Lexibook CG1330 - Manual (Page 11)

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replay a game to a certain position. You can also use the computer as a normal chessboard,
playing against another person while the computer checks that all the moves are legal.
To enter the MULTI MOVE mode:
1. Select level 0 by pressing and B8, D8, F8 or H8 and then again.
2. Play as many moves as you want.
3. When you are done, exit the MULTI MOVE mode again by pressing and selecting
another level.
XIV. CHANGING COLOUR
If you press , the computer will make a move. Thus if you want to change sides with the
computer, just press while it is your turn. The computer will make a move, and expect
you to move for the other side.
If you press again, the computer will move again, and in this way you can even let the
computer play the whole game by itself!
If you want to play the whole game with the black pieces:
1. Press and put all white pieces on the top of the board and black pieces on the
bottom. Remember that the white Queen is on a white square and the black Queen on
the black square.
2. Press at the beginning of the game. The computer will make a move for white
from the top of the board, and expect you to play the black pieces from the bottom of
the board.
XV. TAKING BACK MOVES
If you press down on one of your pieces, but then decide not to move it after all, just press
down on the square once again. The computer will no longer light up the square of the piece,
and you can make a different move.
If you have already completed a move, and the computer is thinking about its reply, or has
already computed its reply and lighted up the FROM square of the reply, then do the following:
1. Press .
2. The computer stops thinking and instead lights up the TO square of your last move and
then the path to the FROM square of your last move. Press down on the square and pick
up the piece.
3. The computer will then show the FROM square. Press on this square and put the piece back.
4. If the move was a capture or an en passant capture, the computer will remind you to replace
the captured piece by showing the square the captured piece was on. Press down on
the square and replace the piece on the board.
5. If you take back a castling, you must first take back the king move and then the rook move,
pressing the squares for both the king and the rook.
6. If you take back a pawn promotion, you must remember to change the queen back to a
pawn.
If you want to take back your move after you have already made the computer's move on the
board, you must first press and take back the computer's move in the same way as
described above, and then press once more, and take back your own move. If you
have already pressed the FROM square of the computer's reply and the computer is showing
the TO square, you must first carry out the computer's move in the normal manner, then press
the TAKE BACK key and take back the computer's move, and finally press again and
take back your own move.
If you want to take back more than one move, press once more, and take back the
computer's second last move. Then key again , and take back your own second last
move.
If you try to take back more moves, the computer will give an error signal. You must instead take
back the moves by changing the position (see SET-UP position later).
XVI. HINT
To get advice on which piece to move:
1. Press .
2. The computer will light up the FROM square and the squares of the move it suggests
you make.
3. You can now make the suggested move by pressing the FROM and TO squares again,
or you can make a different move instead.
The move shown is the move the computer expects you to make. When it is your turn to move
and you are considering your move, the computer is also thinking about its reply! If you actually
make the move the computer expects, it will often be able to respond immediately.
To see which move the computer is currently analysing:
1. Press while the computer is thinking.
2. The computer will show the FROM square and its move.
3. The hint is now complete, and the computer continues analysing.
You now know the move the computer is probably going to make which allows you to consider
your response already.
XVII. LEARNING
This computer offers a learning mode that helps you to improve your game showing you when
you make a good move. According to the computer, a good move improves your position or is
the best move you can do if it is impossible improve your position.
To enter the LEARNING mode, press once. The GOOD MOVE light turns on to indicate
LEARNING mode is on.
To exit the LEARNING mode, press again. The LEARNING mode turns off when you
press , so don't forget to press if you want your moves to be evaluated during
your new game.
When the learning feature is turned on, and you make a move that the computer considers a
good move; the computer will indicate it with a sound, an animation and by turning on the
GOOD MOVE light before it makes its move. If you think you made a good move, but the
GOOD MOVE light does not come on, it means that the computer thinks there was at least one
move, which was even better than the one you made. If you want to know what it was, you can
press to take back your move, and then press . Then you can decide for yourself
whether you want to make the move that the computer suggests, or make your original move
again, or do something completely different. But you have to press while the computer
is showing the FROM square of its reply and before you press any other keys or squares,
otherwise the HINT feature will not work after you take back your move.
LEARNING mode used in conjunction with the HINT function allows you to improve your game:
LEARNING mode tells you if your move is not very good, and the HINT function offers you a
better solution. But don’t forget: you should always try and find the best move possible!
XVIII. TERMINATING SEARCH
If you press while the computer is thinking, it will immediately interrupt its analysis and
make the move it considers to be best at this stage of its thinking (in other words, the move
that would be indicated were you would press .