the square of the captured piece. Use the LCD chessboard, to see what was
captured.
Levels of Play |
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Ivan | II, | the | Conqueror | ||
Talking Chess Set has six level | |||||
types. Two of | the level types | ||||
(PLY and | MATE) are for analy- | ||||
sis. The other four level types | |||||
are for play. |
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Press | LEVEL to see the current | ||||
level. | LEVEL repeatedly | to | |||
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change to a different level type. | |||||
Press | CLEAR to return to nor- | ||||
mal play. |
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Level types Beginner, Fixed, | |||||
Sudden, and Tournament can be | |||||
adjusted | for | three | different | ||
strengths. | While viewing | the | |||
level, use | the | OPTIONS key | to | ||
select ‘ ’ for Easy, ‘ ’ for
Beginner Level Type Press the or the key to
select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or 15 seconds per move.
BE001 BE002 | BE003 | BE004 |
BE005 BE007 | BE010 | BE015 |
BA001 BA002 | BA003 | BA004 |
BA005 BA007 | BA010 | BA015 |
BH001 BH002 | BH003 | BH004 |
BH005 BH007 | BH010 | BH015 |
Fixed Time Level Type | ||
Press the | or the | key to |
select 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 seconds, and 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 5:00 minutes per move. Fixed Time Level “ ” is infinite time, and Ivan II,NFthe Conqueror Talking Chess Set will only stop thinking when
the key is pressed, or a mateMOVEis found.
FE001 FE002 FE003 FE005 FE010 FE015 FE020 FE030 FE045 FE100 FE130 FE200 FE230 FE300 FE500 FEinF FA001 FA002 FA003 FA005 FA010 FA015 FA020 FA030 FA045 FA100 FA130 FA200 FA230 FA300 FA500 FAinF
Sudden Death Level Type | |||
Press the | or the | key to | |
select the amount of time in | |||
minutes for the entire game. If | |||
you run out of time you lose or | |||
forfeit, FORFT will be shown on | |||
the display. |
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SE 05 | SE 10 | SE 15 | SE 20 |
SE 30 | SE 45 | SE 60 | SE 90 |
SA 05 | SA 10 | SA 15 | SA 20 |
SA 30 | SA 45 | SA 60 | SA 90 |
SH 05 | SH 10 | SH 15 | SH 20 |
SH 30 | SH 45 | SH 60 | SH 90 |
Tournament Level Type | |||
Press the | or the | key to | |
select the the amount of time in format to play theHOURSnumberMINUTESof moves shown on the left side of the display. If you run out of time before you play the indicated number of moves,
you lose or forfeit, will be shown on the displayFORFT.
40 TE030 45 TE045 40 TE100 40 TE130
35 TE130 45 TE155 40 TE200 45 TE225
40 TA030 45 TA045 40 TA100 40 TA130
35 TA130 45 TA155 40 TA200 45 TA225
40 TH030 45 TH045 40 TH100 40 TH130
35 TH130 45 TH155 40 TH200 45 TH225
Ply Level Type
1 to 8 PLY. A ply is one half move.
PLY 1 | PLY 2 | PLY 3 | PLY 4 |
PLY 5 | PLY 6 | PLY 7 | PLY 8 |
MAtE Solver Level Type | |||
Press the | or the | key to | |
select the number of moves to mate the program will search. foundNONE .will appear if no mate is
MATE 1 MATE 2 MATE 3 MATE 4
MATE 5 MATE 6 MATE 7 MATE 8 Note: You can only change the level while it is your turn to
play.
Book Opening
Trainer
Ivan II, the Conqueror Talk- ing Chess Set makes it easy for you to learn the same openings
COMPUTERS CAN
SOMETIMES “LOCKUP” DUE TO STATIC DISCHARGE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN, USE
Average,Eand ‘H’ for Hard.A
FH001 FH002 FH003 FH005 FH010 FH015 FH020 FH030 FH045 FH100 FH130 FH200
12 FH230 FH300 FH500 FHinF
Press the or the key to select the depth of search from
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A SLIM, POINTED OBJECT TO PRESS THE BUTTON MARKED “ACL.”