Lighthouse Chess for Windows

Contents

Chess Moves

Communications

Register

Restore a Saved Game

Starting a New Game


Register

NOTICE: There is a 5 minute time limit on each player. The first player to run out of time will be pronounced the loser. In order to play with unlimited time, register by sending $19.95 to:

Lighthouse Productions

PO Box 7885

Santa Cruz, CA 95061

For credit cards card ORDERS ONLY call 1-800-242-4PSL

Ask for the Lighthouse Chess upgrade.


New Game
Starting a New Game

You may begin a new game by selecting New under the Game popup menu. Until you start a new game or restore an old game, no pieces will be moveable. Once you start a game, you will asked which color you will play. You must decide before playing which colors you and your opponent will be.


Restore Game
Restoring a Saved Game

To restore a saved game, select Restore from the Game popup menu. All games are saved after each play to ensure that, in the case of a computer shutdown, you and your opponent will be able to resume the game. You must remember which color you were playing. It is possible to have two games saved at any time. You may save one game in which you are playing white and one in which you are playing black.


Moves
Chess Moves

When it is your turn to play, your clock will begin to tick (your clock is on the bottom of the screen regardless of which color you play). You have 5 minutes in which to decide and make your moves. To make a move, place the mouse cursor on top of the piece to move, press and hold the left mouse button. Move the piece to the desired destination and release the left mouse button. Once you have completed your move, you must select the Commit Move menu item to send it to the other player. Until you hit commit, you may take your move back selecting Undo in the Move popup menu.


Communications

You may play your opponent via network (shared directory) or modem. To play via network, make sure that you and your opponent are using the same working directory.

Important Note for Network Games:

Make sure that you and your opponent are the only people executing the chess program in your working directory at any one time. If anyone else uses the directory at the same time, both games may be interfered with.

See Also:

Modem Setup


Modem Setup

You may change the settings of the modem communications by selecting Modem Setup from the Communications popup menu. This dialog box enables you specify the phone number of the opposing player's modem.

There two modes of modem communication; live and re-connect. The game play has less interruptions (i.e. dialing and reconnecting to the opponent's modem after each move) if Live mode is selected. For long-distance games however, you may wish to consider using re-connect in order to keep your long-distance bill down. You may also change modes during play.