Saitek chess manual Info Mode Watch the Computer Think, Automatic Info Displays

then show the next move to be taken back. You may continue to press

øto take back any number of moves, all the way back to the begin- ning of the game, if desired. If you reach the beginning, the display will show End takebacks, and you’ll automatically be returned to the Main Menu. Note that, as long as you don’t go back to the very start of the game, you can always press ù to go forward through the moves again, if desired. To resume your game at any point with the current board position, press CLEAR and then MENU.

As a shortcut to entering Takeback Mode, you can also simply press on the to square of the last move that was made. The display will briefly show TAKEBACK, and it will then show the last move that was made. To take the move back, press ø. As above, repeated presses of ø will take more moves back, if desired. To resume game play at any point, press CLEAR.

7. INFO MODE: WATCH THE COMPUTER THINK!

Imagine this: You’re playing chess against a friend, and it’s his move. You’d love to know what move he’s considering and you’d really like his opinion of the current board position. But, of course, you won’t ask—because that’s just not done! Well, guess what—when you play against this chess computer, you can ask anything you want, and you’ll get all the answers! In fact, you can obtain an incredible amount of information about the computer’s thought process, and studying this information can help you learn so much more about the game!

You may access game information at any time via Info Mode. As described below, you can call up this information manually by press- ing HINT/INFO, or you can select Info Mode options to be displayed automatically, every time the computer is considering its next move.

Automatic Info Displays

Activating any or all of the following Info Mode options causes the computer to automatically display that information every time it thinks about its move—you can actually watch the computer “think out loud”!

Important: Info Mode options selected for automatic display are only activated while the computer is thinking!

Press MENU to enter the Main Menu, and press ø repeatedly until the display shows ÀINFO. Press ENTER to enter Info Mode, and you’ll see the first of five options, as shown below. Pressing ø (or ù) repeatedly cycles through these options, as follows:

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