Chessmaster2100 Manual

Table of Contents 1. Let's Play Chess 3 (Provided by the U.S. Chess Federation. It's your offtctal introduction to the play of the game. If you already know how to play chess, you may want to skip this section.) 2. A History of Chess 9 (Everything you ever wanted to know, and more, about how the game came to be.) 3. World Champions and Their Play .... 12 (The inside story about the greatest "Wood Pushers" in the world - and the nuttiest.) 4. Chess and Machines 28 (Trace your chess-playtng cornputer's antecedents back to Maelzel's Turk, a famous trick invented in 1763.) 5. Library of Classic Games 33 (Here's a fascinating collection of 110 hard- fought games as played by the greatest masters in history. The Chessmaster 2100 will replay them for you on command.) 6. Brainteasers 51 (Some instructive problems that may teach you a few sneaky tricks.) 7. Algebraic Notation 53 (e4, Nxf3 ... what's it all about? Chess shorthand explatned.) Copyright © 1988 The Software Toolworks. Printed in U .S.A. by Priority Software All Rights Reserved. Packaging, Santa Ana, California. 3 Let's Play Chess The Pieces Chess is a game for two players, one with White always moves first, and then the the "White" pieces and one with the players take tums moving. Only one "Black" - no matter what colors your set piece may be moved at each turn (except actually uses. At the begmnmg of the for "castling," a special move that is game, the pieces are set up as pictured explained later). The Knight is the only below. (See the following diagrams to piece that can jump over other pteces. identify pieces.) All other pieces move only along These hints will help you to unblocked lines. You may not move a remember this setup: piece to a square already occupied by one of your own pieces. But you can 1. Opposing Kings and Queens go capture an enemy piece that stands on a directly opposite each other. square where one of your pieces can 2. The square in the lower rtght move. Simply remove the enemy piece comer is a light one ("light on from the board and put your own piece rtght"). in its place. 3. Tue White Queen goes on a light square, the Black Queen on a dark The King square ("Queen on color"). The main goal of chess is to check- mate your opponent' s King. The King Is not actually captured and removed from the board like other pieces. But if the King is attacked ("checked") and threatened with capture, it must get out of check immediately. If there is no way…