Special Displays - Excalibur 712 Operating Manual

your current position, turn this option on.
The scoring totals the following values:
Pawns—1, Knights—3, Bishops—3,
Rooks—5, and Queen—9.
HELP: When turned on, all legal moves HELP
for the FROM square piece will be shown
at one time.
INFO: When turned on, this option will INFO
display the score, depth of search (num-
ber of moves IVAN is "thinking ahead"),
and best move it is considering playing.
These will be displayed while the com-
puter is thinking at its higher levels.
RATE: Turning this option ON will RATE
enable your rating to be updated if you
select a tournament 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
TAKEBACK mistakes, adding pieces in
Setup mode, ask for a Hint, or try to start
a NEW GAME before the game is com-
pleted. If the score is greater than 9.0, you
can claim a victory with the NEW
GAME key.
CLRBR: Use this option to clear the CLRBR
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.
IVAN: Use this option to turn most of IVAN
the speech off. Some warnings such as
Check and Are You Sure, will still be
heard however.
SNDEF: Use this option to turn the SNDEF
sound effects off.
ANNC: Use this option to turn the move ANNC
announcements off.
COACH: Turn this option on to hear a COACH
warning message if one of your pieces is
under attack. The threat warning '!' will
be enabled when COACH option is On.
SOUND: Use this option to turn the SOUND
sound ON or off.
SLEEP: Adjust the automatic shut off SLEEP
time with this option. Setting it to '0 0 '
will disable auto shut-off altogether.
TOUCH: Use this option to play without TOUCH
the plastic pieces, viewing only the dis-
play. When you play with this option ON,
the display will show you IVAN's move,
signaling the FROM and TO squares sev-
eral times to make it clear, but you will
not have to register his move. In this
mode, the large playing board acts as a
touch screen so that you can input your
moves by pressing FROM and TO
squares with your finger.
SPEED: Adjust the dot-matrix scroll SPEED
speed with this option. Setting it to '0 0 '
will disable scrolling altogether.

Special Displays

Draw Messages
During the game, IVAN will display the
word DRAW DRAW if a three-time repetition of
position occurs, or if there has been no
pawn moved and no exchanges for 50
moves. When either of these situation
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
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STALE.