Saitek Maestro Travel Chess Computer Changing The Level It’S Easy, For more details, see Section

CHANGING THE LEVEL: IT’S EASY!

1.Press “ (MENU) to enter the Main Menu. The display will show ¿OPTION.

2.Press ¯ one time, and the display will show ¿LEVEL.

3.Press ENTER to enter Level Mode, and the current level is displayed. Refer to Section 5, if necessary, to identify the current level.

4.Let’s find Speed Chess Level 81. Press ˘ or ¯ to increase or decrease the levels by one; press > or < to increase or decrease the levels by ten. Watch the display for < 5 min/game >.

5.When you see < 5 min/game >, press ENTER. Then, press “ (MENU) to exit Menu Mode, and you’re ready to try out your new level.

For more details, see Section 5.

FUN LEVELS
5.1 Fun Levels
Level	Description	Display
1	Fun Level 1	<Fun Level 1>
2	Fun Level 2	<Fun Level 2>
3	Fun Level 3	<Fun Level 3>
…all the way up to…
58	Fun Level 58	<Fun Level 58>
59	Fun Level 59	<Fun Level 59>
60	Fun Level 60	<Fun Level 60>

The Fun Levels are meant primarily for beginners and younger

players. On these levels, this computer is much more “human” than most other chess computers—it gives everyone a chance to win, in a world where chess machines are typically relentless and often quite difficult to beat. Although the general consensus seems to be that computers never make mistakes, on some of these levels, this computer actually does!

Handicaps are built into these levels, demonstrating common mistakes made by beginners. You may see the computer deliberately ignore the material worth of pieces, and ignore key concepts such as

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