Excalibur electronic 404ET-CC - Manuel (Page 2)

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GO KEY
Press this key twice before you register
your move to switch sides (colors) with
your Touch Chess II. (Between presses,
the display will show FLIP.) Also use
GO to replay moves in the takeback
move mode (see "UNDO,” on page 2).
Menu Options
Menu Options Before the Game Starts
O P E N
: Use the Undo or the Hint key to
select one of 32 book opening lines of
play. (See page 4.)
T R A I N
: Use the Undo or the Hint key
to select one of eight training positions.
Positions with the Black king in the
middle give you practice in checkmating
the Black king.
Options Before and During the Game
N W G A M
: To start a new game, press
GO.
L E V E L
: To view the current level
setting, or to change the level setting,
press GO. (see “Levels of Play,” page 5)
S E T U P
: To setup or modify a position,
press GO. (see page 8)
C L R B R
: Pressing the GO key now, will
enter SETUP mode with the chess board
cleared of all pieces. You must place a
White and Black king on the board to exit
SETUP mode. Use this option to clear the
chess board for easier problem setup.
P L A Y R
: Select between: ‘1 ’—Human
vs Computer; ‘2 ’—Human vs Human;
‘0 ’—Computer vs Computer.
S C O R E
: If you want to see the piece-
score of your current position, turn this
option on. The scoring totals the
following values: Pawns—1, Knights—
3, Bishops—3, Rooks—5, and Queen—
9.
H E L P
: When turned on, all legal moves
for the selected piece will be shown at
one time.
NOTE: When the HELP option is on,
possible capturing moves are shown by
flashing the captured pieces central black
figure. Do not confuse this with selecting
a capture move, which flashes the entire
piece that is to be captured.
I N F O
: When turned on, this option will
display the score, depth of search
(number of moves Touch Chess II is
"thinking ahead"), best move it is
considering playing, and clock times.
These will be displayed while the
computer is thinking at its higher levels.
R A T E
: Turning this option ON will
enable your rating to be updated if you
select a tournament level type or a sudden
death type level to play against. Turn this
option off, when you want to practice on
those levels. During a rated game the ‘O’
symbol will appear as a reminder. When
the ‘O’ symbol is on, you will see a
“SURE?” warning if you try to UNDO
mistakes, add pieces in SETUP mode, ask
for a HINT, or try to start a NEW GAME
before the game is completed. Touch
Chess II will rate the game a loss for you
square you want to move it to. Touch
Chess II will beep, confirming that it has
registered your move.
After you make your move, Touch Chess
II will reply with its move automatically.
You’ll see the piece flash on its from
square and move to its to square. You're
already playing a game! Enjoy the
contest.
Throughout the game, the display at the
bottom keeps track of the move number
and the elapsed time for each move.
Putting a game “on hold”
Any time it's your move and you wish to
stop playing for a while, just press the
ON/OFF key. Touch Chess II will switch
off and go into a sleep mode. It 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/OFF key.
NOTE: If it is not "thinking," Touch
Chess II will automatically turn off after
a period of time, saving your game
position. Use the ON/OFF key to resume
the game.
Key Functions
ON/OFF KEY
Use this key to turn Touch Chess II off
and on. Touch Chess will remember the
board position while it is off.
MENU KEY
Pressing the MENU key displays a
number of options. To view a different
option, press the MENU key again, or the
Forward or the Back key.
Also use this key in SETUP to change the
side to move, or to flash the piece that is
threatened when the threat warning “!”
ICON is on.
CLEAR KEY
Use this key to exit any of the special
modes like MENU, SETUP, and LEVEL.
Also use this key during move entry to
clear your move entry , and start the move
entry process over.
HINT KEY
Press this key if you want to get hints
from your Touch Chess II partner. It
displays H I N T and flashes a
recommended move on the screen. To
make the hint move, just press the GO
key.
If the hint is a book move or a replay
move, O P E N or R P L A Y will be
shown instead of HINT .
Also use this key during SETUP mode to
select the next piece type.
UNDO KEY
This key lets you take back a move or
moves you’ve decided against. Press this
key repeatedly to continue taking back
moves. After you take back a move, you
can use the GO key to replay the
taken-back move or moves.
Also use this key during SETUP mode to
select the previous piece type.
U p
KEY
While in MENU display mode, use this
key to advance to the next menu option.
D o w n
KEY
While in MENU display mode, use this
key to go back to the previous menu
option.
Use the Undo or the Hint keys to
change the condition of the following