Some Special Chess Moves

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happens, you can push the THREAT key, and King Arthur will flash the threatening move.

Draw Messages

5.5 Draw

When King Arthur recognizes

be displayed. (Stalemate occurs when one of the players has no legal moves but is not in check. Stalemate is one of the ways a game can be drawn.)

Game-ending Messages

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KING ARTHUR

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that a three-fold repetition of the position has occurred, he will display “DRAW.” Additionally, when King Arthur recognizes that 50 moves have been played without exchanges or pawn moves, he will display “DRAW.” In either case, you can accept the draw or ignore it by continuing to play.

5.6 Stalemate

When either opponent has been stalemated, “STALE” will

5.7 Forced checkmates

King Arthur will announce when he can force a mate-in-two (“MAtE2”) or a mate-in-three (“MAtE3”). He will display “MatE,” along with “+” when executing a checkmate.

5.8 Other checkmates

When you checkmate King Arthur, he will display “LOSE.” When you want to claim a win, draw, or want to resign—press the NEW GAME key.

It’s useful to focus on four chess moves—capturing, cast- ling, promoting pawns, and en passant—to make sure you understand how to operate your King Arthur when employing these moves.

6.1 Capturing

To win at chess, you’ve got to know how to take your oppo- nent’s men! Capturing men while playing your King Arthur is real- ly the same process as moving, except, of course, the captured piece has to be removed. To capture one of King Arthur’s pieces, simply lift your piece off its FROM square, pressing the square to properly register the move. Then lift the piece being captured off the TO square, and set your piece down on the TO square, pressing the square. Set

the captured piece aside, off the board.

When King Arthur displays his move and there is one of your pieces on his TO square, he knows he’s capturing that piece. Follow the normal procedure: Lift his piece off the FROM square, pressing the square. Lift your piece from King Arthur’s TO square, and then set King Arthur’s piece down on its TO square, pressing the square. Set the captured piece off the board.

6.2 Castling

Castling is a special and important move in chess. It whisks the king away to safety while getting the rook into the game. Castling while playing King Arthur is just like moving any other piece, except that in castling, you move two pieces,