From: Stephen J Lamb <SJL <at> DEV <dot> ALS <dot> CO <dot> UK>
Date: 8 feb 1996
Subject: ISS Tip of the Week!

Hello fellow ISS players!

Here's a handy ISS tip, told to me by 'Eamon'...

If you want to play a handicap game and want the stronger player
to be White then make sure Black types 'pass' as his first move.
White can then take off the handicap pieces (via the 'handicap'
command) and begin.

Oh yes... it seems the 'handicap' command will only let you take off
one piece at a time. So, for example, if you want to give a two piece
handicap then you need to type 'handicap 8b' followed by 'handicap
2b', rather than typing 'handicap 8b 2b'. Try typing the latter
command if you want to see what happens.

Unfortunately, it seems this method will only let you take off a
maximum of three pieces :-( . If anyone knows a way round this then
please tell me!

Best wishes,
             Steve Lamb.
             ('slam' on ISS)