NOVAG CONSTELLATIONEXPERT INSTT{ÛCTIONS
CONTENTS Section I
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Playingthe EXPERT
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Appendices A, NOVAG6 CHESSPRIMER B. Troubleshootinglist C. NOVAG@CHESSCLOCK D. Careof the NOVAG@CONSTELLATION EXPERT E. Technicaldatâ
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TYPOGRAPHICALCONVENTIONS USED IN THIS MANUAL
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This leads to the next operationin the sequence. This meànsthat rh€operationenclosed by the bÉcketsis oprionâtând Inaybe bypassed.
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Function is tumed on,/offwhen procedureis repeated.
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lit square
LED on left hand comer of squareis Iit up.
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SECTTONI PLAYING T}IE EXPERT For those who wish a quick 6ame, pleâs€follow the instructions below: Insertâdâptorplug here
Thenpush this switch
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Slep 2 S€t!p a the r:hesspieceson the chessboard(pùt them righr in the cenrrÊof eachsquarc)in the starting position,totallyignoringany llashinglightsor sounds.Whenàll rhe pi€cesare in ptacethereshouldnol be any lit squaresât all. If any LED srill lightsup pleaseadjusrthat pi€ceh the light goesout_ Set Level
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Step3 Press
Step4 Lift up th€ pieceon the squarcal (whiterook)ànd pur it down again-This setsthe plalng srrength to the low€st rcgulâr level. If this is too shong ror tou then pre; O Tr.ining t€v€l k€y a the EXPERIwill now pldy like â beFnner. Step5 Press
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to leave th€ level s€ttint mode O You may now play the White side a8ainstthè EXPERT.Play as narural as you like, slid€ a pi€{e or pick it up and pùt it down on the squareyou wish it ro go to. During the gane when thereare captrirespleajeremovè rne câorureoDleceh|1it. Wh€n the EXPERTis readyto move it will beepand two squareswil be lit, th€ FROMand the TO square. Pleasemake this move for th€ EXPERTàs if you;ere makhg it for yoursetf.Rememberto rernovethe caÉtured piecefùst, when ùe EXPERImalesd caphrr€. komotions/Underprcmotions Expertpromotes
When liftint up the EXPERT'S pawn pleàsewatch rh€ lights on the dght side of the board. Trre EXPERI irill flash the piéc€ ùtht that it wants, pil** the pâwn for ihis "rchanËe indicatedpiece.
The E\PrRr wiu put on the Queen,B'shop,KnjShtand Rooklighrsdnd wartsfor you to pressthe Lone+ondingpiecetey to s€leciyo; choice. e.g. Ou'een t O setects If you wish to play the BIâcks,de,serup ihe pie(€sso that Whilqis plâyingdown the bodrd.Repeâ he above procedurestepi I to 5 but belorestàrtinsto piay pteasepress O ér'J,"si c'l* rh* Q cô
SECTIONII THE BASICS A. MAKING MOVES
Making a move on the EXPERT is simpliciiyitself,just lift the pieceyou wish to nro\e and placeit on the cenlreof the squarÊlhat x)u irart it k) go to, ot course illegalmov€swill not be acccpted. When the EXPEITT has îrade its move,the fROM and the TO squaresrvill be lil and you musi nake this movefor the EXPERT.
b . COMPUTINC
Whenthe EXPEIITis compulingit will flashtho errorand verifyLEDSaltern.tely.
