EXCALIBUR E174 Einstein Chess Wizard Tabletop - Manual (Page 9)

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Book Opening Trainer
Chess Wizard makes it easy for you to
learn the same openings that world chess
champions play! At the beginning of a
game, you may choose to learn one of 32
popular book openings—ways to begin
the game—used by chess masters. Press
+OPTION repeatedly to display OPEN,
and then press the
or the key to
select the number of the opening you
want to learn. (See list on right.) Press the
CLEAR key to return to normal play.
Now play a move. Chess Wizard will tell
you if your move is not the correct open-
ing move. To learn the correct move press
CLEAR and then press HINT. When the
computer comes back with its move, you
will briefly see the word
OPEN on the
screen if you have another opening move
to make. If the word
OPEN does not
appear, you may continue normal play.
You have completed the training for that
opening line.
The names of the openings are:
1. Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
2. Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev Defense
3. Ruy Lopez, Exchange
4. Scotch Game
5. Scotch Four Knights
6. Giuoco Piano
7. Two Knights Defense
8. Four Knights
9. Petroff’s Defense
10. Sicilian Alapin Variation
11. Sicilian, Najdorf Variation
12. Sicilian, Dragon Variation
13. Sicilian, Keres Attack
14. Caro-Kann Defense
15. Panov-Botvinnik Attack
16. Caro-Kann Excahnge Variation
17. Queen’s Gambit Declined
18. Lasker Defense, Queen Gambit Declind
19. Queen Gambit Declined Exchange Var.
20. Slav Defense
21. Queen’s Gambit Accepted
22. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Var.
23. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein Var.
24. Semi-Slav Defense
25. Queen’s Indian Defense
26. Queen’s Indian Defense, Petrosian Var.
27. Bogolubow Indian Defense
28. Catalan
29. Gruenfeld Defense
30. King’s Indian Defense
31. Modern Benoni Defense
32. Benko Gambit
The moves and explanations of these famous
openings are given in many books on chess.
Entering Your Own Opening
Chess Wizard also allows you to set up
any book opening you want—or even an
opening you invent—to practice. Press
MULTIMOVE, then make moves for
both sides until the opening position you
want to practice is reached. Now press
MULTMOVE again. Press CLEAR and
play against the computer in this position.
Piece Training
There are five special mini-games. The
most famous and successful chess teach-
ers in the world take their beginning stu-
dents from the simple to the complex by
having them play "mini-games" of chess
that concentrate on just one or more types
of pieces. Even advanced players prac-
tice these basics, just as a concert pianist
continues to practice the scales so that
they remain second nature. Like any
great trainer, Chess Wizard will play you
these special practice games.
First make sure you are at the start of a
game by pressing NEW GAME. Now