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************************** * PowerChess (TM) V5.3 * ************************** Distributed by New-Ware Shareware Products See The File SHARE.DOC for Registration Information M A N U A L (C) Copyright 1989 W. Wild, H. Heiss All Rights Reserved T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Introduction 1) Installation 2) The first game ... 3) Windows 4) Commands 5) How to use the library of games Appendix A) A brief description of the commands B) Index of included games C) License Agreement, Limited Warranty, Update-Service and User Registration - 2 - I N T R O D U C T I O N ----------------------- WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF PowerChess V5.3 ! In choosing this chess playing program you made the right decision. It is your ideal (patient?!) trainingspartner and will offer you a lot of entertaining hours. The new version of PowerChess V5.3 is an easy to use chess playing program with a wide range of possibilities. Because of the clearly arranged screens and the complete implementation of the international chess rules (eg. 50 move drawing rule), PowerChess V5.3 can highly be recommended for chess classes and leisure time. Outstanding features of PowerChess V5.3 are: - obeys the international chess rules eg. en'passant, 50 move drawing rule, three repetitions of a position recognizes stalemate and technical draw - shows a clearly arranged chessboard and a lot of useful information on the screen eg. playing time for Black and White index of the last 21 moves index of all possible moves concerning the position on the board announcement of a check mate in N moves computer hints for the next move main variation - 3 - - is especially easy to use eg. the menue shows all the functions of PowerChess V5.3, the pieces are moved by a cursor, a second page shows additional information - can go back on a move any time - provides a lot of standard-openings - offers a"library" of games and interesting positions which can easily be extended - uses all possibilities of the color CGA/ EGA/VGA or Hercules graphics - available in several languages (eg. German) Attention! Hercules card users! Please follow the instructions of the installation exactly, otherwise the lay-out of the display will not be correct. - 4 - I N S T A L L A T I O N ----------------------- Hardware requirements: PowerChess V5.3 requires an IBM-PC/AT compatible computer and MS-DOS version 3.0 or later. You will need one of the following monitor/graphics adaptor combinations: a) IBM-VGA-card or a 100% compatible graphics card and a VGA-monitor b) IBM-EGA-card (256 Kbyte) or a 100% compatible graphics card and a EGA-monitor c) IBM-CGA-card or a 100% compatible grphics card and a CGA-monitor d) Hercules-card or a 100% compatible graphics card with a monochrome/graphics monitor PowerChess V5.3 is loaded from a 360 kB floppy disk and requires at least 512 kB of memory (RAM). You can hardcopy your games using an optional printer. Software-installation: We tried to make the installation of PowerChess V5.3 as easy as possible. Please follow the instructions: Important: Please back up your PowerChess disk using MS-DOS (eg. diskcopy) before you continue! Now just use your copy and lock the original in a save place. If you want to run PowerChess V5.3 from your floppy disk the program is ready to be loaded. To install PowerChess V5.3 on your hard disk just create a sub-directory and copy all files from the floppy disk into it. - 5 - Example How to install PowerChess V5.3 on hard disk C: 1) Create a sub-directory using MD C:\POWER 2) Insert your floppy disk in drive A: 3) Copy all files to your hard disk COPY A:*.* C:\POWER 4) Select the corresponding drive and sub- directory C: CD\POWER ... and PowerChess V5.3 is ready to go! Have fun! Selection of the colors and the configuration for Hercules card users: PowerChess V5.3 is pre-installed for EGA/VGA graphics cards. If you want to select different colors or use a different graphic card, please run the enclosed program "SETUP". It will give you a short menu of supported configurations. - 6 - Examples of standard configurations enclosed: To run SETUP just type SETUP and you will see the following menu options : 1 ... HGC Hercules Graphic Adapter 2 ... CGA Color Graphics Adapter 3 ... EGA/VGA Standard Colors 4 ... EGA/VGA white/brown board 5 ... EGA/VGA white/gray board C ... Create user defined screen configuration (colors) <ESC> ... Abort configuration utility Please, select your favourite configuration! Note: To abort SETUP at this