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LCD Chess

and Checkers

Operating Manual

Model 375-2

Congratulations on your purchase of

Excalibur Electronics’ innovative LCD

Chess & Checkers! You’ve purchased a

partner who’s always ready for a game—

and who can improve as you do!

Install the Batteries

Using a small Phillips screwdriver,

remove the battery-compartment panel

screw on the back of LCD Chess. Then

remove the panel by pulling gently from

the top. Install three fresh, alkaline AAA

batteries, making sure to follow the dia-

gram in each battery slot so that the polar-

ity (+ or -) of the batteries is correct.
Replace the battery compartment panel.

When replacing the screw, secure it gen-

tly. Do not force or over-tighten it.

Play a Chess Game

Right Away

After you have installed the batteries, the

display will show the chess board with all

the pieces on their starting squares. The

LCD will also show

CHESS

. This

indicates you are at the first move of the

game and ready to play chess. If it does

not display

CHESS

, press

RESET

using a thin pointed object.
Unless you instruct it otherwise, LCD

Chess gives you the White pieces—the

ones at the bottom of the board. White

always moves first. A white box on the

display (

) indicates it’s White’s move.

You’re ready to play!
In making your first move, it’s very

important to understand that a move is

made up of two parts, choosing a

from

square and a

square.

The eight-direction rocker button may be

difficult to use at first. It is different from

some video game controllers because it

allows diagonal movement.
For up, down, left and right movements,

it helps if you push the button straight out

away from the center of the rocker. Do

not press in the center of the rocker,

because you may cause a diagonal move-

ment to occur.
1. Push the

DIRECTION

rocker in any

direction and the White king’s pawn (the

pawn in front of the king) will flash on

and off. The LCD will also show

FrOm

. Then move the circular rocker

button—to the right, left, or diagonally—

until the piece or pawn you want to move

Excalibur’s LCD

Chess is designed so

that it can be held

comfortably and

used with one

hand

Summary of Contents for 375-2

Page 1: ...If it does not display 01CHESS press RESET using a thin pointed object Unless you instruct it otherwise LCD Chess gives you the White pieces the ones at the bottom of the board White always moves first A white box on the display o indicates it s White s move You re ready to play In making your first move it s very important to understand that a move is made up of two parts choosing a from square a...

Page 2: ...aken for each move Turning this option ON will instead show the total game time flashes on and off Note You may also use the 2nd NEXT key to select the piece you want to move 2 Push the OPTIONS MOVE button immediately above the circular DIREC TION rocker 3 Push the DIRECTION rocker to move the piece to the square you want You ll see your piece flashing on possible to squares as you move it at the ...

Page 3: ...he 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 situations 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 L...

Page 4: ...ber you will see the position of the game after the first two moves were played Press the CLEAR key to return to normal play starting at move three You take the win ning side The display will show your total great game score in two digits zero at the start on the left On the right the display also shows the amount of points you will win if you play the correct next great game move If you don t pla...

Page 5: ...t be taken immediately because of 23 Qxf6 24 Qb4 checkmate But Black is forced to take the rook a move later and mate follows on the same square 11 Mikhail Botvinnik vs Paul Keres The Hague 1948 Botvinnik won the world championship a record three times His opponent here is possi bly the strongest 20th century chess player who did not become world champion The opening is a Nimzo Indian White s doub...

Page 6: ...ove the black shape over a piece Press MOVE to remove the piece Press CLEAR to continue the game Adding or Changing a Piece Press 2nd then the SETUP key Now press SETUP repeatedly to select the cor rect piece Use the DIRECTION button to move it to a square Then press MOVE to register the piece Press CLEAR to continue the game Setting Up Special Positions This is another terrific feature that allow...

Page 7: ... left right or diagonally until the piece you want to move flashes on and off Note You may also use the 2nd NEXT key to select the piece you want to move Or press CLEAR to stop a square from flashing and start the entry process over 2 Push the OPTIONS MOVE button immediately above the circular DIREC TION rocker 3 Push the DIRECTION rocker towards the diagonal direction you wish the piece to move Y...

Page 8: ...the current move If instead you want to see the piece score of your current position turn this option on The scoring totals the following values Men 1 Kings 1 1 2 PLAYr same as Chess see page 4 InFO same as Chess see page 4 CLrBr same as Chess see page 4 SOUnd same as Chess see page 4 SLEEP same as Chess see page 4 FLiP same as Chess see page 4 Auto Play If you would like to watch the computer fin...

Page 9: ...t above you may have additional statutory rights which will vary under the laws of the various countries states provinces and other governmental entities in which InterTAN operates This warranty is subject to all statutory rights you may have in the country of purchase WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL InterT InterTAN AN W WARRANTY ARRANTY Battery Information Your LCD Chess uses 3 AAA batteries Do not mix o...

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