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Nova Chess 1.00 02/22/1996
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Nova Chess is a chessprogram for MS-DOS.
Requirements: CPU 80386 or better
installed mouse driver
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.
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.
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 2.
The computer may take some time to calculate a move if you
choose 6 or more halfmoves.
OPTIONS
Sound
Toggles the sound on/off.
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.
Thomas Starke CompuServe 101532,1007