Excalibur electronic 712 Ratings, Using Setup Mode, Removing a Piece Press the Setup key. Then on

Mating-practice positions To win at chess, you have to know how to checkmate! Just knowing that you have enough material to mate doesn't earn you the point. Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Set's mating-practice exercises will make sure you know the tech-

niques.

After pressing until TRAIN appears, againOPTIONSpress the key until you come to posi- tions without pawns and with the Black king in the middle of the board. These are the mate- training positions. The three dif- ferent mate-training positions give White, besides his king, either two bishops, two rooks, or the queen. These are excellent exercises, used by the greatest chess teachers in the world. In all three positions you can force mate in a number of ways. Work on these mate-training exercises until you can mate Black effi-

ciently.

Ratings

To view your rating, press the key. Your current rating

appearsRATING on the display.

To have your rating change,
you must complete a rated game
on a tournament or sudden death
level.
When you are ready to play a
rated game, select the	RATE
option.
1. Press the OPTIONS key
repeatedly until you see	RATE
appear.	key
2. Press the or the
to turn the option On.

3. Press CLEAR.

Finally select the Tournament

or

youLEVELwish toSUDDENplay againstDEATH. LEVEL When an ‘O’ appears on the display, the game you are play- ing can be rated. Since the game you are playing is rated, you

cannot ask for a , nor - a bad move,HINT norTAKEuse BACK to improve your position.

YouSETUPalso cannot use the key to start over duringNEWa

ratedGAMEgame.

These conditions attempt to allow you to experience what it is like to play a game against an opponent in a rated tournament. In rated tournaments a chess clock is always used, so that you

16 play your moves within agreed

upon time limits. Ivan II, the
Conqueror Talking Chess Set
has the chess clock built in to it.
If you attempt to use the HINT,
SETUP, TAKEBACK, or NEW GAME
keys during your rated game,
IVAN	will	ask	“ARE	YOU
SURE”, and say what result
(draw, win, or loss) will be
scored if you press the YES key.
During a rated game if you are
winning by 9.0 or more points
and want LCD Chess to resign,
press	MODE	then	NEW	GAME.
IVAN	will	say	“ RE	YOU
SURE I LOSE”. IVAN will then
wait for you to press YES.

Using Setup Mode

At any time during a game when it is your move, you may change the position on the board by adding a piece, removing a piece, or changing any of the pieces—for example, from a queen to a knight.

Removing A Piece Press the SETUP key. Then on

the large sensory board, press
the square the piece is on until
the square on your display is
empty. Press CLEAR to continue
the game.	17

Adding or Changing Press thea Piece key. Next press the keySETUPthat indictaes the type of piece you want to place on the board. Then on the large sensory board, press the square on the sensory board until the piece appears as the correct color on your display board.

Press to continue the game. CLEAR

Setting Up Special

Positions

This is another terrific feature that allows you to solve prob- lems that you see in magazines or newspapers, or that you make up yourself. It also allows you to enter game positions you want to play, or that you want Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Setto look at, perhaps using the

INFINITE SEARCH level.

Normally, it is easier to start from an empty board to set up such problems. So first, press

the key repeatedly until OPTIONS(clear board) is dis-

playedCLRBR. Now press the

key. You’ll see that your displaySETUP board is automatically cleared.