EXCALIBUR E174 Einstein Chess Wizard Tabletop - Manual (Page 10)

When you are ready to play a rated game,
select the
RATE option.
1. Press the +OPTION key repeatedly
until you see
RATE appear.
2. Press the or the key to turn the
option On.
3. Press CLEAR.
Finally select the Tournament Level or
Sudden Death Level you wish to play
against.
When an ‘O’ appears on the display, the
game you are playing can be rated. Since
the game you are playing is rated, you
cannot ask for a HINT, nor UNDO a bad
move, nor use SETUP to improve your
position. You also cannot use the NEW
GAME key to start over during a rated
game.
These conditions attempt to allow you to
experience what it is like to play a game
against an opponent in a rated tourna-
ment. In rated tournaments a chess clock
is always used, so that you play your
moves within agreed upon time limits.
Chess Wizard has the chess clock built in
to it.
If you attempt to use the HINT, SETUP,
UNDO, or NEW GAME keys during
your rated game, Chess Wizard will ask
"ARE YOU SURE", and show what
result (draw, win, or loss) will be scored
if you press the YES key.
During a rated game if you are winning
by 9.0 or more points and want Chess
Wizard to resign, press NEW GAME.
Chess Wizard will show "ARE YOU
SURE I LOSE". Chess Wizard will then
wait for you to press YES.
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Ratings
To view your rating, press +OPTION
until
RATE is displayed. Your current
rating appears on the display.
To have your rating change, you must
complete a rated game on a tournament
or sudden death level.
press +OPTION until TRAIN is dis-
played. Then press the key (Queen,
Bishop, Knight, Rook, or Pawn) of the
mini-game you want to try. The mini-
games always include the king and pawns
for both sides. In fact, one mini-game
contains just this material (press PAWN).
The other four mini-games use kings and
pawns, but add a different single piece to
the exercise-knight, bishop, rook, and
then queen.
Start with the basic king and pawns mini-
game.
Make your first move. Your object, as in
regular chess, is to checkmate the king.
Normally, this means both sides will try
to force a pawn through to the other side
of the board safely to promote it to a
queen. You'll learn lots of principles,
tricks, and traps in this training mode that
will win you many full-fledged chess
games!