point just hit <ESC> ! Attention! Users of Hercules graphics cards! If you want to run PowerChess V5.3 on a Hercules graphics card you have to call SETUP and select option 1. Please switch your Hercules card to FULL-modus (eg. by running HGC FULL, which should be enclosed with your graphics card). Example for Hercules users: Call : (HGC FULL) SETUP (... select option 1) CHESS - 7 - Attention! Users of CGA graphics cards! If you want to run PowerChess V5.3 on a CGA graphics card you have to call SETUP and select option 2. Example for CGA users: Call : SETUP (... select option 2) CHESS Configurations for EGA/VGA : a) to represent the chessboard in BLUE - BROWN (standard representation) use SETUP and select option 3. b) to represent the chessboard in WHITE-GREY use SETUP and select option 4. c) to represent the chessboard in WHITE-BROWN use SETUP and select option 5. - 8 - How to set up a new configuration of colors: After calling SETUP and selection of option C you may specify your favorite colors and patterns. To make your decision easier you will be given a display of all possible colors and patterns. Please enter your color/pattern selections one by one. If you agree with the shown default just press <enter>. After answering all the questions concerning the configuration it will be saved in the file POWER.CFG. From now on the new configuration is ready to run. Example: SETUP (... select option C) <Now answer the questions concerning color/pattern. Your new configuration will then be saved automatically.> CHESS - 9 - T H E F I R S T G A M E To start the program please follow the instructions: Example for hard disk users: 1) Select the drive/directory on which PowerChess V5.3 is installed. C: CD \POWER 2) Start PowerChess V5.3 CHESS Example for floppy disk users: 1) Insert the disk in drive A: A: CD \ 2) Start PowerChess V5.3 CHESS ... and your the screen looks like this: On the right hand side you find 3 windows with the following information (from top to bottom) 1. Window player : WHITE multimove : OUT White to move. Multimove will be explained later because you will not need it for your first game of chess. - 10 - 2. Window This window is (still) empty but later it will show the analysis of the computer. 3. Window Here you find a list of all function keys and their meaning. The field at the bottom of the screen displays messages from the system. It is called SYSTEM-WINDOW. Along the White Rook on A1 you find the cursor represented by two vertical bars. With the cursor control keys you can move the cursor around the chessboard. Try it! Move the cursor to square E2 and press the enter key <ENTER>. Now, this Pawn is chosen for the first move (the cursor bars stay there). With a second cursor you determine the final square of your move, eg. E4 and then you press <ENTER> again. The computer makes your move and replies automatically. If you make -by chance - an "illegal" move, your system-window will tell. Try again to make a legal move. Now you are ready to play your first game of chess! With PowerChess V5.3 it's that easy! To quit your game just press <F10>. - 11 - W I N D O W S ------------- In the following chapter all windows are described in detail. 1) Chessboard-window Here the position on the board is presented graphically. It is also used for the manual choice of the next move. On the side you find the usual marks (A-H,1-8). 2) Player-window In this window you see who is next (WHITE/BLACK) and if multimove is on or not (ON/OFF). Multimove means that the computer does not make its move automatically after your move. So it is possible for you to make decisions on your partner's moves and to choose a special variation, eg. the Sicilian Opening. 3) Analyse-window While the computer is "thinking" it displays the already completed search-level (analyzed half-moves) and the current best move with its score. Positive numbers show an advantage for White, negative numbers for Black. 4) Help-window Here you find a list of all valid function keys and a brief description. - 12 - 5) System-window This window provides you with information concerning the position on the board, eg. check, check-mate, stalemate, ... etc. It is also used for the dialogue with the library. The following windows are on a second page which can be reached with <F6>. 6) Game-window Here you find the last moves (up to 21). 7) Time-window (clock) The used time is shown in sequence: "time for White" - "time for Black". This clock is switched after each move and resembles a chess-clock. 