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
You | already | know, from | level that gi |
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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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KING ARTHUR
CHAPTER 7:
TOO HARD? TOO EASY? ALL ABOUT LEVELS
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
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
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