Excalibur electronic Ivan II manual Levels of Play, Book Opening Trainer

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Taking Back a Capture After you take back a capture, the square of the captured piece will then appear on the display. This is to remind you to put back the captured piece. You must press on the square of the captured piece. Use the LCD chessboard, to see what was

captured.

Levels of Play
Ivan	II,		the	Conqueror
Talking Chess Set has six level
types. Two of			the level types
(PLY and		MATE) are for analy-
sis. The other four level types
are for play.
Press	LEVEL to see the current
level.	LEVEL repeatedly				to
Press
change to a different level type.
Press	CLEAR to return to nor-
mal play.
Level types Beginner, Fixed,
Sudden, and Tournament can be
adjusted		for	three	different
strengths.		While viewing			the
level, use		the	OPTIONS key		to

select ‘ ’ for Easy, ‘ ’ for

Beginner Level Type Press the or the key to

select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or 15 seconds per move.

BE001 BE002	BE003	BE004
BE005 BE007	BE010	BE015
BA001 BA002	BA003	BA004
BA005 BA007	BA010	BA015
BH001 BH002	BH003	BH004
BH005 BH007	BH010	BH015
Fixed Time Level Type
Press the	or the	key 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 “ ” is infinite time, and Ivan II,NFthe Conqueror Talking Chess Set will only stop thinking when

the key is pressed, or a mateMOVEis found.

FE001 FE002 FE003 FE005 FE010 FE015 FE020 FE030 FE045 FE100 FE130 FE200 FE230 FE300 FE500 FEinF FA001 FA002 FA003 FA005 FA010 FA015 FA020 FA030 FA045 FA100 FA130 FA200 FA230 FA300 FA500 FAinF

Sudden Death Level Type
Press the		or the	key to
select the amount of time in
minutes for the entire game. If
you run out of time you lose or
forfeit, FORFT will be shown on
the display.
SE 05	SE 10	SE 15	SE 20
SE 30	SE 45	SE 60	SE 90
SA 05	SA 10	SA 15	SA 20
SA 30	SA 45	SA 60	SA 90
SH 05	SH 10	SH 15	SH 20
SH 30	SH 45	SH 60	SH 90
Tournament Level Type
Press the		or the	key to

select the the amount of time in format to play theHOURSnumberMINUTESof moves shown on the left side of the display. If you run out of time before you play the indicated number of moves,

you lose or forfeit, will be shown on the displayFORFT.

40 TE030 45 TE045 40 TE100 40 TE130

35 TE130 45 TE155 40 TE200 45 TE225

40 TA030 45 TA045 40 TA100 40 TA130

35 TA130 45 TA155 40 TA200 45 TA225

40 TH030 45 TH045 40 TH100 40 TH130

35 TH130 45 TH155 40 TH200 45 TH225

Ply Level Type

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1 to 8 PLY. A ply is one half move.

PLY 1	PLY 2	PLY 3	PLY 4
PLY 5	PLY 6	PLY 7	PLY 8
MAtE Solver Level Type
Press the		or the	key to

select the number of moves to mate the program will search. foundNONE .will appear if no mate is

MATE 1 MATE 2 MATE 3 MATE 4

MATE 5 MATE 6 MATE 7 MATE 8 Note: You can only change the level while it is your turn to

play.

Book Opening

Trainer

Ivan II, the Conqueror Talk- ing Chess Set makes it easy for you to learn the same openings

COMPUTERS CAN

SOMETIMES “LOCKUP” DUE TO STATIC DISCHARGE OR OTHER ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES. IF THIS SHOULD HAPPEN, USE

Average,Eand ‘H’ for Hard.A

FH001 FH002 FH003 FH005 FH010 FH015 FH020 FH030 FH045 FH100 FH130 FH200

12 FH230 FH300 FH500 FHinF

Press the or the key to select the depth of search from

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A SLIM, POINTED OBJECT TO PRESS THE BUTTON MARKED “ACL.”