Saitek Travel Chess manual Capturing and Special Moves, Illegal Moves

zero. On levels where time is not part of the competition, the clock counts upwards to show the total elapsed time.

•If you take back while playing against the clock, the clock does not reverse for each take back. It simply stops until you start making a move again.

2.2Capturing and Special Moves

a. CAPTURES: To capture, press down lightly on the piece you want to move, take the captured piece off the board, and press your piece on the square of the captured piece.

b. EN PASSANT: In an en passant capture, the computer reminds you to remove the captured pawn from the board by displaying the pawn’s location. Press down on the captured pawn before removing it from the board. For an example, see Figures 2-1a, b, and c.

c.PAWN PROMOTION AND UNDERPROMOTION: When you promote a pawn, first press your pawn down on its from square, as usual. The computer displays your from square and the Queen symbol (alternately with the clock display). As soon as you press your pawn down on the to square, it automatically becomes a Queen. Remember to change your piece on the board! If you wish to underpromote your pawn to a Rook, Bishop, or Knight, simply press the appropriate Piece Symbol Key between pressing the from and to squares. When the computer promotes a pawn, it will show its from and to squares as usual. After you press its from square, the display indicates the promotion piece type by showing the piece symbol and the to square. Press down on the to square with the indicated new piece to complete the computer’s promotion move.

d.CASTLING: The computer automatically recognizes castling after the King is moved. After you have pressed the King down on its from and to squares, the computer dis- plays the Rook’s from square. Press down on this square, and the computer then displays the Rook symbol, along with the square the Rook should move to. Press down on the Rook’s to square to complete the move (see Figure 2-2).

2.3Illegal Moves

Your computer will never accept an illegal move. If you attempt an illegal move, the com- puter gives a low tone error ‘beep’ and the display keeps showing the from square. Press on that square to clear the illegal move, and then move again.

If you should move the computer’s piece incorrectly, you will also hear an error ‘beep’. This

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