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1.1     ! root        1: .TH Chess GNU
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: Chess \- GNU Chess
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B Chess
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B arg1 arg2
        !             8: ]
        !             9: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            10: .I Chess
        !            11: plays a game of chess against the user or it plays against itself.
        !            12: .PP
        !            13: .I Chess
        !            14: has a simple alpha-numeric board display or it can be compiled for
        !            15: use with the CHESSTOOL program on a SUN workstation.
        !            16: The program gets its opening moves from the file gnuchess.book which
        !            17: should be located in the same directory as gnuchess.
        !            18: To invoke the prgram, type 'gnuchess' or type 'chesstool gnuchess'
        !            19: on a SUN workstation where 'CHESSTOOL' is installed.
        !            20: The 'gnuchess' command can be followed by up to 2 command line arguments.
        !            21: If one argument is given it determines the programs search time in
        !            22: seconds.  If two arguments are given, they will be used to set tournament
        !            23: time controls with the first argument being the number of moves and the second
        !            24: being the total clock time in minutes.  Thus, entering 'chess 60 5' will set
        !            25: the clocks for 5 minutes (300 seconds) for the first 60 moves.
        !            26: If no argument is given the program will prompt the user for level of
        !            27: play.
        !            28: For use with CHESSTOOL, see the documentation on that program.
        !            29: .PP
        !            30: Once
        !            31: .I Chess
        !            32: is invoked, the program will display the board and prompt the user
        !            33: for a move. To enter a move, use the notation 'e2e4' where the first
        !            34: letter-number pair indicates the origination square
        !            35: and the second letter-number pair indicates the destination square.
        !            36: An alternative is to use the notation 'nf3' where
        !            37: the first letter indicates the piece type (p,n,b,r,q,k).
        !            38: To castle, type the origin and destination squares
        !            39: of the king just as you would do for a regular move, or type
        !            40: "o-o" for kingside castling and "o-o-o" for queenside.
        !            41: .SH COMMANDS
        !            42: .PP
        !            43: In addition to legal moves, the following commands are available as responses.
        !            44: .PP
        !            45: .I beep
        !            46: -- causes the program to beep after each move.
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: .I bd
        !            49: -- updates the current board position on the display.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: .I book
        !            52: -- turns off use of the opening library.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: .I both
        !            55: -- causes the computer to play both sides of a chess game.
        !            56: .PP
        !            57: .I black
        !            58: -- causes the computer to take the black pieces with the move
        !            59: and begin searching.
        !            60: .PP
        !            61: .I level
        !            62: -- allows the user to set time controls such as
        !            63: 60 moves in 5 minutes etc.  In tournament mode, the program will
        !            64: vary the time it takes for each
        !            65: move depending on the situation.  If easy mode is disabled (using
        !            66: the 'easy' command), the program
        !            67: will often respond with its move immediately, saving time on
        !            68: its clock for use later on.
        !            69: .PP
        !            70: .I depth
        !            71: -- allows the user to change the
        !            72: search depth of the program.  The maximum depth is 29 ply.
        !            73: Normally the depth is set to 29 and the computer terminates
        !            74: its search based on elapsed time rather than depth.
        !            75: Using the depth command allows setting depth to say
        !            76: 4 ply and setting response time to a large number such as
        !            77: 9999 seconds. The program will then search until all moves
        !            78: have been examined to a depth of 4 ply (with extensions up
        !            79: to 11 additional ply for sequences of checks and captures). 
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: .I easy
        !            82: -- toggles easy mode (thinking on opponents time)
        !            83: on and off. The default is easy mode ON.  If easy mode is disabled,
        !            84: the user must enter a 'break' or '^C' to get the programs
        !            85: attention before entering each move.
        !            86: .PP
        !            87: .I edit
        !            88: -- allows the user to set up a board position.
        !            89: In this mode, the '#' command will clear the board, the 'c'
        !            90: command will toggle piece color, and the '.' command will exit
        !            91: setup mode.  Pieces are entered by typing a letter (p,n,b,r,q,k) for
        !            92: the piece followed by the coordinate.  For example "pb3" would
        !            93: place a pawn on square b3.
        !            94: .PP
        !            95: .I force
        !            96: -- allows the user to enter moves for both
        !            97: sides. To get the program to play after a sequence of moves
        !            98: has been entered use the 'white' or 'black' commands.
        !            99: .PP
        !           100: .I get
        !           101: -- retrieves a game from disk.  The program will
        !           102: prompt the user for a file name.
        !           103: .PP
        !           104: .I help
        !           105: -- displays a short description of the commands.
        !           106: .PP
        !           107: .I hint
        !           108: -- causes the program to supply the user with
        !           109: its predicted move.
        !           110: .PP
        !           111: .I list
        !           112: -- writes the game moves and some statistics
        !           113: on search depth, nodes, and time to the file 'chess.lst'.
        !           114: .PP
        !           115: .I new
        !           116: -- starts a new game.
        !           117: .PP
        !           118: .I post
        !           119: -- causes the program to display the principle
        !           120: variation and the score during the search.  A score of
        !           121: 100 is equivalent to a 1 pawn advantage for the computer.
        !           122: .PP
        !           123: .I random
        !           124: -- causes the program to randomize its move
        !           125: selection slightly.
        !           126: .PP
        !           127: .I reverse
        !           128: -- causes the board display to be reversed.  That
        !           129: is, the white pieces will now appear at the top of the board.
        !           130: .PP
        !           131: .I quit
        !           132: -- exits the game.
        !           133: .PP
        !           134: .I save
        !           135: -- saves a game to disk.  The program will prompt
        !           136: the user for a file name.
        !           137: .PP
        !           138: .I switch
        !           139: -- causes the program to switch places with
        !           140: the opponent and begin searching.
        !           141: .PP
        !           142: .I undo
        !           143: -- undoes the last move whether it was the computer's
        !           144: or the human's. You may also type "remove". This is equivalent
        !           145: to two "undo's" (e.g. retract one move for each side).
        !           146: .PP
        !           147: .I white
        !           148: -- causes the computer to take the white pieces
        !           149: with the move and begin searching.
        !           150: .SH BUGS
        !           151: .PP
        !           152: Pawn promotion to pieces other than a queen is not allowed.
        !           153: En-Passant does not work properly with CHESSTOOOL.
        !           154: The transposition table may not work properly in some
        !           155: positions so the default is to turn this off. 
        !           156: .fi
        !           157: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           158: .nf
        !           159: chesstool(6)
        !           160: .fi
        !           161: 

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