Excalibur electronic Touch Chess II 404ET - Manual (Page 3)

4
5
S
O
U
N
D
: Use this option to turn the
sound On or of
f.
F
L
i
P
: Use this option to turn the chess
board around. S
L
E
E
P
:
Adjust the automatic shut of
f
time with this key
. Setting it to ‘
0
’
will
disable auto shut-of
f altogether
.
C
O
N
T
R
:
Adjust the display contrast to
one of twelve settings.
Playing the Black Pieces
When you want to play the Black pieces (to let
Touch Chess move first) press the
GO
key before you make your first move
as
White.
Y
ou’ll see the
White and Black
pieces switch places immediately!
Draw Messages
During the game, your
Touch Chess will
display the word
D
R
A
W
if a three-time
repetition of position occurs, or if there has been no pawn moved and no exchanges for 50 moves.
When either of
these situation takes place, the rules of chess state that a player can claim a draw
.
If you wish, you can ignore the message and continue the game.
When a stalemate
is reached, the display will show
SS
TT
AA
LL
EE
.
Game-Ending Messages
Touch Chess will announce mate in two (M
A
T
E
2
) and mate in three (
M
A
T
E
3
).
It will also display
+
M
A
T
E
when exe-
cuting a checkmate or when you check- mate
Touch Chess.
When you want to
claim a win, draw
, or want to resign—
press the
MENU
key and then
GO
.
Screen Symbols
When a
‘+
’appears on the screen, it is a
reminder that you are in check.
When an
‘O’
appears on the screen, the game you
are playing can be rated.
When an ‘=’
appears, it indicates you are in two human player mode.
And lastly when an
‘!’
appears on the screen, you are being warned that one of your pieces is threat- ened with capture. (This is similar to the friendly "en garde" warning sometimes used by human players when they are attacking an opponent’
s queen.)
To
see
which of your pieces is threatened, press the
MENU
‰„
!
key
.
Auto Play
If you would like to watch the computer finish a game for you automatically
, press
the
MENU
key repeatedly until the
option
P
L
A
Y
R
is showing. Use the
Í
button to change the number of players to zero. Press
CLEAR
to exit the MENU
mode. Now press the
GO
key twice and
watch the game play itself.
Y
ou may stop
auto play at any time
by pressing the
GO
key
. Doing so will set the number of play- ers back to one.
Book Opening T
rainer
Touch Chess 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 MENU
key to display
O
P
E
N
, and then
press the
Í
or
Î
button to select the
number of the opening you want to learn. (See below
.) Press the
CLEAR
key to
return to normal play
.
Now play a move. If your move is not the correct opening move, an error buzz will sound.
To
learn the correct move press
HINT
.
When the computer comes back
with its move, you will briefly see the
word
O
P
E
N
on the screen if you have
another opening move to make. If the word
O
P
E
N
does not appear
, you may
continue normal play sinceyou have com- pleted 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.
T
wo Knights Defense
8. Four
Knights
9. Petr
off
’s Defense
10. Sicilian
Alapin
V
ariation
11. Sicilian, Najdorf
V
ariation
12. Sicilian, Dragon
V
ariation
13. Sicilian, Ker
es
Attack
14. Car
o-Kann Defense
15. Panov-Botvinnik
Attack
16. Car
o-Kann Excahnge
V
ariation
17. Queen’
s Gambit Declined
18. Lasker
Defense, Queen Gambit Declind
19. Queen Gambit Declined Exchange
V
ar
.
20. Slav Defense 21. Queen’
s Gambit
Accepted
22. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical
V
ar
.
23. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein
V
ar
.
24. Semi-Slav Defense 25. Queen’
s Indian Defense
26. Queen’
s Indian Defense, Petr
osian
V
ar
.
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 Y
our
Own
Opening
Touch Chess also allows you to set up any book opening you want—or even an
opening you invent—to practice. Press MENU
repeatedly until the display
shows
P
L
A
Y
R
. Use
Î
button to set
players to 2. Press
CLEAR
, then make
moves for both sides until the opening position you want to practice is reached. Now press
MENU
repeatedly until the
display shows
P
L
A
Y
R
. Use the
Î
but-
ton to set players to 1. Press
CLEAR
and
play against the computer in this position.
Levels of Play
Press
MENU
repeatedly until the display
shows
L
E
V
E
L
then
GO
to see the cur-
rent level.
When you are finished review-
ing the level or changing the level, press CLEAR
to return to normal play
.
At this point you may use the
Ï
or
Ð
button to change to a dif
ferent level type.
There are six types of levels. Beginner Level T
ype
Press the
Í
or
Î
button to select 1, 2, 3,
4, 5, 7, 10, or 15 seconds per move. B 001 B 002 B 003 B 004 B 005 B 007 B 010 B 015 Fixed T
ime Level T
ype
Press the
Í
or
Î
button to select 1, 2,
3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 seconds, and 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 5:00 minutes per move. FIXED
T
ime Level "inf" is infinite
time, and will only stop thinking when the
GO
key is pressed, or a mate is found.
F
001 F
002 F
003 F
005
F
010 F
015 F
020 F
030
F
045 F
100 F
130 F
200
F
230 F
300 F
500 F
inF
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