quickstart GuideWe recommend that players have an understanding of the fundamental rules of chess before playing Grandmaster Chess. This game can be a great tool for you to improve your skills at chess by practicing against the AI player or another human rival. The analysis tools and different AI playing styles can even help you diversify your approach in the sport.

Grandmaster Chess will immediately place you in a match with the computer player after going through the start screen. The AI will default to black leaving the human player to make the first move in the game.

controls and shortcuts◊ File Tab

» Save Game• First, select a directory in which to save the game• A game directory can be saved if a directory does not already exist• Select a game directory to store the game’s save file• Multiple games can be stored in a single directory

» Load Game• Open the directory that contains the desired game file• Open the save file

» Delete Game• Delete games and directories

» Export Game• Use this option to convert the game’s moves into a text file• You can view this text file under the local file directory of the game ..\Grandmaster

Chess\C » Import Game

• Use this option to import a game from a text file » Print Game Moves and Print Diagram

• These options are not supported by this version of Grandmaster Chess as they are not compatible with modern printers

• In theory print information regarding the game » Save Settings

• Save the current settings » Quit

• Exit the application

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DOSBox Tips

useful dosbox shortcuts

To make this game playable on modern systems, this version of Grandmaster Chess is played through DOSBox. Launch options from Steam are included for full screen and multiple windowed resolutions.

• Exit the application at any time with Control+F9.• While in windowed mode, Control+F10 toggles locking the mouse to the window. The mouse is

not used for gameplay or menu navigation in Grandmaster Chess, but using this to prevent the mouse from wandering outside the game area onto anything outside the game window may still be helpful to ensure the game does not lose focus while playing.

• Alt+Enter can be used to switch between windowed and full screen mode in any resolution view. • If you feel the game is running too fast or too slow, you can adjust the CPU speed by decreasing

the number of CPU cycles with Control+F11 or increasing them with Control+F12.

DOSBox Optimizations (Recommended for advanced users)

Full screen mode

You can make adjustments to how the game runs at each configured resolution by editing the .conf files in the DOSBox\Configuration directory of the game’s install folder. General emulation settings can also be adjusted in the dosbox.conf file, which affects all resolutions. We recommend backing up any .conf files before making edits, as changes to these files could produce undesired effects.

If you are having trouble running the game at full screen, you may want to change the fullresolution parameter in the fullscreen.conf (and any other .conf files you use to launch the game). We found that most systems run best with this parameter set to fullresolution=desktop, so we made this the default value, but we have seen some configurations (like the Surface Pro X) where changing this parameter to fullresolution=original was necessary for the game to run properly.

controls and shortcuts (CONT’D)◊ Game Tab

» Use this tab to edit all aspects of direct gameplay. This tab has configurations that can help with starting a new game, setting AI difficulty, or controlling how much time each player has.

◊ Analysis Tab » This tab is great for getting better at chess. The machine learning algorithm featured in

Grandmaster Chess can suggest moves for the player, analyze the player’s position, or provide players a rating.

◊ Openings Tab » Select the AI’s repertoire of openings. You can manually adjust the variety of opening

tactics for the AI to employ or let the machine learning algorithm automatically determine its own course of action.

◊ Preferences Tab » This tab lets you customize the aspects of your Grandmaster Chess experience to your

liking. Choose between different chess sets and boards, or switch from a 2D to a 3D expe-rience. Players can also access a blindfold chess mode to test their notation visualization skills.

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