Excalibur electronic 915-W manual MULTI-MOVE setting up your own opening positions, Great Games

	En” is dis-
MODE until “OP
played. Then press		> until	the
number of the opening (see list
below) you want to learn or
review is displayed in the upper
left of the display. (You can use
< to “loop” backward in the list.
For example, if you want to
select opening 30, it’s faster to
use the < key.)
Now play a move. If your
move is not correct, an error
buzz will sound and the move
will NOT be made. You can
take another guess, or learn the
correct move by pressing HINT.
When the computer comes back
with its move, you will briefly
see the word “OP En” on the
screen if you have another
opening move	to	make.	If

“ ” does not appear, you mayOP continueEn normal play or go on to another opening. You have

completed the training for that
opening line.
Below are the numbers and
names of openings that you can
study with King Arthur’s Book
Opening Trainer.
1.	Ruy Lopez, Exchange
2.	Variation
	Ruy Lopez, Closed Defense
3.	Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
4.	Ruy Lopez Archangel Defense
5.	Giuoco Piano
6.	Scotch Game
7.	Four Knights
8.	Petroff Defense
9.	Vienna Game
10.	Sicilian, Classical Defense
11.	Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon
12.	Sicilian, Rossolimo Attack
13.	Sicilian, Dragon Variation
14.	Sicilian, Scheveningen
15.	Variation
	Sicilian, Najdorf Variation
16.	Sicilian, Moscow Variation
17.	Caro-Kann Defense
18.	Panov-Botvinnik Attack
19.	French Defense, Winawer
20.	Variation
	French Defense,
21.	Classical Defense
	French Defense,

McCutcheon Variation

22. French Defense,

Tarrasch Variation

23. Queen’s Gambit Accepted

24. Queen’s Gambit Declined

25. Queen’s Gambit,

Semi-Slav Defense

26. Queen’s Gambit,

Tarrasch Defense

27. Queen’s Gambit, Slav Defense

28. Nimzo-Indian

Defense, Rubinstein Variation

29. Nimzo-Indian

Defense, Classical Variation

30. Queen’s Indian Defense

31. Queen’s Indian

Defense, Petrosian Variation

32. Bogo-Indian Defense

33. Gruenfeld Defense

34. King’s Indian Defense

These openings and the expla- nations of each move, along with example games by chess masters, are given in many books on chess available at bookstores and libraries.

8.4

MULTI-MOVE: setting up your own opening positions

Then make moves for both sides until the opening position you want to practice is reached.

Then press - again to set the numberMULTIofMOVEplayers to 1.

Press and play against the computerCLEARin this position.

8.5 Great Games

One of the many extra features offered by King Arthur that is both great chess training and a lot of fun is the Great Games. Over the centuries there have been many chess masterpieces that players have recorded, stud- ied, and passed down to follow- ing generations. Top chess play- ers know many such games by heart.

King Arthur gives you 16 such games to enjoy and study. What’s more, you play the win- ning side in these masterpieces

AFTER THE FIRST MOVE OF ANY OPENING,

WHENEVER IT’S YOUR MOVE, YOU CAN SWITCH SIDES

I WITH,KING ARTHUR BY PRESSING MOVE.

N THIS WAY YOU CAN PRACTICE BOTH SIDES OF THESE

IMPORTANT, STANDARD CHESS OPENINGS.

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King Arthur also allows you to set up any book opening you want—or even an opening you invent—to practice. Press

- . Your display will readMULTI“MOVE .” Make sure the

PLAYr

number of players is set to 2.

and try to find the same ingen- ious moves the great masters did! Don’t worry; King Arthur will help you whenever you

want. Just push the key to find the next move. HINT(Don’t feel

bad about pushing the key

29 often—after all, these areHINTamong