EXCALIBUR 740D Phantom Force Electronic Chess Set User Manual

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Play a Game Right Away

After you have slid the power switch to ON, the display will show ENGLISH? asking

you if you would like it to speak English. If you do, press the YES key. If you want it

to speak Spanish or French, press the NO key until your desired language is shown,

then press the YES key. Place the chess pieces on their start squares (see page 16).

The dot-matrix display will show

CHESS. This indicates you are at the ﬁrst move of

the game and ready to play chess.

If you would like The Phantom Force to set up the chessboard, place each piece on

the oval containing the piece’s image and color. Now press the following keys one

at a time: SETUP, +OPTION, YES u, NEW GAME.

Unless you instruct it otherwise, The Phantom Force gives you the White pieces–the

ones at the bottom of the board. White always moves ﬁrst. You’re ready to play!

Making Your Move

Besides deciding on a good move, you have to move the piece so that The Phantom

Force will recognize what’s been played. Communicating your move is a two-step

process—registering the FROM square and then registering the TO square.

Lift the piece or Pawn you want to move. Press the edge of the piece’s base gently

on the center of its FROM square. The Phantom Force will say and display the

coordinates of the FROM square, for example, “E2.” Then press the edge of the

piece down gently on the square you want to move it to, for example, “E4.” The

Phantom Force will say the TO square, conﬁrming that it has registered your move.

Place the piece on its new square.

HINT: After pressing a FROM square, press that square again to select a different FROM square.