Excalibur electronic Handheld Game System Touch Chess II User Manual

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SOUND
: Use this option to turn the
sound On or off.
FLiP
: Use this option to turn the chess
board around.
SLEEP
: Adjust the automatic shut off
time with this key. Setting it to ‘
0
’ will
disable auto shut-off altogether.
CONTR
: 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. You’ll see the White and Black
pieces switch places immediately!
Draw Messages
During the game, your Touch Chess will
display the word
DRAW
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
SSTTAALLEE
.
Game-Ending Messages
Touch Chess will announce mate in two
(
MATE2
) and mate in three (
MATE3
).
It will also display
+MATE
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
PLAYR
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. You 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 Trainer
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
OPEN
, 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
OPEN
on the screen if you have
another opening move to make. If the
word
OPEN
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. 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
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
PLAYR
. 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
PLAYR
. 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
LEVEL
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 different level type.
There are six types of levels.
Beginner Level Type
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 Time Level Type
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 Time 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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