Saitek Maestro Travel Chess Computer Study Mode Try Testing Yourself, Selecting Study Positions

pressing either ı for Black or „ 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 Resume, 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 cannot 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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9. STUDY MODE: TRY TESTING YOURSELF!

Looking for a terrific learning tool? You’ll definitely want to try out Study Mode! Eight famous games are built right into your computer, each containing eight critical points—for a total of 64 different Study Positions. It’s up to you to play through the games and make the correct moves that were played for the winning side in the original games. This feature offers great potential for improving your chess knowledge, while allowing you to learn about making the best move in a particular position. And, to make this feature even more exciting, the computer will actually score your performance as you go.

By the way, if you need help solving any of the Study Positions, simply refer to the Appendix for a complete listing of all the Study Mode Games. Remember, though, that these games are included as a reference tool—and you’ll only be cheating yourself if you look at the solutions before trying to solve the Study Positions on your own!

Selecting Study Positions

Tip: You can also select the Study Positions by pressing certain board squares, as described later on in this section.

Press “ (MENU) to enter the Main Menu, and press ¯ (or ˘) repeatedly until the display shows ¿STUDY. Press ENTER to enter

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