Excalibur electronic 404ET-CC Screen Symbols, Playing the Black Pieces, Auto Play, Draw Messages

if you are losing and a draw if the					(M A T E 3). It	will also display
position is equal. If you are sure, press					+ M A T E when executing a checkmate
the key once more, otherwise press
CLEAR. If the score is greater than 9.0,					or when you checkmate Touch Chess II.
you can claim a victory with the					When you want to claim a win, draw, or
NWGAM option.					want to resign—press the MENU key
S O U N D: Use this		option	to turn the		and then GO.
					Screen Symbols
sound On or off.					When a ‘+ ’ appears on the screen, it is a
FLiP: Use this option to turn the chess
					reminder that you are in check. When an
board around.					‘O’ appears on the screen, the game you
S L E E P: Adjust the automatic shut off					are playing can be rated. When an ‘=’
					appears, it indicates you are in two
time with this key. Setting it to ‘0				’ will	human player mode. And lastly when an
disable auto shut-off altogether.					‘!’ appears on the screen, you are being
C O N T R: Adjust the display contrast to					warned that one of your pieces is
					threatened with capture. (This is similar
one of twelve settings.					to the friendly "en garde" warning
Playing the Black Pieces					sometimes used by human players when
When you want to play the Black pieces					they are attacking an opponent’s queen.)
(to let Touch Chess move first) press the					To see which of your pieces is threatened,
GO key before you make your first move					press the MENU key.
as White. You’ll see the White and Black					Auto Play
pieces switch places immediately!					If you would like to watch the computer
Draw Messages					finish a game for you automatically, press
During the game, your Touch Chess will					the MENU key repeatedly until the
display the word D R A W if a three-time					option P L A Y R	is showing. Use the
repetition of position occurs, or if there					Undo button to change the number of
has been no pawn moved and no					players to zero. Press CLEAR to exit the
exchanges for 50 moves. When either of					MENU mode. Now press the GO key
these situation takes place, the rules of					twice and watch the game play itself. You
chess state that a player can claim a draw.					may stop auto play at any time by
If you wish, you can ignore the message					pressing the GO key. Doing so will set the
and continue the game. When a stalemate					number of players back to one.
is reached,	the display		will	show	Book Opening Trainer
S T A L E.					Touch Chess II makes it easy for you to
Game-Ending Messages					learn the same openings that world chess
Touch Chess will announce mate in two					champions play! At the beginning of a
					game, you may choose to learn one of 32
(M A T E 2)	and	mate	in	three	4 popular book openings—ways to begin

the game—used by chess masters. Press
MENU key to display		O P E N, and then
press the U n d o or Hint button to select
the number of the opening you want to
learn. (See below.) Press the CLEAR key
to return to normal play.
Now play a move. If your move is not the
correct opening move, an error buzz will
sound. To learn the correct move press
HINT. When the computer comes back
with its move, you will briefly see the
word O P E N on the screen if you have
another opening move to make. If the
word O P E N does not appear, you may
continue normal play since you have
completed the training for that opening
line.
The names of the openings are:
1. Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
2. Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev Defense
3. Ruy Lopez, Exchange
4. Scotch Game
5. Scotch Four Knights
6. Giuoco Piano
7. Two Knights Defense
8. Four Knights
9. Petroff’s Defense
10.	Sicilian Alapin Variation
11. Sicilian, Najdorf Variation
12.	Sicilian, Dragon Variation
13.	Sicilian, Keres Attack
14.	Caro-Kann Defense
15.	Panov-Botvinnik Attack
16.	Caro-Kann Excahnge Variation
17.	Queen’s Gambit Declined
18.	Lasker Defense, Queen Gambit Declind
19.	Queen Gambit Declined Exchange Var.
20.	Slav Defense
21.	Queen’s Gambit Accepted
22.	Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Var.
23.	Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein Var.
24.	Semi-Slav Defense	5

25. Queen’s Indian Defense

26. Queen’s Indian Defense, Petrosian Var.

27. Bogolubow Indian Defense

28. Catalan

29. Gruenfeld Defense

30. King’s Indian Defense

31. Modern Benoni Defense

32. Benko Gambit

The moves and explanations of these famous openings are given in many books on chess.

Entering Your Own Opening Touch Chess II also allows you to set up any book opening you want—or even an opening you invent—to practice. Press MENU repeatedly until the display

shows . Use Hint button to set playersPtoL A2.YPressR CLEAR, then make moves for both sides until the opening position you want to practice is reached. Now press MENU repeatedly until the

display shows . Use the button to set playersP L A YtoR1. Press CLEARHint and play against the computer in this position. Levels of Play

Press MENU repeatedly until the display

shows then GO to see the current Llevel.E V E LWhen you are finished reviewing the level or changing the level, press CLEAR to return to normal play.

At this point you may use the Forward or Back button to change to a different level type. There are six types of levels.

Beginner Level Type

Press the or button to select 1, 2, 3, 4,U n5,d o7, 10,Hintor 15 seconds per move.