Excalibur electronic manual Moving Ivan II’s Piece, Putting a game On hold, Special Situations

ENGLISH		been	played.
ognize	what's
Think	of communicating your
move as a two step process–reg-
istering the FROM square and
then registering the TO square.
Lift the piece or pawn you
want to move. Press the edge of
the piece’s base down gently on
the center of its FROM			square.
Ivan will say and display the
coordinates of the FROM square-
for example “E2.”
Then press the edge of the
piece down gently on the square
you want to move it to–for
example, “E4.” Ivan will say
the TO	square,	confirming that

he has registered your move. Place the piece gently on its new square. (Some players like to push the squares with their fore- finger while holding the piece in the rest of the fingers of the same hand.)

Moving Ivan II’s

Piece

You'll notice that Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Set almost immediately displays his

re-sponse to your move. Ivan decides on his own move, of course, and lets you know what it is on the display below the LCD board. For example, if you play 1. E2-E4, he may respond E7-E5. But you need to move the piece on the board for him. Follow the same two step proce- dure you did while registering your own move-gently pushing

on the and squares. You're alreadyFROM playingTO a game! Enjoy the contest.

Putting a game

“on hold”

Any time it's your move and you wish to stop playing for a while, just press the / key. Ivan II, the ConquerorOFF SAVE Talking Chess Set will switch off and go into a sleep mode. He will remember the last position, including the elapsed time, as long as you do not interrupt the power supply-for example, by removing the batteries. To resume play, just press the

ON/CLEAR key.

Special Situations
Starting Play with
the Black Pieces
When you want to play the
Black pieces (to let Ivan II, the
Conqueror Talking		Chess Set
move first) press the		MOVE key
before you make your first move
as White. You’ll see the White
and Black pieces switch places
immediately! If you're using the
playing board with the plastic
pieces, set the Black pieces up at
your end, close to the LCD.
	Castling
Remember, you must always
move the King first when
castling! First press your king
down on its FROM		square (if
castling,	E1). Then move and
press your king down on its TO
square	(if castling	kingside,
G1). Ivan II, the Conqueror
Talking	Chess Set	recognizes
castling	maneuvers	after the

king is moved two squares. He then reminds you to complete castling by moving the rook. Move the rook in the routine manner, pushing on its

ENGLISH

Promoting Pawns When your pawn reaches the

other end of the board, Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Set will automatically promote the pawn to a queen, since this is the best choice in nearly every case. In the unlikely event you want to promote your pawn to a piece other than a queen, take- back Ivan II’s move, next use

Ivan II's feature, then

press SET. WhenUP Ivan II, the ConquerorMOVE Talking Chess Set pushes a pawn to your back row, it will always promote to a queen. Remember to change the piece on the board after either side promotes a pawn.

En Passant – taking a

pawn in passing For an en passant capture,

press the and squares of the capturingFROM pawnTO . The square of the pawn being cap- tured will then appear on the display. This is to remind you to remove the captured pawn. You must press down on the captured pawn before removing it from

AFTER PRESSING A FROM SQUARE, PRESS THE FROM SQUARE. AGAIN TO SELECT A DIFFERENT FROM SQUARE

and TO squares normally. FROM

the board.

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