board. The goal of checkers is to leave your opponent with no legal move, either by taking all of his pieces or by blocking his pieces. (Here's an important difference between chess and checkers: in chess, a stalemate is a LOSS for the player who can't move.) Each player takes turns moving. Men must be moved diagonally forward, staying on the dark squares. A piece is captured by jumping over it to an empty square on its other side. A piece can never jump over its own pieces. Captures are oblig- atory. When a man reaches the other side of the board, he is pro- moted to a king. A king can move, and jump, backward and forward. A player can have more than one king. A man that is promoted to a king due to a jump cannot contin- ueumping as a king. He must wait for the next turn.

Play Checkers Right Away

Make sure CHECr is shown on the display. If it is not, see the Changing Games section (Page 15). Unless you instruct it otherwise, Touch Checkers gives you the Black pieces—the ones at the bot- tom of the board. Black always moves first. A black box on the dis- play (••) indicates it’s black’s move.

In making your first move, it’s very important to understand that a move is made up of two parts: choosing a From square and a To square.

Using the supplied stylus (plastic pen), press down gently on the center of the square for the man or king you wish to move. You'll hear a beep and the man or king will flash. If you hear an error buzz and the piece does not flash, then that piece cannot legally move any- where. If you change your mind and want to move a different piece, simply press the From square again to cancel it.

Now gently press on the center of the square you want to move it To. You'll hear a beep, letting you know your move has been registered.

After you make your move, Touch Chess will reply with its move auto- matically. You'll see the piece flash on its From square and move to its To square. Throughout the game, the display at the top keeps track of the move number and the elapsed time for each move.

You Must Capture if You Can

Remember that capturing is obliga- tory in the game of checkers, although if you have a choice of

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