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Electronic Talking Chess Board Set
K698
Instructions for Use
Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22
Page No. 6
HINT see Section Number 6.2
To select an item, display it and press ENTER. (Instead, ESC returns to the previous situation.)
4 CHOICE OF GAME
By selecting NEW GAME from the Main Menu then pressing ↑ or ↓ repeatedly, you can view all 8 game
types:
CHESS
see Section Number 5.2
CHECKERS see Section Number 5.3
REVERSI see Section Number 5.4
4 IN ROW (= Four-in-a- Row, also called “Connect 4”) see Section Number 5.5
FOX + G. (= Fox and Geese) see Section Number 5.6
G/HOPPER (= Grasshopper) see Section Number 5.7
NIM see Section Number 5.8
NORTH (= Northcote’s Game) see Section Number 5.9
To select a game, display it and press ENTER. (Instead, ESC returns to the previous situation.)
5 PLAYING A GAME
5.1 GENERAL
The LCD (liquid crystal display) records the current situation in the game, and indicates the computer’s play.
In some games (Chess, Four-in-a- Row, Nim, Northcote’s Game), you must take some decisions before play
starts.
The computer or the user may play first. To make the computer play first, press SWAP when the game is
ready to begin. The symbol

or
◼
(In the bottom left corner of the LCD) shows which side (White or
Black) plays next.
Notation: Observe that the playing board is marked with the
co-ordinates of each individual square, e.g. A1,
G6 etc. These appear in the bottom line of the LCD when a move is being announced or carried out.
Example: In Chess, the computer is moving its pawn from e7 to e5. The bottom line shows:
E7 E5
The co-ordinates E7 are shown “blinking”, and so is the pawn on that square of the LCD board. Pre ss the
square on the playing board as you pick up the pawn. Then E5 “blinks”, and the pawn is shown alternating
between e7 and e5. Press the e5 square as you place the pawn there.
When the computer is “thinking” , the bottom line of the LCD displays a rot ating “hourglass” symbol. It may
also display the move that is being considered. To interrupt the computer and make it play at once, press
SWAP.
When it is your turn to play, a press on SWAP makes the computer play next
– i.e. it swaps sides with you.