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IMPORTANT: The Rotating Display feature is only activated
WHILE THE COMPUTER IS THINKING.________________
Press OPTION three times to select the Rotating Display Op-
tions. Then use the BLACK/+ and WHITE/- keys to select the options
you want to see rotated in the display. The options are described below
and summarized in the Option Mode Chart in this section. Press EN-
TER to turn these options on (+) or off (-). Or, simply press the option
squares to turn the options on or off.
If you think the display information is changing too quickly when it
rotates, press INFO to freeze the display. Successive presses of INFO
and the BLACK/+ and WHITE/- keys will allow you to cycle through all
the displays manually, as described in Section 4. To start the display
rotation again, press OPTION followed by CLEAR. In any event, when
the computer starts thinking about its next move, the display automati-
cally starts rotating again.
The game information you can see while the computer is thinking
includes the following:
• rd
:
I to rd
:
H = the predicted line of play (up to four individual
moves)
• rd
:
£ = an evaluation of the current position
• ,-d
:
d = the computer's search depth, and the number of moves
examined so far in the game
» rd
:
n = the number of nodes searched per second
» rd
:
t = the amount of time the move has taken so far
When requested information is not available, the display will show a
series of dashes (---- -).
For complete descriptions of these options and details on exactly how
to interpret the displays, see Section 4.
5.4 Bronstein Clock Options (Square A4)
On the Blitz and Tournament levels, you have a fixed amount of time
for each game, and the remaining time decreases as you think. On
these levels, players often find themselves running out of time towards
the end of the game—struggling to try and make good moves in a hurry,
and often ending up making inferior moves instead.
The Bronstein Clock option offers special time controls that can help
alleviate such problems. This is accomplished by adding a certain
amount of time back to your remaining time after each move, where the
remaining time for the whole game is only reduced if you go over this
fixed time level.
Here's an example: Let's say you're playing Blitz Level D4, where you
have a total of 20 minutes for the whole game. Activating the Bronstein
+ bO
:
10 option will give you a maximum 10 seconds time compensation
per move (added after you make your move). Note that you can't gain
extra time or increase overall thinking time by playing each move more
quickly, since:
• If you use 7 seconds to make your move, only 7 seconds will be
added to your total remaining time, not 10 seconds.
• If you use 10 seconds or more to make your move, only 10 seconds
will be added back to your total remaining time.
Press OPTION four times to select the Bronstein Clock Mode.
Then press ENTER repeatedly to select your desired Bronstein Clock
setting, as described below:
BRONSTEIN CLOCK SETTINGS
DISPLA Y
Bronstein Clock off............................................ -bron
Maximum 1 sec. added after each move.......... +bO
:
u I
Maximum 2 sec. added after each move.......... + bO
:
Oc?
Maximum 3 sec. added after each move.......... +bO
:
03
Maximum 5 sec. added after each move.......... + bG
:
OS
Maximum 10 sec. added after each move........ +bG
:
!0
Maximum 20 sec. added after each move........ +bO
:
c?G
Maximum 30 sec. added after each move........ +bG
:
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6. VERIFYING/SETTING UP POSITIONS
6.1 Verifying Positions
See "IT'S EASY TO VERIFY PIECES!" for a step-by-step ex-
ample of using Verify Mode.
If you should knock over the chess pieces or if you think your board
position may be incorrect, the computer can verify all the piece loca-
tions for you!
When it is your turn, press one of the PIECE SYMBOL KEYS (*, *,
1, A, \, or A). The computer shows you where the first piece of that
type is located on the board—the display shows the piece symbol, color
indicator, a/id square designation, and board lights also indicate the
square. Press the same PIECE SYMBOL KEY again to see the location
of the next piece of that same type. All the White pieces are shown first,
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