c. CAPTURINC
When capturingpl€ascremoveihr capturedpiecefirst then moveyour pieceto a câpturefor ihe EXPERT. ocopy thàtsquarc.Pleisedo the samewhencompl€ting
MOVES
d . ILLECAL MOVES
The EXPERTNill indic.te all illêgalor impossiblemovesby making3 beepsand nashthe errorLED, also for piecesh'hich need lo be put back io their correct locâtionstho squareLEDwill be lit. Iror('rrorsthat nocdno cofrectionc.g. pressing shut off after a a e'rong tunciionkev ctc. the Êrrorindi.ationwill setup newposition-+
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After the secondpressof VÊrify,the Set Up LEDwill now bÊon and you can noù' beginto setup a new position.If you wish to renloveâll the piecesyou rnaypressClearBoard E.g. li, placea hhite KinS on the board \r, male surethdllh. ,olorLEDshuu. u rr" .rr, Pre'- th( rcj ll'rl hdr J 1.on' n, u u'ng o.uu..' I ! (iii) placethe White King on lhe centrcof an)' squ.rrethat you wish. E.8. To plâcea numbêrof blackpâwnson the boàrd (i mdle.ure lhàt(hec,'lorLED rhuh R'' L r,r p'e* 'n! r() rn.,rnd. d 5lmboror J r.rsn b"r',r" i e " (iii) placeany nunber of black pawnson thc boafd, ensunng thai they eachsit in the centreot iheir .espectivesqùares Any legal positionmay be sei up using ihe aboveprocedure.the EXPERTdoes nol permil illegalor impossiblepositionsn'here thereare abnormaladditionso g. 9 pawnsoI ihe samecolor,or 5 bishops of the samecolor.or 1l oue€nsol the samecoloretc. 10.2 This key hasthr€efunctions: (i) Whenin verify or SetUp thischang€s the.olor for the€ntryorvenficatrcnof the boardPosition (ii) When pr.ssed before the start of â Samei.e. alter pressingNew Game this reversesthe internalboard,therctorepleùseftset the piecesso that th! 'vhite piecesPlaydown the board Whjte pieceson rows 7 & 8 and blackpiÊceson rows I & 2. (iii) Whenpressedanv time dudng a gam€(exceptwh€n the EXPERTis computing)thiç ch.1ng€s the colorof th€ sid€ tli movcwithout reversingthe board. Warning:lhis rili eraseall ihe pastmoves.
I0.3 This key has th.e€ funciionsi (i) When in Sel Up mode this clea$ the entire board of all the pieces. (ii) When in set Level node this key selectsTo'rmanent book (see7.5). (iii) Wh€n pressedai any oth€r iime it acts as a clear entry key.
PRINTFUNCTIONSFORUSEWITH THE NOVAGO CHESSPRINTER
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lPrint Boârdl The presenlboard positionùill be printed.This may be used insteadof Verifyingih€ positon rnd is much moreefficient.
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oFF- l beep
Wh€nthis mode is s€lect€dthÊ printêrwill print eachpair of movesplayed.
11.3 fP-j-'n'tlj"tl The entiregameup to the presentpositionr{ill be printed.Yoù may pint âs oficn as you lik€.
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PrintEvalmtions
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Mat€LEDwlll br lii,if lunctionselectrd.The printenvill print eachpairof rnovesalongwith the€valuaiions that the EXPERT makeslor bothsides.This indicateswho is aheador behind( ) by fiactionsof a pawn. 99 = maieinl and 94=matein6 and a 15.00posiiionis rip€for resignation.
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DrawLEDwill be lii, if functions€lectcd.Thc printerwill print eachpairof movesâlongwith the cumulâtivc is computin8 Nqtr: Do NOT activatefunctionswhile the EXPERT
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-----)' Lifi up pi€ceindicrted lTraceForwârdl -----> Plâceon lit TO squàre ---+ (lf captufe,removccapturedpiece) This sequence may b€ repeateduntil all the shred mov('shavebeenplayedout. This tunctionhas two purposes: (i) After R€store(see7.9) this allows the completereplayof the enlire game trom the slarting positionor from whicheverSet Up positionyou slartedtrom. (ii) After computingth€ best move,thcEXPERTthen skrcs âway the besi variationon which its decisionwas made.You may useTrâceForwârdto find out how the EXIERTthinksand use it io (xmpa.€agiinst your own anallsis.i\henihe €nd ot iis 'n.rlvsisi! reachedthe orrorLED lits up and shutsoff âfier 3 bæps.
