Excalibur electronic E123 - Manual (Page 5)

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scoring totals the following values:
Pawns—1, Knights—3, Bishops—3,
Rooks—5, and Queen—9.
HELP: When turned on, all legal moves
for the selected piece will be shown at
one time.
NOTE: When the HELP option is on,
possible capturing moves are shown by
flashing the captured pieces central black
figure. Do not confuse this with selecting
a capture move, which flashes the entire
piece that is to be captured.
inFO: When turned on, this option will
display the score, depth of search (num-
ber of moves LCD Chess is "thinking
ahead"), best move it is considering
playing, and clock times. These will be
displayed while the computer is thinking
at its higher levels.
FLiP: Use this option to turn the chess
board around.
SLEP: Adjust the automatic shut off
time with this key. Setting it to ‘
0’ will
disable auto shut-off altogether.
CLbr: Pressing the GO key now, will
enter SETUP mode with the chess board
with only the White king. You must place
a White and Black king on the board to
exit SETUP mode. Use this option to
clear the chess board for easier problem
setup.
Playing the Black Pieces
When you want to play the Black pieces
(to let LCD Chess move first) press the
GO key before you make your first move
as White. You’ll see the White and Black
pieces switch places immediately!
Options Menu
Press OPTIONS to enter the options
menu and repeatedly press to cycle
through the menu of options. Press the
CLEAR key to resume play.
Menu Options Before the Game Starts
OPEN: Use the + or the - key to select
one of 32 book opening lines of play.
(See page 6.)
Options Before and During the Game
bEEP: Use this option to turn the sound
On or off.
PLYr: Select between: ‘1’—Human vs
Computer; ‘
2’—Human vs Human;
‘ 0’—Computer vs Computer.
SCOr: Turn this option OFF to display
the move counter instead of the score. If
you want to see the piece-score of your
current position, turn this option on. The
Use the
+
or the
-
keys to change the
condition of the following options.
moves. After you take back a move, you
can use the GO key to replay the taken-
back move or moves.
Also use this key during SETUP mode to
select the previous piece type.
GO KEY
Press this to to register your move, or
press this key twice before you register
your move to switch sides (colors) with
your LCD Chess. (Between presses, the
display will show
FLIP.) Also use GO
to replay moves in the takeback move
mode (see "-UNDO,” on left).