Summary of Contents for SPHINX CXG-247
- Page 1 Sphinx User Manual Mode D'emploi lnstrucciones de manejo CXG-247/347 Operation manual CXG-807 CXG-647W @ COPYRIGHT 1988 NEWCREST TECHNOLOGY LTD...
- Page 2 Operation Manual Content 1 Introduction 2. Starting a Game 3. Move execution 4. Correction of errors 5. Special Moves Taking the opponent's pieces castling Pawn conversions 6. Threat Warning 7. Checkmate - Stalemate - New Game 8. Interrupting the Game – Changing Sides 9.
- Page 3 Introduction Your Sphinx Chess Computer is an ideal partner. Always ready to play with you as often as you would like at your chosen playing level. The use of the device is simple. You make your moves just as you would with a human partner You never have to wait to find players to start a new game.
- Page 4 3. Move execution If you want to play WHITE, please start the game as follows: (a) Press the figure you want to move on the middle of the field where the figure is located. The easiest way is to press the figure down by it’s edge.
- Page 5 make a new move. If you make an illegal move there will be an error signal the last input is thus ignored and you have to move again. 5. Special Moves (a) Capturing a piece. If you want to capture a character (for yourself or for the computer), Do this as one normal Move.
- Page 6 8. Interruption of the computer thinking Should you press the MOVE key while the opponent (the computer) is thinking then this interrupts his calculation and will then perform the Move currently determined as optimal Special operations, e.g. changing the game level, examining the position of figures or the placement of a particular one Position (see items 9, 12 and 13 of this manual) can only be executed when you are on the Move.
- Page 7 At other levels of play, the computers will only a Move when you press the MOVE key instructing computer to do so. game level Field threat signal auto move...
- Page 8 game level Field threat signal auto move...
- Page 9 game level Field threat signal auto move...
- Page 10 game level Field threat signal auto move When you look at the chessboard from WHITE, then the letters go from "a" on the left side to "h” on the right side. The columns go from 1 below to 8 above. (In this Table each field is indicated by the letter of the series and the number of the column.
- Page 11 Take Back Moves If you have executed a move, but you would like to take it back, so you can this easily. If SPHINX has already indicates his turn, you must do this move as normal. Then press the button TAKE BACK (Back acquisition).
- Page 12 has just played, or to press the MOVE button or to press the TAKE BACK button to withdraw a move or more moves. 11. Playing both sides without a computer In section 9 of the table, in some game stages in the column "Automatic Response"...
- Page 13 As an example take the following position To check the position of pawns, press the PAWN key. The light at the end of the third row, this row which is located closest to white. in which there are pawns. At the same time, to-show field where the pawns are, the lamps "d"...
- Page 14 In the same way you can check the positions of the other pieces. A white figure is indicated by continuous illumination of the lamp while in case of a black figure the lamp will flash. 13. Set Up a position. It may be that you have a special position on the chessboard you would like to see how the Computer responds to this position.
- Page 15 white king. Do so in the same manner as the previously placed pieces. Finally, press the SET UP button again to return to normal playing conditions. If you now press MOVE, the computer will begin to calculate. If you like to play white now do a normal move. In the above example, the whole playing field became cleared before a new position was built.
- Page 16 white Queens. Of course, each side has just one king and the king, who is not on the move, is not threatened Furthermore, no pawns in the first or eighth row are located. 14. Acoustic warnings The SOUND button toggles the sound on and off. 15.
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