EXCALIBUR E174 Einstein Chess Wizard Tabletop - Manual (Page 6)

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Special Displays
Draw Messages
During the game, Chess Wizard will dis-
play the word
DRAW if a three-time rep-
etition of position occurs, or if there has
been no pawn moved and no exchanges
for 50 moves. When either of these situa-
tion takes place, the rules of chess state
that a player can claim a draw. If you
wish, you can ignore the message and
continue the game. When a stalemate is
reached, the display will read
STALE.
Game-ending Messages
Chess Wizard will announce mate in two
(
MATE2) and mate in three (MATE3).
It will also display
+MATE when exe-
cuting a checkmate or when you check-
mate Chess Wizard. When you want to
claim a win, draw, or want to resign—
press the NEW GAME key.
Screen Symbols
When a ‘
+’ appears on the screen, it is a
reminder that you are in check. When an
‘O’ appears on the screen, the game you
are playing can be rated. When an ‘=’
appears, it indicates you are in two
human player mode. And lastly when an
Options Before the Game Starts
OPEN: Select one of 32 book opening
lines of play (See page 9.)
TRAIN: Select one of five training posi-
tions. (see page 9.)
Options Before and During the Game
SCORE: If you want to see the piece-
score of your current position, turn this
option on. The scoring totals the follow-
ing values: Pawns—1, Knights—3,
Bishops—3, Rooks—5, and Queen—9.
INFO: When turned on, this option will
display the score, depth of search (num-
ber of moves Chess Wizard is "thinking
ahead"), and best move it is considering
playing. These will be displayed while
the computer is thinking at its higher lev-
els.
RATE: View your current rating.
Turning this option ON will enable your
rating to be updated if you select a tour-
nament or a sudden death type level to
play against. Turn this option off, when
you want to practice on those levels.
During a rated game the ‘O’ symbol will
appear as a reminder. When the ‘O’ sym-
bol is on, you will see an “ARE YOU
SURE” warning if you try to UNDO mis-
takes, adding pieces in Setup mode, ask
for a Hint, or try to start a NEW GAME
before the game is completed. If the score
is greater than 9.0, you can claim a victo-
ry with the NEW GAME key.
CLRBR: Use this option to clear the
chess board for easier problem setup.
Pressing the SETUP key now, will enter
setup mode with the chess board cleared
of all pieces. You must place a White king
and a Black king on the board to exit
setup mode.
COACH: Turn this option on to see a
warning message if one of your pieces is
under attack. The threat warning ‘!’ will
be enabled when COACH option is On.
SLEEP: Adjust the automatic shut off
time with this option. Setting it to ‘
0’ will
disable auto shut-off altogether.
SPEED: Adjust the dot-matrix scroll
speed with this option. Setting it to ‘
0’
will disable scrolling altogether.