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(oNioFF) During compûting,the EXPERTwill show you the bcst move that it has (ound so far, by flashing This will be changedâs soonas it hastoundan ev€nbettermove. altematelythe FROMând TO squares. Pressingthis key againwill turn the movedisplayoff. However,whenit is your hrrn to nove the EXPERT wil try to guessyour bestmove.Thcrefofe,if you pr€ssHint whcn it is your turn ihen ihe EXPERT will drsplâvit's guess,ând in most casesthis will b€ a good moveor an ônly move. Thereis no facilityfor the displâyof all the legalmovesin lhe position.
SECTION IV GENERAL NOÏTS a.
The EXPERTmaintainsâ 20 gamebufferthat preventsit from exactlyduplicatinggamesplayed.Therefore if you playedWhite20 gamesusingthe sameopeningmovcsthe EXPERTwill attemptto vary âs far as possible.
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The EXPERT indicuteserrorsby beeping3 timesand nishint the errorlED.lf theerrordoesnot needyour intervention then it will be hmed of{ âfte. the beeps.Thereforeif the error remains llashing you must look for lit squaresthât needâdtustment.lflhe errorLED is steadythen you are probablyin the SetUp or Verify mode(ànd the King pieceis s€lecled).
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with a bad adaptoror power supply. To avoid rhis Manv of the operationalprobl€msare associaied âdaptorArt. No. 8220which is separately availabiefrom your dealer. pleaa€useour specifiÊd
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Whenin Set Levelnode you may selectany numberof functionsbeforeexiiing
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Thesequencel5"iÏiiÎ
---+ lÏi1.it"-l---+ IIiGFGT will malc the E\PERrplayitselfat a time
conlrol slowerthan any touramentlevel. f.
The EXPERThas a long t€rm rnenory rhât allowsyùu to sloreboârdposrhonand Sane record This is savedautomatically eve-ryume you siitch orf or -Éen po.",,upply ri ternporaryhâlted/inter.uPted. them on NgE: Sp€cialfunctionsare NOT savedin this memory,only the levelsetting Pleasere-s€lect po$ering on.
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Do not use trainin8levêl 6 ûr higher (or normalplay as this becomes too stron8and tine consumint. The altemativeregularlevel5 will play the samebut us€shalf the time, becâuse of selectives€a.chin8.
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a Position.You evaluaies TraceForwardis very usetulfor thosewho wish b understandhow ihe EXPERT may TraceFoMard after ev€ry move made by the EXPERTbut Pl€aseremembert.r TâkêBâ.kh the originalposition.
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The EXPERT will beep3 timeswhen it makes60 moves.(acousric remindet
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Th€ openingbookcontâinsover 22,000positionsand is dividedinto sections.(see7.1 and 7.5).
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Print Moves has no effect when Print Evaluationsand./orAcc. Ti[|€ itâr€ selected.
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PressingV€rify wil inûrediâtely displây any misplacedpiece.
