Excalibur Ivan II User Manual page 4

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: Press this key to
set up special positions (see
SETUP KEY
page 9.) You can also use this
key to promote a pawn that
reaches your opponent's back
rank to a piece other than a
queen. (The promotion to a
queen is the most common, so it
is automatic.)
: Press this key to
check the level of play . Use the
LEVEL KEY
or the key to change the
level. Repeatedly press the
key to change the level
type (for more information, see
LEVEL
"Levels of Play," page 5).
: Press this
key to toggle between 2PLAYR -
MULTI MOVE KEY
and 1PLAYR. While in 2 player
mode the symbol "=" will be
diplayed. Use 2 player mode to
play another person, or to enter
a favorite opening (see page 7).
: Press this key to
toggle between 0PLAYR and
AUTO KEY
1PLAYR. While in 0 player
mode the symbol "#" will be
displayed. When in 0 player
mode, have Ivan II, the
Conqueror Talking Chess Set
finish a game for you automati-
cally by pressing the key
(also turn TOUCH option on,
MOVE
see page 4). You may press
to stop auto play.
AUTO
: If you didn't see
where Ivan II, the Conqueror
REPEAT KEY
Talking Chess Set moved, use
this key (before any other) to
hear the move announcement.
Also this key usually repeats the
last phrase said.
: Ivan II, the
Conqueror Talking Chess Set
RATING KEY
rates your play! Use this key to
view your current rating. You
must turn the Option
and play a Tournament or
RATE ON
Sudden Death level to have your
rating change.
: Use this key to
decrease a setting or to answer a /
NO KEY
question like "ARE
YOU
SURE?".
: Use this key to
increase a setting or to answer a /
YES KEY
question like "ARE
YOU
SURE?".
: Pressing the
key displays the last
OPTIONS KEY
changed option. To select or
OPTIONS
change an option, use the
the key. To view a different
option, repeatedly press the
or the key.
OPTIONS RATING
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Options Before the
Game Starts
: Select one of 32 book
opening lines of play (See page 7.)
OPEN
: Select one of eight
training positions. Positions
TRAIN
with the Black king in the mid-
dle give you practice in check-
mating the Black king (See page 8.)
Options Before and
During the Game
,
shows the number of the current
SCORE
move. If instead 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.
: When turned on, all
legal moves for the
HELP
piece will be shown at one time.
: When turned on, this
option will display the score,
INFO
depth of search (number of
moves Ivan II, the Conqueror
or
Talking Chess Set is "thinking
ahead"), and best move it is con-
sidering playing. These will be
displayed while the computer is
thinking at its higher levels.
will enable your rating to be
RATE
updated if you select a tourna-
ment 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' symbol is on, you will hear
an "ARE YOU SURE" warning
if you try to
takes, adding pieces in Setup
: Your display normally
mode, ask for a Hint, or try to
start a
game is completed. If the score
is greater than 9.0, you can
claim a victory with the
GAME
clear the chess board for easier
CLRBR
problem setup. Pressing the
mode with the chess board
square
SETUP
cleared of all pieces. You must
FROM
place a White king and a Black
king on the board to exit setup
mode.
most of the speech off. Some
IVAN
warnings such as "CHECK" and
"ARE YOU SURE", will still
be heard however.
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: Turning this option
ON
mis-
TAKEBACK
before the
NEW GAME
key.
NEW
: Use this option to
key now, will enter setup
: Use this option to turn