Checkmate

How to Use This Manual You can turn the page by clicking on the right-arrow of the scroll bar at the bottom of the window. You can also turn to any page using the "Contents" menu at the top of the screen. While viewing a page, you can scroll up and down on the page by using the vertical scroll bar at the right of this window, in the usual way. If you have a printer, you can print this manual with the "Print..." option in the File Menu. On the second dialog box that appears, you can choose which pages you would like to print, or click "Print All" to print the entire manual. CheckMate Manual Page 1 Checkmate Requirements Any Macintosh can play CHECKMATE except the original Macintosh 128K or 512K. You need at least 1 megabyte of memory. Additional memory will be used to increase playing strength. A modem is required for modem play and both computers must run either CHECKMATE or Battle Chess from Interplay or MacPlay. Hard disk installation CHECKMATE may be installed on a hard disk. Before you do anything else, write protect your master CHECKMATE floppy disks. 1. Make a new folder on your hard disk, named “Checkmate.” 2. Copy all files from both CHECKMATE disks into the new folder. Running CHECKMATE from a hard disk Turn on your hard disk and Macintosh. When the System finishes loading, open the folder that contains CHECKMATE, and double-click on the CHECKMATE icon. Running CHECKMATE from floppy disks Turn on your Macintosh and insert your System disk in a disk drive. When the System finishes loading, eject the System disk and insert CHECKMATE disk #1. Double-click on the CHECKMATE icon. You will be asked several times to switch disks while loading the game; if you have more then one disk drive, you can insert the requested disks into your second or third drive. Entering the Code When you launch CHECKMATE for the first time, you will be prompted to enter a move of a previously played chess game. Enter the correct move and press Return to begin play. The chess moves can be found on pages 54-57. CheckMate Manual Page 2 Loading the Program The correct code for this dialog box is QxN. A note about color CHECKMATE’S color pieces are red and blue. Remember that if you use a color monitor, the “white” pieces are red in CHECKMATE, and “black” pieces are blue. Piece Movement To move a piece, click once on the piece, let go of the mouse button, then click on the square you want to move to. Do not drag the piece! Pages 4-5 an…