Excalibur electronic LCD CHESS manual Draw Messages, Game-Ending Messages

White. (See "Special Features and Function Keys" below.) You’ll see the White and Black pieces switch places immediately!

Draw Messages

During the game, your LCD Chess will display the word “DRAW” if a three-time repetition of position occurs, or if there has been no pawn moved and no exchanges for 50 moves. When either of these situa- tion takes place, the rules of chess state that a player can claim a draw. If you wish, you can ignore the message and continue the game. When a stalemate is reached, the display will read “STALE.”

Game-Ending Messages

LCD Chess will announce mate in two (“MAtE2”) and mate in three (“MAtE3”). It will display “+MAtE” when executing a check- mate. When you checkmate LCD Chess, it will display “LOSE.” When you want to claim a win, draw, or want to resign—press the MODE key and then NEW GAME.

You have your choice

of two methods of

moving your pieces.

LCD Chess

automatically makes

its own moves!

Special Features and

Function Keys

Your LCD Chess partner is packed with valuable special features that can help you learn to play better and better chess—and to have a lot of fun!

Features are controlled by the func- tion keys—the black buttons on your LCD Chess. But there are more special features than there are keys! So each one 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.

Below are the features available to you through the primary functions. Remember, to access any of these features, you simply push the prop- er button, looking at the black label below the key.

(SimplyPrimarypush theFuindicatedctions key.)

MODE/ON

This is a special key, so both its upper and lower labels are blue. Use this key to turn on LCD Chess. Also use it to select the secondary function mode of the other keys. (See "Secondary Functions," below, page 4.) You can even use it

4 as a clear or "escape" key to exit

English

Your Excalibur LCD Chess is packed with features! Each key has two labels. To activate the feature named below the key, just press the button. To enjoy the feature given above

the key, first press MODE/ON and then the button.

any of the special modes like	This key is used in one method of
OPTIONS, SETUP, LEVEL, RAT-	moving the pieces. Pressing it
ING, and CONTRAST.	makes it “scan” left of the flashing
HINT	piece to find another piece. If there
	is no piece to the
Press this key if you want to get
hints from your LCD Chess part-	left, it scans down one rank and
ner. If the threat warning is on (see	starts scanning from the right to the
“Options During the Game”), the	left.
display shows “THRT” and the	NEXT PIECE
threatening move is flashed. Press
	Use this key, along with the LAST
HINT once more to view a tip on
	PIECE	key, to	move	pieces. It
how to avoid the danger!
	scans right from the flashing piece
If LCD Chess sees a hint for you, it	to find another piece for you to
displays “HINT” and flashes a rec-	move. If there is no piece to the
ommended move on the screen. To	right, it moves up one rank and
make the HINT move, just press	starts scanning from left to right.
the MOVE key. Or press NEXT	MOVE
PIECE or LAST PIECE to select a
	Press this key to register your
different piece to move.
	move, or press it twice			before you
TAKE BACK	register your move to switch sides
This key lets you take back a move	(colors)	with	your	computer.
or moves you’ve decided against.	(Between presses, the display will
Press this key repeatedly to contin-	read “FLIP.”) Also use MOVE to
ue taking back moves. After you	replay moves in the TAKE BACK
take back a move, you can use the	mode (see "TAKE BACK,” above).
MOVE key to replay the taken-	OFF
back move.
	This turns the unit off, automatical-
LAST PIECE	5 ly saving a game in progress. Use