Excalibur electronic 974 manual Time.DOCKER

2. A Pawn may make an capture if it is a reply moveen pasto-

santa double pawn move, and it is a Pawn which is side-by-side with the Pawn which made the double pawn move. The capture of a white Pawn is diagrammed below:

3. A Pawn can be promoted if it advances all the way to the far side of the board. It is immediately pro- moted, as part of the same move, into a Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight, whichever its owner choos- es. Since a Queen is the most pow- erful piece, it is nearly always cho- sen as the promotion piece.

Through the promotion process, a player may have more than one Queen on the board at the same

18

time.DOCKER

ACCESSORY

Model 977

An amazing feature of the Electronic Chess, is that it can be connected to a sensory chess board and used with real chess pieces. If

you purchased The Excalibur Chess Station, the chess board DOCKER was included with the Electronic Chess unit. If you purchased only the Electronic Chess unit, contact Excalibur Electronics to order the DOCKER accessory.

To attach the Electronic Chess to the DOCKER, first make sure Electronic Chess is OFF. Turn the Electronic Chess upside down so the cover is near- est you and the batteries are furthest away. Remove the cover using your thumb nail to pry off the cover (see item

1, above. Now notice the central pro- truding tip in the middle of one edge of the cover. Then locate the two small protruding dimples on the other edge of the cover. Insert the protruding central tip in the slot on the back of the Electronic Chess with the edge having the two dimples positioned next to the silver name plate. Now with one hand, place your thumb where the protruding tip was inserted, and two fingers on the two dimples. Pushing down with your thumb, and use your two fingers to gen- tly pull the two dimples toward your thumb a little. This will lock the cover into place. To remove the cover from its storage slot, use your thumb and finger to work it out of its locked position.

Locate the three plastic bumps just above the Excalibur logo on the front of Electronic Chess. Now slide the Electronic Chess into the DOCKER until the three plastic bumps are just visible above the plastic chute of the DOCKER.

19

Turn OFF Electronic

Chess before inserting into the DOCKER or removing it from the DOCKER.

After you have inserted Electronic Chess into the DOCK- ER, set the chess pieces (included with the DOCKER) on their start- ing squares. Use the chess board screen of Electronic Chess as a ref- erence, in case you are unsure where a piece goes. Don’t forget the queen always goes on her own color square.

TurnPlayElectronica Game ChessRight on,Awayand using the edge of the pawn (see dia- gram, left) on square E2 press at the center of square E2.

You will see E2- appear on the display of Electronic Chess. Now use the edge of the pawn to press the center of square E4. Place the pawn on square E4.

Electronic Chess will respond with its move by showing the from and to square coordinates on the display. Electronic Chess will wait until you move its piece by pressing on the from square and then the to square.