Chessmaster 83------------------------------------------------------
------------------------Thomas Williamson, Biobytes Soft.

Many people requested a port of Chessmaster 86 to the TI83+ and TI83...
here it is. Enjoy!

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ FEATURES \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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* next to options NOT in TI-chess for the 89

- * 3 different chess sets to choose from, your preference.

- Better than beginner AI. Not the best AI in the world, 
	but it gives me a whack or two before I beat it. Besides,
	the ENTIRE engine is * 842 bytes!!!! If you are a super
	master at chess, and don't find playing my AI fun, see
	the next feature....

- ALL illegal moves detected except En Passant! That includes jumping
	over pieces and putting your king in check, as well a castling!

- Partial pawn promotion. You always get a queen, but %99.9 of the time
	that's what you need anyway!

- Check, Checkmate, and Stalemate detection!

- Ported in just 2 days!

- 3 player modes. 1 player, 2 player, or * watch the AI play itself (which
	could be rather entertaining.. ;) <--DON'T SELECT THIS OPTION!

- * AI tweaking. Make it play more defensive, offensive, or nuetral.

- Change AI sides. It can be black or white.

- * Show AI thinking. Just a fun option to see.

- Great title picture ripped from Chessmaster 5500.

- Autosave feature. Leave a game at any time and pick it right back
	up agian! (as long as you don't enter any other program...)

- * All in UNDER 7k!!! (TI-CHESS is more than 58k, but it is written in C
	for a much more memory consuming processor....) You could, however, 
	look at my puzzles (1970 bytes) and then his (like 10k) and get an
	idea. And my 7k thing INCLUDES the puzzles!

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ INSTALLATION \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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In order to play the game, you must send 'Cmaster.8xp' (or .83p) to 
your calc. 

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ HOW TO PLAY /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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The game is laid out very basically. You start it, gaze at the title screen,
then set your options and play. When you press [CLEAR], Chessmaster 83 will
autosave your game, and you can start up agian by going to 'Let's Play'
instead of 'New Game' in the options. If you want to change options in mid
game, just press [CLEAR] and restart the program, and change the options
to how you would like, and go to 'Let's Play.' Keep in mind that the
program will always go to the previously played game when you select
that. Now, if you make a mistake, and want to go back to when you
last exited and autosaved it, just press [ALPHA] to exit without 
saving, and go to 'Let's Play' to return to the game when you last
saved it. This is useful when trying to solve puzzles.

In the game, playing is very simple. Press 2nd to pick up a piece, and then
2nd agian to put it down. To cancel picking a piece up, just place
it to where it would be an illegal move, or reselect the tile
where the piece is standing.

To castle, make sure your king and castle are in the right position.
Then just simply select your king, and then 'place' it on the
castle you want it to castle with. The game checks for MOST illegal
castling positions. 

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ OPTIONS /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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Difficulty	How hard the AI is.
 Beginner	1 move total depth, 3 move max depth
 Amatuer	2 move total depth, 4 move max depth

Players		Setup of who plays
 1 pl.		One player agianst the AI
 2 pl.		Two players playing head on!
 2 CPU		Watch the AI play a stupid game

CPU Color	Which side the AI plays from
 Black		The darker color on the top side of the
		board
 White		The lighter color on the bottom side

CPU Priority	Tweaking how the AI plays
 Neutral	Default mode
 Offensive	Plays more offensively minded
 Defensive	yada yada yada....

Chess Set	Which chess piece gfx you use in the game
 Staunton	The classic pieces, just nice to play with, 
		 because they're what you're used to
 Figurine	Futuristic pieces and board.. oooh..

 Alphabet	For the geezers who need their pieces 
		 indicated by letters

Show Thinking
 On		This is easy enough to figure out....
 Off

Let's Play	Play from previously autosaved game

New Game	Set up board for a new game!

\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ THE SIDE BAR/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
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If you STILL can't see the pieces even with alphabet on,
you'll notice that on the side bar, the piece's name that your
selector is over is displayed to the right of the current
color in play.

Directly underneath the current color in play is the space
where check, checkmate, and stalemate are announces.


Goodbye! I hope you LOVE this game!

SPECIAL THANKS
Thomas Nussbaumer for 'lending' his puzzles and supplying the
puzzle data in one file I could easily rip from in QBasic!

Me for designing an engine from scratch! That's right. I had
no help! But....if you want give me some of your remarks
on the engine and how I could make it better, I'd be glad
to hear from you!

Questions? Comments?? EMAIL me at jedivsith@yahoo.com!
