Manual de Deep Fritz 14 2013 | Page 63

General operation

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White selects the pawn on e2 and moves it while holding down the mouse button. The
source field e2 is marked with a circle. When the mouse moves over the square e3 the
square is coloured.

If White continues to move the pawn to the square e4, this potential destination field
is then coloured. The program is using graphical aids to help avoid illegal moves on the
chess board.
This is also extremely useful in rated games and games on the Playchess chess server.

2.16.4 Entering moves on the keyboard
Because of the beautiful graphical interface of the program, you will probably want to
enter moves using the mouse. There is, however, an interesting alternative. You can
type in moves on the keyboard, a facility some experienced chessplayers might prefer.

To enter moves on the keyboard type in the start and destination square, e.g. g1f3.

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