8) Hint-window After each of its moves the computer offers you a hint for your next move. If this window is empty you can ask for one with <F5> on the chess board page. 9) Check mate - window As soon as PowerChess V5.3, while analyzing the position, finds that only 1, 2, 3, ... moves are necessary for a check mate it will tell you in this window. - 13 - 10) Best-moves-window After calculating the computer shows you the best variation of moves in this window. 11) Possible-moves-window All possible moves concerning the position on the board are listed. - 14 - C O M M A N D S --------------- The following chapter describes all possible commands which can be invoked using <F1> - <F10>. 1) Start of a new game <F1> You can start a new game any time you press <F1>. The pieces are set back to the start position. 2) Changeover (White <--> Black) <F2> You can "change" the chessboard (even while playing), eg. you started with White but you want to continue with Black. 3) Degree of difficulty (response time, max. time per move in seconds) <F3> After pressing <F3> the question concerning the maximum time per move in seconds shows up in the system-window. Select any time between 10 and 3600000 seconds (= 1000 hours !). If you start a new game or enter an invalid number the default time is 20 seconds. Usually the computer will make its move during the time given. (Most often between half time and the time given). If you do not want to wait that long press <CTRL> + <BREAK> to abort the search. The computer will make the current best out of all analyzed moves. After entering the time it is possible to choose between a direct mate problem and a usual game of chess. If you go for the mate problem the computer will do a special kind of positon analysis which is adopted just for those problems. - 15 - 4) Request a computer move <F4> With <F4> you request a computer move. If you don't know how to go on the computer will make a move for you! In connection with <F1> and <F2> it is possible for you to play with BLACK, (press <F1> then <F2> then <F4>). If you press <F4> continuously PowerChess V5.3 will play against itself! 5) Ask for a computer tip <F5> If the hint-window is still empty you can ask for a hint with <F5>. After calculating the tip the second page is shown. To return to the chessboard press <F5> or <F6>. 6) Information, 2. page of the screen <F6> Press <F6> to get useful information about the game and the position on the board. Press either <F5> or <F6> to return to the chessboard. 7) Go back on <F7> The last move is taken back if you press <F7>. If you press <F7> several times several moves can be taken back. 8) Multimove ON/OFF <F8> If you want to make several moves in a row without allowing PowerChess V5.3 to make its counter move you switch ON "multimove" with <F8>. To turn it OFF press <F8> again. Note: You can't use <F4> (request move) while "multimove" is on. - 16 - 9) Setting positions <F9> With <F9> you can set up any position. After pressing <F9> "Place WHITE KING" shows up in the system-window. With the cursor keys and <ENTER> you can place the pieces on the chessboard. The KING must always be placed. The chessmen are placed in row: QUEEN, ROOK, BISHOP, KNIGHT, PAWN by pressing <space>. After that, you have to do the same for BLACK. The next question in the system-window is "player is W=WHITE, B=BLACK?". Choose with the W key or the B key which player is to move. If castlings should be possible you will be asked whether they are valid or not (a King or a Rook could have been moved). Answer the question with Y=yes or N=no. 10) How to quit the program <F10> To quit PowerChess V5.3 press <F10>. 11) How to preempt the "the computer's phase of thinking"_ <CTRL> + <BREAK> Press <CTRL> and <BREAK> at the same time and the computer is forced to make its move immediately. - 17 - L I B R A R Y O F G A M E S ----------------------------- Here you find the commands to use the library of games. <SHIFT> + <Fx> means to press both keys at the same time 1) How to save a game of chess <SHIFT>+<F1> With this command you can save your interesting games to a file on floppy or hard disk. The whole game (position and all moves) is saved. The name of the file may only be 8 characters long. PowerChess automatically adds the extension .PCH. If you want to overwrite an already existing file you have to confirm the deletion of the former file. You may enter a brief comment too (max. 40 characters) which is also written to the file. PowerChess V5.3 comes with a lot of interesting positions (see appendix B). 