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Saitek Alchemist Quick Start Manual

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ENGLISH

3 x AA/AM3/R6

TABLE OF CONTENTS

QUICK START

KEYS AND FEATURES

INTRODUCTION

1. USING YOUR CHESS COMPUTER

1.1

Battery Installation

1.2

Making Moves

1.3

The Computer’s Move

1.4

Change Your Mind? Take Back!

1.5

Check, Mate, or Draw!

1.6

Start a New Game

1.7

Change Levels

1.8

Openings Coach

2. ADDITIONAL COMPUTER FEATURES

2.1

Chess Clocks

2.2

Capturing and Special Moves

2.3

Illegal Moves

2.4

Interrupting the Computer’s Search

2.5

Changing Sides with the Computer

2.6

Getting Hints from the Computer

2.7

The Computer Plays Against Itself

2.8

Game Memory and Automatic Power Down

2.9

Openings Library

3. LEVELS AND SPECIAL MODES

3.1

Levels of Play

3.2

Fun Levels

3.3

Casual Levels

3.4

Blitz Levels

3.5

Bronstein Levels

3.6

Bonus Timer Levels

3.7

Tournament Levels

3.8

Fixed Depth Levels

3.9

Tactical Level

3.10 Teach Modes

3.11 Selecting Levels and Teach Modes

3.12 Openings Coach Mode

3.13 Verify Mode. Check Piece Positions!

3.14 Non Auto Mode

4. TECHNICAL DETAILS

4.1

The ACL Function

4.2

Care and Maintenance

4.3

Technical Specifications

TROUBLE SHOOTING GUIDE

PRESS

Open the battery

compartment at the back

of the computer by sliding

it in the direction of the

arrow. Insert 3 “AA” (Type

AM3/R6) batteries into the

computer, making sure

that you observe the

correct polarity. Reinstall

the battery door. (Details

at Section 1.1)

Press GO/STOP to turn

the game on. If the

computer does not

respond, press a paper

clip or similar sharp object

into the hole marked ACL

in the base of the unit as

described in Section 4.1.

Set up the chess pieces in

the initial starting position

for a new game, with

the White pieces

closest to you.

Press the NEW GAME key

to reset the computer for a

new game of chess.

QUICK START

To play a game of chess right away, without reading the entire manual first, simply follow these Quick Start steps!

Enter moves by executing

them on the board,

pressing the chess pieces

down gently on the ‘from’

and ‘to’ squares for each

move.

As soon as the computer

makes a move, that move

is shown in the display

window. Press the

computer’s piece lightly

onto the indicated ‘from’

and ‘to’ squares to

complete the computer’s

move. That’s all there is to

it!

Make your next move as

described above. Press

GO/STOP at any time to

turn the computer off.

Enjoy your game!

Note: Computer will

automatically switch off to

conserve power if no key is

pressed for about 20

minutes when computer is

not thinking (see Section

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Summary of Alchemist

Page 1
1 english 3 x aa/am3/r6 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h table of contents quick start keys and features introduction 1. Using your chess computer 1.1 battery installation 1.2 making moves 1.3 the computer’s move 1.4 change your mind? Take back! 1.5 check, mate, or draw! 1.6 start a new game 1.7 chan...
Page 2
2 keys and features 1. Lcd display window: the liquid crystal display (lcd) is used to show moves, game information, and chess clocks for both players. Most of the symbols it uses are obvious, but a full list is shown in figure 1. 2 piece symbol keys & (kings), % (queen), $ (rook), # (bishop), @ (kn...
Page 3
3 english introduction this electronic chess board is a powerful computer that will play chess with you at whatever level of complexity you choose, or if you prefer, you can play a game with a friend and the computer will act as referee. The huge range of levels of play (64) combined with the extend...
Page 4
4 pressing take back, the display shows f6, the square the knight moved to (figure 1-6a). Press down on f6, and the display changes to show the piece color and symbol (black knight) and the square that piece came from (figure 1-6b). Press the knight back down on g8. Note that en passant captures can...
Page 5: Fun Levels
5 english usual. After you press its ‘from’ square, the display indicates the piece type that the pawn will be promoted to by showing the piece symbol and the ‘to’ square. Press down on the ‘to’ square with the indicated new piece to complete the computer’s promotion move. D. Castling: the computer ...
Page 6
6 3.2 fun levels selection of any of the squares from a1 to a8 will give you the fun levels. In this range the computer does not make an exhaustive search for the best available move. It disregards scores, and in addition the program makes use of randomizers which cause the computer to occasionally ...
Page 7
7 english the number of moves ahead. At the lower levels it behaves more like a novice player. At the lowest level, g1, where the computer looks ahead only one individual move, it really does not anticipate the game at all, and could even miss a mate that you could make in one more move. At the othe...
Page 8
8 the clock is not used during this mode and nonauto, when selected, is only in effect after the opening moves are finished. Note that the method chosen for playing the openings coach is retained in memory until batteries are replaced of acl is pressed. When you want to get back to playing a normal ...
Page 9
9 english troubleshooting guide symptoms computer doesn’t react or “freezes” during a game display is dim computer will not play a move computer will not accept your move the computer seems to be making illegal moves the computer is silent possible causes • batteries not inserted properly • batterie...