                           PSION CHESS  -  HELP
                      SIX PAGES OF HELP ARE AVAILABLE

       Page One (this page) ......  Making a move, starting a game
       Page Two             ......  Commands when player's turn
       Page three           ......  Commands when computer's turn
       Page Four            ......  Setting Up a position
       Page Five            ......  The GAMES command
       Page Six             ......  En Passant, Draw

 MAKING A MOVE - to  make a  move, use  the  arrow  keys to place the
       cursor on  top of the piece you wish to  move and press ENTER.
       Then move the cursor to the destination square and press ENTER
       again.

 IF YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND  half  way through a move, return the cursor
       to the piece you had wanted to move, and press ENTER.

 CASTLING -  Move  the King two spaces to either side. If it is legal
       to castle, the computer will move the Rook for you.

 TO START A NEW GAME                  -  press $
 TO SWITCH BETWEEN 2-D AND 3-D BOARD  -  press F2

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                               HELP  -  page two
                       COMMANDS WHEN PLAYER'S TURN

       To use a command - press the first letter of the word.

  INVERT   ... view the board from the opposite end.
  COMPUTE  ... asks the computer to take the next move.
  LEVEL    ... increases   the  level  of  play  being  used  by  the
       computer. To  decrease  the  level  of  play, press CTRL and L.
  HINT     ... asks the computer to suggest a move
  TAKEBACK ... takes back the last move and assumes the next  move is
       yours.
  REPLAY   ... replays the game from the start. Pressing ESC  returns
       control to the player.
  2-PLAYER ... allows game to be played by two humans.
  SOUND    ... switches sound on or off.
  DEMO     ... lets the computer play itself.
  FORWARD  ... steps forward a move after moves have been taken back.
  PRINT    ... prints  moves as  they are  made. To  print the  whole
       board press CTRL and P. The printer port of your computer must
       previously  have  been set up using  a utility  that will have
       been supplied with your computer.
  NEXT-BEST... forces the computer to play its last move again.

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                              HELP  -  page three
                       COMMANDS WHEN PLAYER'S TURN (contd.)

  GAMES    ... see page 5
  WAIT     ... freezes the game in  its current  state. Pressing  any
       key allows the game to continue.
  ANALYSIS ... switches on/off an analysis of the current position.
  EASY     ... stops the computer thinking while it is your move.
  QUIT     ... leave the chess program.

                       COMMANDS WHEN COMPUTER'S TURN

  MOVE-NOW ... forces  the computer to move  now. If computer  was in
       DEMO mode, returns control to the player.
  SOUND    ... switches sound on or off.
  BEST-SO-FAR ... displays the best move so far discovered.
  ANALYSIS ... switches on/off an analysis of the current position.
  WAIT     ... freezes the game in  its current  state. Pressing  any
       key allows the game to continue.

  If you use  any of the features of Psion  Chess which would  not be
  available to  a player in a championship match, (TAKEBACK etc.) the
  word CHAMPIONSHIP on the 2-D screen disappears.

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                             SETTING UP A POSITION
  Press  F3  to set up a position. The setup cursor (two small blocks
  at the front of the square) replaces the normal cursor. To position
  a piece simply  move the cursor to a square and type K,Q,R,B,N or P
  to place a piece or 0 to delete it. Press C to start setting up for
  the  other  colour.

                  COMMANDS WHEN SETTING UP A POSITION

  EMPTY BOARD   ... clears the board.
  LEVEL    ... increases   the  level  of  play  being  used  by  the
       computer. To  decrease  the  level  of  play, press CTRL and L.
  SOUND    ... switches sound on or off.
  INVERT   ... view the board from the oposite end.
  ZERO CLOCKS   ... resets the clock.
  CHANGE COLOUR ... switches  between  setting  up  white  pieces  and
       setting up black pieces.

  To leave setup  press F3 again. The game restarts with the computer
  expecting you to move next. You cannot leave setup if the  position
  is illegal. Castling and  En Passant capture are not allowed in the
  first move from a set up position.

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                       THE GAMES COMMAND

  The following sub commands are available when the  games command is
  used.

  SAVE    ... allows  you  to save the current  game.  The  extension
       given  to  the  filename  you enter  will  always  be  ".chs".
       Pressing the ESC key allows you to abort this command.
  LOAD    ... allows you to load a previously saved game.
  DIRECTORY ... lists all saved games.
  MASTER-GAMES ... allows you to run the selection of 50 famous games
       which comes with your Psion Chess disk. When the game has been
       loaded, using  the REPLAY command will display the games  from
       the start. FORWARD and TAKEBACK can also be used to advance or
       go back one  move at a time. You can take over the game at any
       stage, or  you can get the  computer to take over the game  by
       using the DEMO command.






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                 THE EN PASSANT RULE AND DRAWS

  EN PASSANT 
     
  Psion Chess recognises  En Passant capture and  will use  it itself.
  En Passant  capture can  only occur when a player moves a  pawn two
  squares  forward to  avoid  capture by  the  opponent's  pawn.  The
  opponent can capture the pawn just as if it had only been moved one
  square instead of  two. The option to capture the  pawn en  passant
  must be exercised immediately, before playing any other move, or it
  lapses.


  DRAW

  A draw is declared if stalemate occurs, if a  position  is repeated
  three times, or if no pawn is moved and no piece is taken during 50
  consecutive moves.





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