Individual moves, General rules of chess, English – Excalibur electronic ALEXANDRA THE GREAT 908-EFG User Manual

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enemy piece.

3. No piece, except the knight,

may cross a square occupied by

another piece.

4. A piece moved to a square

occupied by an enemy piece

captures it as part of the same

move. The captured piece must

be immediately removed from

the chessboard by the player

making the capture.

5. When one player moves into

a position whereby he can

attack the king, the king is in

“check.” His opponent must

either

a) move the king;

b) block the path of the attack-

ing piece with another piece;

c) capture the attacking piece.

6. The game is over when there

is no escape for the king from

an attacking piece. This is

known as “Checkmate.”

7. The game is over when the

king of the player whose turn it

is to move is not in check and

the player cannot make any

legal moves. This is known as

“stalemate” and is considered a

drawn game.

Individual Moves

Use the WHERE key (see page

3) and all legal moves for each

selected piece will be shown

one at a time. You will quickly

“learn by doing” the move-

ments of all pieces.

1. The queen can move to any

square along the same row, col-

umn, or diagonals on which it

stands, but cannot pass over an

enemy piece.

2. The rook can move to any

square along the same row or

column on which it stands, but

cannot pass over an enemy

piece. See also castling (on

right.)

3. The bishop can move to any

square along the diagonals on

which it stands, but cannot pass

over an enemy piece.

4. The knight move is in the

shape of an “L,” moving two

squares up or down, and then

White king there, and then

again to change the White king

to a Black king.
Next, pick out another piece in

the problem or position you

want to set up, and press the

appropriate piece key to the left

of the display. Then press the

square on the sensory board

where this piece should stand.

Press the square repeatedly

until the piece appears in the

right color on your display.
Follow this procedure until all

the pieces in the problem or

position are completely set up.
Make sure that Alexandra

knows which color is to move.

You may change the color of

the side to move by pressing

the

key.

Finally, press CLEAR to play

or to have Alexandra analyze

the position.

The Starting Position

General Rules of
Chess

1. The two players must alter-

nate in making 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

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