Saitek chess manual Power Down/Game Memory, Main Menu Accessing Special Modes

think ahead and plan its own strategies. It tries to anticipate the move you are likely to make, and calculates its responses for that move while you’re still thinking. If the computer has guessed correctly, there’s no reason for it to keep on calculating—it immediately plays the move it has already found! Note that the computer does not think on the opponent’s time on the Fun Levels.

2.11 Power Down/Game Memory

You may interrupt your game and turn the computer off by pressing GO/STOP. The display will show Stop?, and pressing GO/STOP once more to confirm will turn the unit off. Play is then suspended, and the computer will store your game for up to one year. When you switch back on again, you can continue from where you left off! If you decide not to turn the computer off after pressing GO/STOP once, simply press CLEAR to cancel.

If no keypresses or moves are made for 20 minutes, the Auto Power Down feature will automatically turn your computer off. To continue, press GO/STOP to turn the computer back on. Note that the computer will not turn itself off while it is thinking about a move, or while Stop? is being displayed.

3. THE MAIN MENU: ACCESSING SPECIAL MODES

Cosmic Chess offers many user-selectable modes and options, all accessed via the integrated Main Menu. Once you press MENU, you’re taken directly to ÀOPTION, the first of six Main Menu items. Press ø (or ù) repeatedly to cycle through all the Menu items:

MAIN MENU ITEM	REFERENCE	DISPLAY
Option Mode	Section 4	ÀOPTION
Level Mode	Section 5	ÀLEVEL
Take Back Mode	Section 6	ÀTAKEBACK
Info Mode	Section 7	ÀINFO
Setup Mode	Section 8	ÀSETUP
Study Mode	Section 9	ÀSTUDY

To select one of the Main Menu items, press ENTER. In each case, you’ll be taken to a sub-menu, where you can make subsequent selections. Some of the items (e.g., Option Mode) will offer a variety of different choices and sub-choices, while others (e.g., Setup Mode) will allow you to activate a particular game feature. Since the instruc- tions for selecting menu items will vary, depending on the item you’ve chosen, please see the referenced section numbers for full details on

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