Excalibur electronic 915-W manual Getting a Rating AT Round Table

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.
no HINTS or TAKE-BACKS. When	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 two-player (human versus human) mode (see 3.17, above), “=” will be displayed.

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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