Lexibook CG1400 - Manual (Page 38)

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If you think your move was good, but the light does not illuminate, then there
was at least one other move you could have made which would have been better.
If you want to know what it was, press TAKE BACK to cancel your move, then
press HINT. Then you can decide if you want to make the move recommended
by the computer, or the one you had thought of originally, or even a completely
different one! But you must press TAKE BACK before making the computer’s
move, otherwise the HINT mode will not work when you cancel your move.
TRAINING mode used in conjunction with the HINT function allows you to
improve your game: TRAINING mode tells you if your move is not very good,
and the HINT function offers you a better solution. But don’t forget: you should
always try and find the best move possible!
XVII. INTERRUPTING THE COMPUTER’S ANALYSIS
If you press MOVE while the computer is thinking, it will immediately interrupt
its analysis and make the move it considers to be best at this stage of its thinking
(in other words, the move that would be indicated were you to press HINT).
XVIII. CHECKING THE POSITION
In case of doubt, if, for example, you have accidentally knocked the chessboard,
you can ask the computer to tell you the position of each piece.
1. Press the key corresponding to the chessman you are looking for. The
computer will indicate the position of each chessman of this kind by
illuminating one of the lights of the rank (row) and one or a number of
files (columns). A constantly illuminated light indicates a white piece; a
flashing light indicates a black piece.
2. Press the key again and the computer will tell you the position of each
chessman of this kind on the next rank.
3. When the computer has told you the position of all the chessmen of this