Principal Variation; Search Information - Saitek Mephisto Advanced Travel Chess Mode D'emploi

See "INFO MODE AT A GLANCE!" for a chart summarizing all
the Info Mode displays.
Game information is divided into four groups, and pressing INFO
cycles from one group to another. The BLACK/> and WHITE/< keys
can be used to cycle through the displays within each of the groups.
Press CLEAR to exit Info Mode and go back to showing the normal
chess clock.
After learning about Info Mode, take a look at Section 5.3 for a
description of the Rotating Display feature. Selecting this feature makes
the computer automatically cycle through the requested information in
one-second intervals every time it thinks about its move—you can
actually watch the computer "think out loud"! Whenever requested
information is not available, the display will show dashes (– – – – –).

4.1 Principal Variation

Press INFO the first time to get information on the principal varia-
tion (the predicted line of play, or the sequence of moves the computer
thinks will be made). The first display you will see is the move the
computer is currently thinking of making. The principal variation is
shown to a maximum depth of four individual moves. Press BLACK/>
repeatedly to scroll forward through all the moves:
• Move 1 (predicted line of play)
• Move 2 (predicted line of play)
• Move 3 (predicted line of play)
• Move 4 (predicted line of play)
Press WHITE/< to scroll backward and see previous displays again.
Press CLEAR to return to the normal clock display.
Since the first move of the predicted line of play is the move the
computer assumes you will make, you can also consider this move as a
hint! So—whenever you need help, press INFO on your turn!

4.2 Search Information

Press INFO a second time to get information on the computer's
search! Press BLACK/> repeatedly to scroll forward through these
four displays:
• Evaluation of the current position (based on a pawn being worth
1.0 points; a positive number indicates White is ahead)
• Two numbers: The first is the current search depth, or the number
of individual moves the computer is looking ahead; the second is
INFO MODE AT A GLANCE!
PRINCIPAL VARIATION INFO:
x1
INFO
• Move 1 (predicted line of play)
WHITE /–
BLACK /+
SEARCH INFO:
x2
INFO
• Evaluation of current position
WHITE /–
BLACK /+
CHESS CLOCK INFO:
x3
INFO
• Elapsed time since last move
WHITE /–
BLACK /+
MOVE COUNT INFO:
x4
INFO
• Number of White moves played so far
WHITE /–
BLACK /+
CLEAR
Press at any time to exit Info Mode.
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• Move 2 (predicted line of play)
• Move 3 (predicted line of play)
• Move 4 (predicted line of play)
• 2 numbers: Search depth + number
of moves examined so far
• Current move under consideration
• Positions searched per second
• Elapsed time for the computer
• Elapsed time for the player
• Remaining time for the computer*
• Remaining time for the player*
*Blitz/Tournament Levels only
• Moves of the current game
For more details, see Section 4.