Excalibur electronic 915-W manual Some Special, Chess Moves

happens, you can push the key, and King Arthur willTHREATflash the threatening move.

Draw

Messages5.5

Draw

When King Arthur recognizes that a three-fold repetition of the position has occurred, he will display “DRAW.” Additionally, when King Arthur recognizes that 50 moves have been played without exchanges or pawn moves, he will display “DRAW.” In either case, you can accept the draw or ignore it by continuing to play.

5.6 Stalemate

When either opponent has been stalemated, “STALE” will be displayed. (Stalemate occurs when one of the players has no legal moves but is not in check. Stalemate is one of the ways a game can be drawn.)

Game-ending

Messages5.7

Forced checkmates King Arthur will announce

when he can force a mate-in-two (“MAtE2”) or a mate-in-three (“MAtE3”). He will display “MatE,” along with “+” when executing a checkmate.

5.8 Other checkmates When you checkmate King

Arthur, he will display “LOSE.” When you want to claim a win, draw, or want to resign—press

the key. It’sNEWusefulGAMEto focus on four

chess moves—capturing, cast- ling, promoting pawns, and en passant—to make sure you understand how to operate your King Arthur when employing these moves. If you need a fuller explanation of the chess moves themselves, please see the US Chess Federation’s “Let’s Play Chess” brochure enclosed with your King Arthur.

KING ARTHUR

	CHAPTER 6:
	SOME SPECIAL
6.1 Capturing	CHESS MOVES
		Follow the normal procedure:
To win at chess, you’ve got to		Lift his piece off the FROM
know how to take your oppo-		square, pressing the square. Lift
nent’s men! Capturing men while		your piece from King Arthur’s
playing your King Arthur is		TO square, and then set King
really the same process as mov-		Arthur’s piece down on its TO
ing, except, of course, the cap-		square, pressing the square. Set
tured piece has to be removed.		the captured piece off the board.
To capture one of King Arthur’s		6.2 Castling
pieces, simply lift your piece off
its FROM square, pressing the		Castling is a special and
square to properly register the		important move in chess. It
move. Then lift the piece being		whisks the king away to safety
captured off the	TO square, and	while getting the rook into the
set your piece down on the TO		game. Castling while playing
square, pressing the square. Set		King Arthur is just like moving
the captured piece aside, off the		any other piece, except that in
board.		castling, you move two pieces,
When King Arthur displays		and you have to move the king
his move and there is one of		first.
your pieces on his TO square, he		Whether you’re castling king-
knows he’s capturing that piece.		side or queenside, first move

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