Excalibur electronic E123 manual Go Key, Options Menu, Menu Options Before the Game Starts

moves. After you take back a move, you can use the GO key to replay the taken- back move or moves.

Also use this key during SETUP mode to select the previous piece type.

GO KEY

Press this to to register your move, or press this key twice before you register your move to switch sides (colors) with your LCD Chess. (Between presses, the display will show FLIP.) Also use GO to replay moves in the takeback move mode (see "-UNDO,” on left).

Use the + or the - keys to change the condition of the following options.

Options Menu

Press OPTIONS to enter the options menu and repeatedly press to cycle through the menu of options. Press the CLEAR key to resume play.

Menu Options Before the Game Starts

OPEN: Use the + or the - key to select one of 32 book opening lines of play. (See page 6.)

Options Before and During the Game

bEEP: Use this option to turn the sound On or off.

PLYr: Select between: ‘1’—Human vs Computer; ‘2’—Human vs Human; ‘0’—Computer vs Computer.

SCOr: Turn this option OFF to display the move counter instead of the score. If you want to see the piece-score of your current position, turn this option on. The

scoring totals the following values: Pawns—1, Knights—3, Bishops—3, Rooks—5, and Queen—9.

HELP: When turned on, all legal moves for the selected piece will be shown at one time.

NOTE: When the HELP option is on, possible capturing moves are shown by flashing the captured pieces central black figure. Do not confuse this with selecting a capture move, which flashes the entire piece that is to be captured.

inFO: When turned on, this option will display the score, depth of search (num- ber of moves LCD Chess is "thinking ahead"), best move it is considering playing, and clock times. These will be displayed while the computer is thinking at its higher levels.

FLiP: Use this option to turn the chess board around.

SLEP: Adjust the automatic shut off time with this key. Setting it to ‘0’ will disable auto shut-off altogether.

CLbr: Pressing the GO key now, will enter SETUP mode with the chess board with only the White king. You must place a White and Black king on the board to exit SETUP mode. Use this option to clear the chess board for easier problem setup.

Playing the Black Pieces

When you want to play the Black pieces (to let LCD 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!