Saitek chess manual English

•To remove a piece from the board,simply press on the piece and it will disappear from the board.

•To move a piece from one square to another, press on the piece, causing it to disappear. Then, press on the new square, and the piece will appear in that location.

•To add a piece to the board,first press directly on the displayed color and piece symbol for the piece you want to add, and then press the square where you’d like to add the piece. To add another piece of the same type and color, simply press down on another square. To add a different piece, press another piece and/or color symbol, and follow the same steps as above.

•To clear the board,press CLEAR while in Setup Mode. The display will ask for confirmation with Clear board?. Press ENTER, and the display will show Cleared. You can then add any number of pieces, as described above. If you decide you don’t want to clear the board after all, simply press CLEAR again to cancel, and you’ll see Not cleared. Note that this feature can be handy for setting up positions with only a few pieces, where it would be much easier to start out with an empty board!

•Once you have changed the position as described above, note that the color for the side to move is determined by the color of the last piece you set up. Change the color, if necessary, by pressing either õ for Black or ã for White.

•To exit Setup Mode, press ENTER. When the computer asks for confirmation with New position?, press ENTER to return to normal play with your new board setup. New position! confirms this. If you press CLEAR, the display will show Re- sume, and you’ll remain in Setup Mode.

Note that any legal board position can be set up using the above procedures. The computer will not permit you to set up an illegal position, such as one where there are more than the prescribed number of pieces for a normal game, or one where a King is in check and is not to move. In such cases, after you press ENTER to exit Setup Mode, and then ENTER to confirm, the computer will display Illegal. You will not be allowed to exit Setup Mode until you have set up a legal board position!

If you enter Setup Mode, but you haven’t yet made any changes to the board, you can exit by pressing ENTER. The display will confirm with unchanged, and you’ll be returned to the Main Menu. Press MENU again to return to normal game play.

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