Sigma Chess 5.1

User's Manual



 

Copyright © 2001

Ole K. Christensen
ole@sigmachess.com
http://www.sigmachess.com
 

Copyright Notice
The Sigma Chess 5 software and this manual are copyrighted. Please make sure
you read the "Read me first!" document before using Sigma Chess the first time.

Disclaimer
The Sigma Chess 5 software is provided as is without any warranties of any kind either express or
implied. By downloading, installing and/or using the Sigma Chess 5 software, the user/customer accepts
all responsibility and agrees that the author of Sigma Chess cannot be held responsible or liable for any
damage, data loss or harm of any kind whatsoever caused directly or indirectly by the installation
and/or usage of the Sigma Chess 5 software.



 

CONTENTS



Welcome

Features
System Requirements

Instructions

1. Installation

2. Overview & General Use

Starting a New Game
Making Moves
Showing Legal Moves
Controlling the Search
Hints
Pausing the Game
Draw Offers
Browsing the Game Record
Adjusting the Information Area
Printing
Balloon Help & Context Sensitive Menus
3. Saving & Loading Games
The Sigma 5.0 format
The Sigma 3.0/4.0 format
The Sigma 2.0 format
The PGN format
Game Information
4. Playing Levels, Modes and Styles
The Normal Levels
The Tournament Levels
The Average Levels
The Leisure Level
The Fixed Depth Levels
The Novice Levels
The Infinite Level
The Solver Level
The Mate Finder Levels
The Manual Level
Permanent Brain
Non deterministic
Playing Strength - Rating your Play
Playing Styles
5. Editing Positions

6. Game Annotations

The Annotation Editor
Entering Annotation Text
Search &Replace
Setting Move Suffixes
Inserting Diagrams
Clearing Annotation Text
Computer Annotations
7. Game Collections
Opening Collections
Browsing Collections
Sorting &Filtering
PGN Import/Export
Printing Collections
Basic Chess Publishing
8. Position Libraries
The Library Editor
9. The 3D Board
Making Moves
The Position Editor
Memory Requirements
10. Transposition Tables

11. Endgame Databases

Endgame Database Generators
12. Preferences

Menu Reference

The File Menu
The Edit Menu
The Game Menu
The Analyze Menu
The Level Menu
The Display Menu
The Collection Menu
The Library Menu
The Window Menu

The Sigma Chess 5.1 User's Manual - Copyright (C) 2001, Ole K. Christensen

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