Champion 2250 XL Chess Computer
(600-2215) Features Faxback Doc. # 46721
Your RadioShack Champion 2250 XL Chess Computer is one of the most
versatile chess computers available. With its advanced features, this
chess computer is ideal for everyone from the beginner or casual player
to the professional and tournament chess expert. You can set the computer
so it plays as tamely as an absolute beginner or with the cunning of a
master player.
You can let the computer act as a referee while you play against another
person, turn the computer's sound on or off, and display and hear a
ticking game clock during play. The computer also displays information
that can help you improve your chess skills.
The computer's many features include:
Special Sensory Playing - the computer senses a move when you press a
Surfaces piece against a square.
Liquid Crystal Display - shows current move, piece position and
verification, level, position set up, search
depth, principal variation, position search,
rotating display, and elapsed game time
information.
Rotating Display Option - lets you set the computer to display move
strategy, search depth, search time,
evaluation rating, and move possibilities per
second while the computer is thinking.
Five Built-In Teaching - lets you quickly select and play only specific
Options pieces, to help you learn the piece's moves and
strategic uses.
Eight Built-In Study - lets you improve your chess knowledge with the
Positions computer's help.
Built-In Chess Clocks - lets you set the computer to display the elapsed
time since the computer or an opponent last
moved and the remaining time before the computer
or an opponent must make a move. The computer
can also display count-down game timers.
Rank and File Board - lets you easily see where a piece came from and
Lights and where it should go during a move.
Sixty-Four Play Levels - so you can choose from 64 game types/levels of
difficulty including tournament, speed, problem,
regular play, training, and fun levels.
Save - lets you turn off the computer without
interrupting the game in progress so you can
continue playing later.
Selectable Search - lets you set the computer to search only for a
Algorithms move most likely to be successful, to speed up
the computer's response. Or, you can select the
computer's brute force option to search all move
possibilities thoroughly.
Take Back - lets you take back up to 34 consecutive moves
and replay them.
Rule Enforcement - prevents illegal moves.
Auto Play - lets you learn by watching the computer play
against itself.
Move - lets you force the computer to make a move and
change sides with the computer.
Move Suggestion - lets you use the computer to suggest moves, to
teach you the best response to an opponent's
move.
Problem Set Up - lets you set up special chess problems, so you
can practice solving problems published in
newspapers, chess literature, or history books.
Position Verification - lets you check the current position of the
pieces if they are accidentally moved or
misplaced.
Opening Book Memory - contains most major opening strategies so the
computer can respond more rapidly during a
game's opening moves, to speed up play. You can
set the computer to use none, some, or all of
these moves during play, or select tournament
opening books for the most challenging play.
Evaluation - shows the computer's assessment of which player
has the advantage and how much of an advantage
that player has.
Two Power Options - lets you power the computer from batteries or
from AC power with an optional AC adapter.
Power Off Option - lets you save battery power by setting the
computer to turn itself off if you do not press
a key or board square for about 15 minutes. The
computer saves the game in progress.
We recommend that you read these instructions thoroughly before you use
your RadioShack Champion 2250 XL Chess Computer.
(LB/eb 3/6/98)
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