User's Manual
How to Play Chinese Chess?
Menu
Game
 New |
New game |
 Open |
Open a game file to review |
 Save |
Save the game into a file |
| Save As | Save the game into a different file |
 Input Position |
Input game position |
| Play on ICCS | Play game on ICCS server |
 Demo |
Let the computer to play with herself |
| Switch Side | Switch side with the opponent |
| Force Move | When computer is thinking, force it move now. (This may result a bad move.) |
 Hint Move |
Make a move which computer thinks good. It is the move in the most recent thinking line. |
 Draw |
End game, resulting draw |
 Force Resign |
You resign or force computer to resign. |
| Game Status | Bring up a window to display the player, title, date and move text. If it is not a new game, you may change those information. |
Book
 Add |
Add current position into the openning book |
 Remove |
Remove current position from the openning book |
| Auto Learning | If the auto learn option is on, computer will add position into the openning book when it thinks the position is good enough and the thinking is deep enough. |
View
| Piece Set | Select the traditional or chess style graphic piece set. |
| Board Color | Select the default or user-defined board color. |
| Effects | Change the game effects |
| Notation | Specify the move notation. English notation uses the absolute position to denote a move. For example, h3e3 stands for a move from h3 to e3. Simplified Chinese notation uses relative distance to denote a move and is coded in GB2312 character set. The setting only affects the move display. it doesn't affect the file to save the game. |
| Save Thinking Lines |
Save the thinking lines into a file "Thinkline.txt" |
 Thinking Board |
Display/Hide small board showing thinking board |
 Score Curve |
Display/Hide score curve window |
 Pieces on Board |
Display/Hide display of the pieces on board |
 Thinking Line |
Display/Hide thinking line window |
| Piece Moving -> Drag and Drop | Move a piece by draging a piece to the destination square. |
| Piece Moving -> Click and Click | Move a piece by clicking a piece and then clicking the destination square. |
| Flip Board | Rotate the board 180 degrees |
| First/Previous/Next/Last | Review game step by step |
Help
| About XQLearner | Display copyright and version information |