PLAYING CHESS WITH CHESS KING
When you click a “Start now” button, your game will begin.
If you're playing Black, your electronic sparring partner will
make the first move automatically. If you're White, you clock
will start running, so you'll likely want to make a move without
delay.
Your Chess King opponent will use the chess tree to play the game's
opening moves, selecting a move from the tree at random, until you make
a “non-book” move (one not in the tree), at which point the engine will
need to begin generating moves on its own. As you play, your chess
coach may pop up to warn you when you make a bad move (see Chapter Five).
You'll also have access to the full compliment of hint features we learned
about in Chapter Five. This applies even to rated games, and in rated
game mode Chess King will even tell you how many coins it will cost to
use a particular hint.
While you're playing a game with Chess King, you'll have
your choice of two different ways to display the moves in
the notation panel, controlled by the check box marked
“Advanced” near the panel's upper right corner:
1
2
1
Unchecking this box will
display the game's moves in
a simple two column format
using a large font:
2
which shows the game's
moves along with the chess
engine's analysis of the
position (which we'll learn
about later) directly below
each move.
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