2) How to load a game <SHIFT>+<F2> After pressing <SHIFT>+<F2> you will be asked for an existing file name (in the system-window). Please enter the name you want (8. characters max.). ".PCH" will be added automatically. The game will be loaded and the brief comment will show up in the system window. In the same way you can load the enclosed games. 3) How to print a game of chess <SHIFT>+<F3>________ <SHIFT>+<F3> will print the list of moves from the game-window to the attached printer. - 18 - A P P E N D I X A *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Description of the function keys The menue options shown can be selected by <F1>-<F10> and <SHIFT>+<F1>-<F3>. <F1> ... start of a new game <F2> ... changeover (White <--> Black) <F3> ... degree of difficulty (response time) <F4> ... how to request a computer move <F5> ... computer-hint <F6> ... information <F7> ... go back on a move <F8> ... multimove ON/OFF <F9> ... setting a position <F10> ... quit the program <SHIFT>+<F1> ... save a game <SHIFT>+<F2> ... load a game <SHIFT>+<F3> ... print a game - 19 - A P P E N D I X B *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* List of the games of chess you are supplied with In this chapter you get information about the positions and games of chess you are supplied with. They are saved under GAME1.PCH to GAME10.PCH. With <SHIFT>+<F2> you can load these games of chess (see chapter 5) and together with the computer you can brood about your future moves or about a problem of check mate. GAME1 an Interpolis brain-teaser: mate in 2 GAME2 game of an Interpolis-Tournament 88 problem: mate in 4 solution: 1) Bxg6+, KxB 2) Qd3+, Kxg5 3) Qg3+, Kh6 4) Rh8++ GAME3 end of a game of the International Contest Switzerland-Baden WHITE moves Qh6, Black to loose its Queen or to get check mate 1) Qh6, Ke8 2) QxR+, Qf8 3) Rg8, ... loss of Queen 1) Qh6, Rxh6 2) Rg8+, Ke7 3) Rg1g7++ GAME4 game out of a contest for young people 88. Black gives up - 20 - GAME5 Richard Reti (1889-1929) against Dr. Savielly Tartakower (1887-1956) Black wanted to trick his oponent by Kf6xe4 White mates in 3 1) Qd8+, KxQ 2) Bg5+, Ke8 3) Rd8++ Kc7 3) Bd8++ "Die Fehler sind da, sie brauchen nur gemacht zu werden" GAME6 out of an early Girls European championship Black found a winning combination with unavoidable mate. 1) -,Bxg3 2) fxB,Rxd4 3) exRd4,Qd2 GAME7 German "Herren-Einzelmeisterschaft" in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 1987: FM Brückner - IM Sehner, position after the 29. move of White. Black moved too greedy to Qxd4. White wins 29) - , Qxd4 30) RxRg6+,Kxg6 31) Rg3, gives up GAME8 "Grand Masters" Tournament in Moskow 1987. Black moves Kf8, White check mates in 3. 1) Qxf7+ !!,RxQ 2) Ng6+,Kg8 3) Rh8++ GAME9 Kasparow - Karpow, 24th game in Sevilla, Spain. Kasparow wins the champion- ship again. The whole game is on your disk. GAME10 a position out of a game of the two chess playing computers: Challenger X - Almeria X - 21 - The saved position DIAG27.PCH to DIAG56.PCH are problems of Mr. Carl Colditz by which the actual degree of difficulty (strength of the players) can be tested. The test conditions were especially adapted by Mr. Dirk Frickenschmidt ("Schach mit dem Computer", Falkenverlag). With these positions it is possible to evaluate the degree of difficuly (strength of the players) in ELO-points. Additional information on these tests can be found in the book mentioned or can be requested with your user registration card. In the following you will find the main moves to solve the problems. DIAG27 1) ... Qh1+ ( 2) Kxh1 Bf3 3) Kg1 Rd1 check mate ) DIAG28 1) ... Qxf2 ( 2) Rxf2 Rb1+ 3) Rf1 Bd4+ 4) Re3 Bxe3+ 5) Kh1 Rxf1 check mate ) DIAG29 1) ... Rd1+ ( 2) Kf2 Bxf3 ) DIAG30 1) ... Re1 ( 2) Qg4 Qh1+ 3) Rxh1 Rxh1 check mate or loss of mmeterial by 2) c4! ) DIAG31 1) ... Re1+ ( 2) Rxe1 Qd4+ 3) Qxd4 dxe1 check mate) DIAG32 1) Rg5 ( Qxf6 2) Qd4 Rg6 3) Rxg6 ) DIAG33 1) Rf4 ( Qe7 2) Qd7 ) DIAG34 1) ... Qxh3 ( 2) gxh3 Nf2+ 3) Kg1 Nxh3 check mate) DIAG35 1) Rg1+ Kh6 2) Bf8+ Rxf8 3) Rd3 and mate at h3 DIAG36 1) ... Qg4 DIAG37 1) ... Qxf4 ( 2) exf4 Rh5 and mate at h1 ) DIAG38 1) ... Rd1 ( 2) Kxd1 h2 ) DIAG39 1) ... Qf7 2) Re7! ... DIAG40 1) Bxf7 ( Kxf7 2) Rxc7+ Qxc7 3) Qh7+ Ke6 4) Qxc7 ) DIAG41 1) Qa3+ Qe7 2) Bc6 Qxa3 3) Rxe8 check mate - 22 - DIAG42 1) ... Qxd3 2) cxd3 Rb2, and c2 beside Rb1) DIAG43 1) ... Rbxc4 oder Qg5 DIAG44 1) Qg5 ( Rg8 2) Qxh6 gxh6 Rxg8 check mate ) DIAG45 1) ... Qf2+ ( 2) Qxf2 Rh5 3) Bxh5 g5 check mate ) DIAG46 1) Nf6+ gxf6 ( 2) Qg4+ Kh8 3) Qh4 ) DIAG47 1) ... Nf3+ ( 2) Rxf3 Bxd4 3) cxd4 Qxb5 ) DIAG48 1) ... Rh6 ( 2) Kg1 Rh1+ 3) Kxh1 Qh3+ 4) Kg1 Qxg2 ) DIAG49 1) ... Rd8 ( 2) Qxf5 Rxd1 check mate ) DIAG50 1) ... Nxf4 2) Qxf7+ Kh8 3) Qg8+ Rxg8 4) Nf7 check mate DIAG51 1) Bxd4 Bxd4 2) Kxd4 Qxd4 3) Qxd4 Ne2+ 4) Kf1 Nxd4 DIAG52 1) ... Qxd4 2) Bxd4 Nf3+ 3) Kf1 Bb5+ 4) Qc4 Bxc4 check mate DIAG53 1) e6 Rxg5 2) Rd8+ Kxd8 3) exf7 and pawn conversion DIAG54 1) Rg2 ... ( 2) Qxh7 Kxh7 3) Rh3 check mate ) DIAG55 1) Nf5 exf5 2) Qh2+ Kg8 3) Qg3+ Kh8 4) Qg7 check mate DIAG56 1) Qa8+ Kg7 2) Bxe5+ Qxe5 3) Qh8+ Kxh8 4) Nxf7+ and 5) Nxe5 - 23 - A P E N D I X C *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* License Agreement Limited Warranty Update-Service User Registration (C) Copyright 1989 W. Wild, H. Heiss All Rights Reserved 1) License Agreement and Limited Warranty The whole package of PowerChess V5.3 is protected by both United States copyright law and international treaty provisions. This is also valid for the representation on the screen. This software may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location or on one computer while it is being used at another. You may copy this software onto a computer to be used and you may make archival copies of the software for the sole purpose of backing up our software and protecting your investment from loss. - 24 - We warrant the physical diskette(s) and physical documentation enclosed herein to be free of defects in materials or workmanship for a period of sixty days from the purchase date. If we receive notification within the warranty period of defects in meterials or workmanship, and such notification is determined by us to be correct, we will replace the defective diskette(s) or documentation. Do not return any product until you have called our customer service departement and obtained a return authorization_number! The entire and exclusive liability and remedy for breach of this Limited Warranty shall be limited to replacement of defective diskette(s) or documentation and shall not include or extend to any claim for or right to recover any other damages, including but not limited to, loss of profit, data or use of the software, or special, incidental or consequential damages or similar claims, even if we have been specifically advised of the possibility of such damages. In no event will our liability for any damages to you or any other person ever exceed the lower of suggested list price or actual price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of any form of the claim. We specifically disclaim all other warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Specifically, we make no representation or warranty that the software is fit for any particular purpose and any implied warranty of merchantability is limited to the sicty-day duration of the Limited Warranty covering the physical diskette(s) and physical documentation only (and not the software) and is otherwise expressly and specifically disclaimed. This limited warranty gives you specific legal rights; you may have others which may vary from state to state. Some states do not allow the exclusion of incidental or consequential damages, or the limitation on how long an implied warranty lasts, so some of the above may not apply to you. - 25 - If any provision is found void, invalid or unenforcable it will not affect the validity of the balance of this License Agreement and Limited Warranty which shall remain valid and enforcable according to its terms. If any remedy hereunder is determined to have failed of its essential purpose, all limitations of liability and exclusion of damages set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect. This License Agreement and Limited Warranty may only be modified in writing signed by you and a specifically authorized representative of us. All rights not specifically granted in this statement are reserved by us. UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATION OR EXPLOITATION OF THIS SOFTWWARE WILL BE PROSECUTED. - 26 - 2) Update Service Registered users can purchase an update of the latest version of PowerChess at significant discounts. It is useful to send in the registration card, because PowerChess is being continously improved. Some planned extensions: - mouse control - implementation of new powerful algorithms - versions for different computers - extension of the library and much more ... IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft Inc. Hercules is a registered trademark of Hercules-Corp. PowerChess is a trademark of W. Wild, H. Heiss. Disclaimer : Any use of trademarks in this document which have not been specifically recognized above is purely unintentional. - 27 - - 28 -