Excalibur electronic 974 manual Letting Electronic Chess Go First, Interrupting a Game

It is now your move.

Letting Electronic Chess

Go First

After you make your move on the DOCKER, Electronic Chess knows you are connected to the DOCKER. It then will wait for you to press its from and to squares when it moves. But when you want Electronic Chess to go first and play the white pieces at the top of the board, you simply press the GO key on Electronic Chess. Electronic Chess does not know you are using the DOCKER, so it assumes that you are not. Therefore it simply moves its piece on the Electronic Chess board, and assumes you will make its opening move on the DOCKER chess board without pressing on its from and to squares.

When youSpecialcastleMovesyour king on the DOCKER, Electronic Chess will remind you to move your rook by displaying the from and to squares. Move the rook in the routine man-

ner, pressing on its from square and then its to square. When Electronic Chess castles, it will also remind you to move its rook.

For an en passant cature, press the from and to squares of the cap- turing pawn. The square of the pawn being captured will then appear on the display. This is to remind you to remove the captured pawn. You must press down on the captured pawn before removing it from the board.

When you undo a move on the DOCKER, you must follow the standard procedure of pushing on the to square and then the from square. When the move is a capture, Electronic Chess will also then sig- nal the capture square. Refer to the chess board on the LCD screen for the proper piece to press on the cap- ture square.

If you attempt an illegal move on the DOCKER, you must follow the standard procedure of undoing the illegal move by pushing on the to square and then the from square.

Interrupting a Game

If you are in the middle of a game using the DOCKER, but want to continue the game with only the

Electronic Chess, just turn off Electronic Chess when it is your move. Disconnect Electronic Chess from the DOCKER, and turn on Electronic Chess. You may now continue your game using the DIRECTION keys to enter your moves.

You may also finish the game on the DOCKER by turning the Electronic Chess off, and inserting it into the DOCKER. Turn on LCD Chess and arrange the pieces on the DOCKER chess board to match the chess pieces on the Electronic Chess screen.

Note: Do not take-back a move on the Electronic Chess until you have made a move on Electronic Chess using the DIRECTION keys. Entering your move on Electronic Chess tells Electronic Chess that you are no longer using the

DOCKER.

YouPlayicangplaywithoutwithoutPiecesthe three- dimesional pieces, viewing only the display. Press the 2nd key, then repeatedly press the OPTIONS key until TOUCH is shown. Use the +1 key to turn this option on or off. With this option on, Electronic Chess will just signal its move on the screen, you will not have to reg- ister its move on the DOCKER. In this mode, the large playing board acts as a touch screen so that you can input your moves by pressing from and to squares with your fin- ger.

PositionPositionsetup is Setupfaster when the DOCKER chess board is used. Follow the procedure on page 15, but instead of using the DIREC- TION keys to move to the square you wish to change, simply press the square. If you are removing a piece, that is all you need to do. If

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