Saitek Maestro Travel Chess Computer manual Rating Display, Setup Mode Change The Board

•Current move number and last move made.

•Moves of the current game.

7.5Rating Display

After pressing HINT/INFO to access Info Mode, press it four more times to see your current rating. Note that the ratings are based on Tournament Level play, as described in Section 5.3.

8. SETUP MODE: CHANGE THE BOARD

Setup Mode allows you to set up special board positions to play from, or problems you would like the computer to solve!

Caution: All moves in your current game will be erased if you make changes to the board position during a game.

You may change or set up a board position whenever it’s your turn to move. Press “ (MENU), and press ¯ repeatedly until the display shows ¿SETUP. Press ENTER to enter Setup Mode, and you’ll see a display showing the color and piece symbols („ıKQRBNP).

•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 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

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