Excalibur electronic 404

Adding or Changing a Piece

Press MODEthen the -SETUP key. Now

press the square you want to modify. Use

the -SETUP or +NEXT keys to choose

the correct piece. Press the MODEkey to

continue.

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 Touch Chess to look at,

perhaps using the Infinite Search level.

Normally, it is easier to start from an

empty board to set up such problems. So

first, press MODE then OPTIONS until

(clear board) is displayed. Then

press the -SETUP key. You’ll see that

your display board is automatically

cleared. The word will appear.

You’re ready to set up the kings in the

new position. Press the square on which

the White king should stand.Then press

the square on which the Black king

should stand; repeatedly press it until the

king is the correct color. (You can’t leave

the SETUP mode until both the White

and Black king are placed.)

Next, pick out another piece in the prob-

lem or position you want to set up, and

press the square it is on. Use the -SETUP

or +NEXTkeys to change the piece to the

correct type. Press on each square that

has this piece type. You may also repeat-

edly press the square until the piece

appears in the right color on your display.

Follow this procedure until all the pieces

in the problem or position are completely

set up. Finally, press MODEto play or to

have Touch Chess analyze the position.

Make sure that Touch Chess knows

which color is to move. While in Setup

Mode, you may change the color of the

side to move by pressing the COLOR

AREA(see page 2.)

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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.

3. No piece, except the Rook when

castling and the Knight may cross a

square occupied by another piece.

4. Apiece moved to a square occupied by

an enemy piece captures it as part of the

same move. The captured piece must be

immediately removed from the chess-

board by the player making the capture.

5. When one player moves into a position

whereby he can attack the King, the King

is in “Check”. His opponent must either

a) move the King

b) block the path of the attacking piece

with another piece, or

c) capture the attacking piece.

6. The game is over when there is no

escape for the King from an attacking

piece. This is known as “Checkmate”.

7. The game is over when the king of the

player whose turn it is to move is not in

check and the player cannot make any

legal moves. This is known as

“Stalemate” and is considered a drawn

game.

Individual Moves

Turn on the feature under

OPTIONS(see page 4.) All legal moves

for each selected piece will be shown at

one time. You will quickly “learn by

doing” the movements of all pieces.

1. The Queen can move to any square

along the same row, column, or diagonals

on which it stands, but cannot pass over

an enemy piece.

2. The Rook can move to any square

along the same row or column on which

it stands, but cannot pass over an enemy

piece. See also Castling (below.)

3. The Bishop can move to any square

along the diaganols on which it stands,

but cannot pass over an enemy piece.

4. The Knight move is in the shape of an

“L”, moving two squares up or down, and

then one square over. Or it can be one

square up or down, and then two over.

5. The Pawn can move one square for-

ward. On it’s first move it may move two

squares forward. When capturing, it

moves diaganolly (forward) one square.