Excalibur electronic E123 - Manual (Page 9)

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Using Setup Mode
At any time during a game when it is your
move, you may change the position on
the board by adding a piece, removing a
piece, or changing any of the pieces—for
example, from a queen to a knight.
Removing A Piece
Press SETUP then use the PREVIOUS
PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS
MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move
the king cross over a piece. Press GO to
remove the piece. Press CLEAR to con-
tinue the game.
Adding or Changing a Piece
Press SETUP then use the PREVIOUS
PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS
MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move
the king cross to the desired square. Now
press the + or - buttons for the desired
piece. Press GO to place that the piece on
the board. Press CLEAR to continue the
game.
Setting Up Special Positions
This is another terrific feature that allows
you to solve problems that you see in
magazines or newspapers, or that you
make up yourself. It also allows you to
enter game positions you want to play, or
that you want LCD Chess to look at, per-
haps using the Infinite Search level.
Normally, it is easier to start from an
empty board to set up such problems. So
first, press OPTIONS repeatedly until
CLbr (clear board) is displayed. Then
press the GO key. You’ll see that the dis-
play chessboard will have only the white
king, and
PrOb is displayed.
Make sure that LCD Chess knows which
color is to move. You may change the
color of the side to move by pressing the
/ button. The color icons and
below PrOb will show the side to
move.
Use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT
PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT
MOVE buttons to move the king to the
square the White king is on. Press GO to
place that the piece on the board.
Use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT
PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT
MOVE buttons to move the king to the
square the Black king is on., and then
press the
/
button to change the
White king to a Black king. Press GO to
place that the piece on the board.
Next, pick out another piece in the prob-
lem or position you want to set up. Now
press +HINT button repeatedly to select
the correct piece. Use the PREVIOUS
PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS
MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move
to the desired square. Press GO to place
that the piece on the board.
Follow this procedure until all the pieces
in the problem or position are completely
set up. Finally, press CLEAR to play or to
have LCD Chess analyze the position.
NOTE: You must place a White and
Black king on the board to exit SETUP
mode with the CLEAR key.
General Rules of Chess
1. The two players must alternate in mak-
ing one move at a time. The player with
the white pieces moves first to start the
game.
2. With the exception of castling (see
below), a move is the transfer of a piece
from one square to another square which
is vacant or occupied by an enemy piece.