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                         +CHESS+
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After loading, the chessboard with  pieces  laid out for the beginning
of a game will automatically  appear.  The  program  will ask the user
whether he wants to play or set  up  the board differently. Press P to
play. The user will be asked what  colour he would like to play. Press
W for white and B for black  .Finally  the level of play is requested.
Press a number from 0 to 9. Usually it is sufficient to play at one of
the lower levels (0 to 3, say) for a rapid response to moves.
The position of the  pieces  on  the  board  are  defined by using the
modern algebraic notation. The columns on  the board are labelled A to
H and the rows are 1 to 8.  White  Queens rook is always the square A1
in the initial set-up. The rows and  columns on the board are labelled
on the screen.
To enter your move, type  the  coordinates  (column letter followed by
row number) of the square of  the  piece  you want to move followed by
the coordinates of the square to  which  to  which you wish to move to
it. No delimiter between the coordinates "from" and "to" is required -
it will be automatically be  inserted.  After  you  have typed in your
move, the appropriate  piece  will  be  moved,  and  the computer will
consider and apply its move.
All legal  moves  are  allowed  including  castling  and  en  passant.
Castling is achieved by  entering  the  king's  move. On entering your
move, if you make an error,  you  may  always  correct it by using the
shift key shifted or unshifted.
A number of commands may be  applied  at  any  stage. Typing the key R
asks the computer to recommend a  move  to  you  and will do so at the
same level of search on which  it  is  currently  set. L allows you to
change the level at which  the  computer  is  playing. Z will copy the
entire screen to an attached printer. T  will save the current game to
cassette to enable it to be  resumed  later.  X exits from the game to
start afresh or to set up the board.

SETTING UP THE BOARD
You may set up the board  to  examine  a  problem  as you wish. At the
start of the game or  after  exiting,  press  S for set-up. The cursor
keys 5, 6, 7 and 8 can be  used  either shifted or unshifted to move a
flashing cursor around the screen. The  command  C clears the board of
pieces completely. The delete  key  deletes  the  piece at the current
cursor position. The letters K, Q, R, B, N and P are used to place the
appropriate piece on the board. X exits from the set-up routine.



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