3/10/99

PocketChess v1.0

by Tinyware, Inc
scottlu@eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu

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Sections in this document:

1> Intro
2> How to play
4> Features of PocketChess v. 1.0

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1. Intro

Welcome to the v. 1.0 release of PocketChess for daVinci!
PocketChess is a full featured Chess playing program
for your Royal daVinci.

PocketChess v2.0 is under development! If you have feature requests
and suggestions, now is a great time to send me some email.

Enjoy!

Scott Ludwig
scottlu@eskimo.com
http://www.eskimo.com/~scottlu

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PocketChess plays a standard game of chess and is intuitive to use.
There are a few things to know:

Menus / Toolbox

- On the daVinci, tap the "Tools" silkscreen button (lower left hand corner
  next to the pen input area) to get at the menus for PocketChess.

Castling

- If the castle situation is legal, move your king two squares to the
  left for a queen side castle, two squares to the right for a king side
  castle

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4. Features of PocketChess v. 1.0

PocketChess features:

- A drag / drop move as well as a tap, tap move UI for moving pieces
- Square selection cursor for detailing from, to positions of a chess
  move.
- You vs. Pilot, You vs. Another Player, and Pilot vs. Pilot play. 
- 8 levels of difficulty 
- Playing status includes white / black player indicator, turn 
indicator, last move indicator (in algebraic notation), last piece 
played indicator. 
- Ability to turn off status for larger board size 
- Board setup mode to set up hypothetical chess positions and then play 
them 
- Undo Move command to undo moves. Remembers all moves back to the very 
first move. 
- Hint command. Proposes strategic moves for your pieces. 
- Skip Move command allows you to forgo your move 
- Reverse Board command to flip board presentation 
- Switch sides command which allows you to switch between playing black 
or white sides. 
- New game command 
- Current game is always saved if you switch to another Pilot 
application during play. Last game played is reloaded whenever chess 
is loaded again. 
- Game play allows you to issue any command during game play (even play 
level and play mode). 
- A built in 80 game opening move library
- Animated computer piece move, also used in hint and undo.

Thank you for playing PocketChess!



