Excalibur electronic E123 Removing a Piece, Adding or Changing a Piece, General Rules of Chess

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 SETUP then use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move the king cross over a piece. Press GO to remove the piece. Press CLEAR to con- tinue the game.

Adding or Changing a Piece

Press SETUP then use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS

MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move the king cross to the desired square. Now press the + or - buttons for the desired piece. Press GO to place that the piece on the board. Press CLEAR to continue the game.

Setting Up Special Positions

This is another terrific feature that allows you to solve problems 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 LCD Chess to look at, per- haps using the Infinite Search level.

Normally, it is easier to start from an empty board to set up such problems. So first, press OPTIONS repeatedly until CLbr (clear board) is displayed. Then press the GO key. You’ll see that the dis- play chessboard will have only the white king, and PrOb is displayed.

Make sure that LCD Chess knows which color is to move. You may change the color of the side to move by pressing the

Use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT

MOVE buttons to move the king to the square the White king is on. Press GO to place that the piece on the board.

Use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move the king to the square the Black king is on., and then press the ￿ / ￿ button to change the White king to a Black king. Press GO to place that the piece on the board.

Next, pick out another piece in the prob- lem or position you want to set up. Now press +HINT button repeatedly to select the correct piece. Use the PREVIOUS PIECE, NEXT PIECE, PREVIOUS MOVE, NEXT MOVE buttons to move to the desired square. Press GO to place that the piece on the board.

Follow this procedure until all the pieces in the problem or position are completely set up. Finally, press CLEAR to play or to have LCD Chess analyze the position.

NOTE: You must place a White and Black king on the board to exit SETUP mode with the CLEAR key.

General Rules of Chess

1.The two players must alternate in mak- ing one move at a time. The player with the white pieces moves first to start the game.

2.With the exception of castling (see below), a move is the transfer of a piece from one square to another square which is vacant or occupied by an enemy piece.