Excalibur electronic 975-3-EFG manual Hint KEY

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PlayAfter ayouGamehave installedRight Awaythe bat- teries, the display will show the chess board with all the pieces on their starting squares. The LCD will also show 01CHESS. This indicates you are at the first move of the game and ready to play chess. If it does not display 01CHESS, press RESET using a thin pointed object.

Unless you instruct it otherwise, Electronic Chess gives you the White pieces—the ones at the bot- tom of the board. White always moves first.You’re ready to play!

It’s very important to understand that making a move is made up of

two parts, choosing a square and a square. In the centerfrom of the key pad,to there are eight

keys — right, left, up,DIRECdown,- TIONand the four diagonal directions.

1. Press akey and the White king’sDIRECTIONpawn (the pawn in front of the king) will flash on and off. The LCD will also show 01FrOm. To select a different piece to move, press a

key— right, left, up, down,DIRECTIONor diag- onal—until the piece or pawn you want to move flashes on and off.

2. Press the OPTIONS/GO key in the center of the

keys. FrOm will disappearDIRECTION. Time 4

will start counting.

3. Press akey to move the pieceDIRECTIONto the square you want. You’ll see your piece flashing on possible squares as you move it—at the sameto time it continues to flash on its from square.

Note: Press CLEAR to stop a square from flashing in #1 or #3 above, and start the move entry

process over.

4. Press the OPTIONS/GO key again to finalize your move.

LCD Chess will now respond with its move, flashing the move for a few seconds. Enter your next move by repeating the above steps, and have fun.

Special Features and

Your FunctionLCD ChessKeyspartner is packed with valuable special fea- tures that can help you learn to play better and better chess—and to have a lot of fun!

But there are more special fea- tures than there are keys! So each key has two labels, one above and one below.

The black label below each key shows the primary function of the key. The blue label above the key shows its secondary function.

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Each

key

Your

Pocket

LCD

To

Chess

is

packed

with

features!

below

the

has

two

labels.

activate

the

feature

named

key, just

press

the key. To

enjoy the

feature

given

above the key,

first

press NEXT/2nd and

then

the key.

Below are the features available

HINT KEY

to you through the primary func-

Pressing this key displays HinT

tions. Remember, to access any of

and flashes a recommended move

these features, you simply push the

on the screen. To make the hint

proper key, looking at the black

move, just press the

GO key. Or

label below the key.

press a DIRECTION key to select

Primary

ey Functions

a different piece to move.

NEXT/2nd KEY

If the hint is a book move or a

This is a special key, so its color

replay move, OPEn or rPLAY will

is blue. Use this key to select the

be shown instead of HinT .

secondary function mode of the

UNDO KEY

other

keys.

(See

"Secondary

This key lets you take back a

Functions," page 3.)

acts

move or moves you’ve decided

During move entry, this key

against. Press this key repeatedly to

as a

NEXT

piece

key. Use

the

continue taking back moves. After

NEXT piece key, if you have diffi-

you take back a move, you can use

culty getting to the piece you wish

the GO key to replay the taken-

to move using the

DIRECTION

back move or moves.

keys.

During move entry, press this

GO KEY

key repeatedly to scan backward to

Press

this key

to register your

select a piece to move.

move, or press it twice before you

CLEAR/ON KEY

register your move to switch sides

Use this key to turn on LCD

(colors)

with

your

computer.

Chess. You can even use it as a

(Between presses, the display will

clear or "escape" key to exit any of

read FLIP.) Also use GO to replay

the special modes like OPTIONS,

moves in the take-back mode (see

SETUP, LEVEL, RATING

and

"UNDO,” above).

CONTRAST.

OFF KEY

5

This key turns the unit off, auto-