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- Nova Chess 1.12 11/05/1996
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-
- Nova Chess is a chessprogram for MS-DOS and Windows. If you have Windows 95
- please do not run in DOS-mode because there may occur problems with your
- mouse driver. Run directly from the Windows-Shell or the DOS-window instead.
-
-
- Requirements: CPU 80386 SX or better
- installed mouse driver (only for DOS)
-
- Copyright: Nova Chess is Freeware. It may be copied and used without
- charge. It is not allowed to sell this software nor to make
- any modifications to it. All rights are reserved by the
- author.
- The author is not responsible for any possible damage caused
- by the use of this software.
-
- Controls: - The menu appears when the mousepointer is placed at the top
- of the screen and vanishes when the mousepointer is moved
- downwards.
- If a topic on the menubar is selected, you may exit without
- making a selection by pressing the right mousebutton.
-
- - To make a move click seperatly on the FROM square and on the
- TO square.
- To deactivate a selected piece just click on it again.
-
- - To stop the computer from calculating a move press the
- right mousebutton. The computer will make its move
- immediately.
-
- - With the following function keys you can change the colors.
- There are 64 colors to choose from.
- The specified function key increases the value by 1,
- together with SHIFT it decreases the value by 1.
-
- F1 - changes the color of the black squares
- F2 - changes the color of the white squares
- F3 - changes the color of the black pieces
- F4 - changes the color of the white pieces
- F5 - changes the color of the border
- F6 - changes the color of the text
- F7 - changes the color of the background
- F8 - changes the color of the overscan
-
- F9, SHIFT+F9, F10 and SHIFT+F10 show default colors.
-
-
- Menubar:
-
- GAME
-
- New
- Starts a new game.
-
- Change sides
- Switches the sides without turning the board. The computer
- starts to compute its move immediately.
-
- Rotate board
- Turns the board without switching the sides.
-
- Take back
- Takes back a halfmove. You are allowed to take back as many
- moves as you wish.
- Alternatively you may use <Ctrl>+<Backspace>.
-
- Exit
- All changes you have made to colors, levels and options will
- be saved. After this the program terminates.
- Note: The actual game can't be saved.
-
-
- LEVELS
-
- Time
- Specifies the time the computer will take for calculating
- its move. The program stays within the selected time-limit.
-
- Depth
- The program stops calculating when it reaches the specified
- depth. This setting is used to limit the horizon of the
- program in order to reduce its strength.
- Beginners should use the setting 1.
- The computer may take some time to calculate a move if you
- choose 6 or more halfmoves (depends on the number of pieces
- on the board).
-
-
- OPTIONS
-
- Sound
- Toggles the sound on/off.
- The sound isn't correct if you run Nova Chess under Windows.
-
- Random
- The computer does not only play the best move but less good
- ones, too. The program is slower with this setting on.
-
- Show ML
- The line of best moves (=main line) is displayed at the
- bottom of the screen.
- Beginners get some hints by examining the second move of
- this line because the computer calculated it as the best
- response.
-
-
- INFO
-
- Controls
- Short information about the controls.
-
- Nova Chess
- Information about Nova Chess.
-
-
-
- Nova Chess was not designed to replace professional chessprograms according
- to strength and functionality.
-
- New versions will be uploaded to the ChessForum on CompuServe.
-
-
- Thomas Starke E-mail: 101532.1007@CompuServe.com
-