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How About A Nice Game of Chess
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By Larry Atkin
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*** Softdocs by Buffalo Bill ***
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How about a nice game of Chess is very similar to Odesta Chess 7.0
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except that it is designed for the beginner and has a 6 chapter
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tutorial that teaches you the basics of chess. The game itself will
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play up to 10 levels of difficulty (0-9).
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The game is designed to operate in the Apple //c or //e with 64 k and
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a mouse if you have one, if you don't then you can use a paddle or the
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cursor keys to move about the menu and the board.
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The screen contains a chess board, a menu to the right and along the
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bottom and 2 status lines at the bottom left. When you first boot, the
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program goes through an intro which you can terminate by pressing the
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space bar or the return key.
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To use the menu, move the cursor to your selection and then press
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return or the appropriate paddle button or mouse button,
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The main menu is as follows:
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Flip
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Switches white and black on the board at any time, during or befor
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play.
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Change
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Allows you to change a piece for another piece or clear the board and
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set up your own situation.
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Level
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Change level of play (degree of difficulty).
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List
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Show moves in standard chess notation.
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Inward
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This feature will show what chess pieces are affecting any specific
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square (attacking or defending). To use this feature, move the square
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white cursor to the square you are interested in using the appropriate
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device and then press return or the paddle or mouse button.
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Outward
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Shows which squares or pieces are affected (attacked or defended) by
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the piece in question. Used the same way as inward.
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<-Board
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Allows you to begin a game by moving to the chessboard and selecting
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and moving a piece.
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Manual
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Computer will not move, allowing 2 players to play against each
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other.
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Switch
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Computer will switch sides.
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Auto
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Computer will play itself. You will be able to select the level of
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play for the other side also.
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Restart
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Sets up Board for a new game
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Quit
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Just what it says.
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Tutor
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Takes you to the chapter menu at the bottom of the screen so that you
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can go through the tutorial chapters
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Conditional Features.
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Advice
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Chess will suggest a move for you.
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Option
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Allows you to return to board from menu in order to continue play.
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Back
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Take move back, try again.
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Replay
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Shows a replay of a move that was taken back.
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Program
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When playing in manual mode, this instructs Chess to make the next
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move and return control to you.
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Rerun
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Replay all the moves in the game up to that point.
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Resume
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Restore Game to most advance point. Used if rerun is halted before
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entire game has been replayed.
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Messages will appear at the bottom of the screen explaining what each
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function is.
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To move a chess piece, select it with the cursor, press return. Then
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select the square you wish to move to and press return again.
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Using the mouse with Chess is a little different all you have to do is
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move the cursor to where you want and click, this goes for commands as
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well as moves, (much easier isn't it). Then move the mouse to the
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final location and click, if the move is valid the square will light
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up and all will go well, if it's not, you'll find out.
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Skill Levels
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0...Introductory
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2...Intro level, Chess averages about 5 sec./move + opening lib.
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5...Moderate Strength, Chess averages about 20-40 sec/move
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The opening library contains around 7000 moves. Advice is usually only
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available above level 3.
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Levels in depth:
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Level time/move Search ply
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0-2 Intro. 1-5 sec 0-1
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3-6 Intermediate 10-80 sec 0-4
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7-9 Advanced 1-6 min 2-6
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Every Command is explained in a message line at the bottom of the
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screen, so it is very difficult to get lost. If you are in the middle
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of a game, pressing the "A", "I", or "O" keys will access the advice,
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inward or outward funtions directly, without the need to go to the
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menu (that is if they are available at the time). Experiment with the
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tutorial as it is quite good and will allow you to practice. Pressing
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return at any point in a demo or tutorial will interrupt the computer
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and put you back in control, however sometimes it is fun to just
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watch. Have patience though, the computer moves slowly. Have Fun !!!
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