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APPENDIX
NOVAG OICHESSPRJNTER
The NOVAG@ CHESSPRINTERis separatelyavailablefrom youf dealer.The programto drive the printer is includedin the EXPERTand no other hard or softwareis required.The cableconn€ctoris packedwith ihe woodenchesspi€ces. UseONLY the ùl printingpaper Olivettispecification No. 292933 or one thai is compatible. Installing the paper ro[,
paperlever O Release
(it Trirn pap€rroll to â cleanedge (iii) Insertpaperedg€into sloi @
Pushuntil papercomesnghi ihruughthe (v) Lock pap€rlever O
Placepaperrol in holder O , and turn till tight Printeris now rcady,pleâseinsertsmallerendof ihe printercâbleinto ihe holeat the left of the chessboard. This will only go in one way to avoidany mistakes.The largerend shouldthenbe ins€rtedinto the sloi ai the side of the printerrrith th€ markingTOP facingupwards. flease.eeSe('on III, l1.l lo ll q lor insouction-. Conventions usedin the priniout WHITE BLACK 00i00:00 0-0,000 EP Q,ts,N,OrR STALEMATE r/2 DRAW r/2 INSUI MATERIAL .3RD REPETITION - 50 MOVELIMIT I RESICN CHECKMATE
Headings Accumulaied time in hrs, mins and secs. Castling Kingsid€ or Queenside Caphrre En passantpawn capture Pawn pronotion/underp.onotion Check Stâl€mât€ dlarv Dfaw Draw due io insufficient material* Draw by 3rd repetition rul€' Draw by 50 moves mle' The EXPERTresigns Ch€ckmat€ end of the game
' As stated by the World CheESlederâtion, FIDE. 11
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TROUBLESHOOTTNGLIST An NOVAG o' computersare extensivelytestedbeforeleavingihe factoryto cnsuretroublefree p€rfornance. However,if you cncounterany prcblemsduring ploy, pleasecheckthc Iollo\ainglisi tirsr beforecallingyour dealeror sendingit in for repair. (i) Your .onpul€r doesnol work Checkif ihe adaptorplut sits properlyin the socket,.s tighl ôs possible$ith minimalmovement.If this is loos€it may interrupt th€ powersupply to the EXPERT. Checkthat the smalladâphr plug thàt connectsto the EXPERIis fully nrserted Ch€ckthe operâtingvoltageol your adaptorio seejf ii matchesyour localpowef supply. Checkif your powersupply fluctuatesby morethan l0'/. as this nav causeirrcgularperformance. (ii) All LED6 light up and .ompute.is completelyblocked. Disconncct th€ pow€r supply. Turn the EXPERT over and you will find a holc.Irside lhis holeis a swiichwhich you shouldpush and hold for 5 seconds.This will res€tthe internalnemow and will unblockthe EXPERT. (in) one of the leds do€snot light up
lve.iitl ---+ lï"'iryrs*Til ---+ [tr""iEi]ia-l-> ù C* Testall squares----> New câme Pùt the White que€non eachof the 64squ,iresone after the otherànd the LED that doesnot light up is the one that is dead.Pleâsesendyour set to ïour deal$ ntr replacement of the Iâulty LED. (iv) one squâredoesnot r€gistera move.
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Takea chesspiec€and put it on erery square,you shouldherr 2 beepsfor €achof them.The sqùar.' thai do€snot respondhasa faûltvreedswiichbut beforeyou send it in for repair,pteasecheckall the l:hc'sspiecesio seei( inr of ihcm canactivatcthat faullv square-If so, then the probiemis rvith the chesspiecesthat contain$'eak magnets.Pleaseseeyour dcôlerfor repldcement of the chess
(v) Tl'e Queen,Bishop,Knight, Rookand ColorLED8âll lit ûp This indicatesa pawn pronohon for you to selectls€€S€ctionI para.f) (iv) Ch€ck,Mateard Draw LEDEâll lil up The ËXPERT resignsthÊ gane (seeSectionI para.k) C.
NOVAG @CHISS CLOCK This oplional accessoryis nvôilàblefron your dcdler.l,Joadditonal hàrdxareor softwareis necessary. excellentfor 5 minutesPeed Thereis no need to pressthis clockwhcn it is connectedto the EXPËRT, ganes. and the ON/OFFswitch(na*ed CLOCK) The clockconnectorsocketis situaiednextto thÊâdâptorsocket
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EXPERT Careof the NOVAG @CONSTELLATTON Dirt or dusl canbe remot€dlrith a solt cloth. Do NOT use nnv chcmicàlsolventsor waleron the sLl. Anv dJm.rSe cau.edbv lh.ir u.e lnràliddl"s lh( wrrrJDrt
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Technicaldâta Operatint voltaSe Cuûent consumption Memory back-upvoltage
8.5 V AC (thrcughAC io AC adaptor) 850rnA naximum 2.4V DC
Readonty rneaory Randomâccessmemory
64 Kbytes ROM 4 KbytesRAM
Al data subject to chângewithout notice
NOVAGO Copydght 1985 NOVAG0 Industries Ltd. 1103Admimlty Cenhe Tower One Hont Kong.
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