Excalibur 375V, Operating Manual

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Playing the Black Pieces
When you want to play the Black pieces
(to let LCD Chess move first) press the
MOVE key before you make your first
move as White. You’ll see the White and
Black pieces switch places immediately!
Draw Messages
During the game, your LCD Chess will
display the word
DrAW 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 situation 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 StALE
.
Game-Ending Messages
LCD Chess will announce mate in two
(
MAtE2 MAtE2
) and mate in three (
MAtE3 MAtE3
).
It will also display
+MAtE +MAtE
when exe-
cuting a checkmate or when you check-
mate LCD Chess. When you want to
claim a win, draw, or want to resign—
press the
MODE key and then NEW
GAME .
Screen Symbols
When a ‘
+ +
’ appears on the screen, it is
a reminder that you are in check. When
an ‘O’ appears on the screen, the game
you are playing can be rated. When an ‘=’
appears, it indicates you are in two
human player mode. And lastly when an
‘!’ appears on the screen, you are being
warned that one of your pieces is threat-
ened with capture. (This is similar to the
friendly "en garde" warning sometimes
used by human players when they are
attacking an opponent’s queen.)
Auto Play
If you would like to watch the computer
finish a game for you automatically, press
the
MODE key, then press OPTIONS ,
then UP DIRECTION button until the
option
PLAYr PLAYr
is showing. Use the
LEFT DIRECTION button to change the
number of players to zero. Press CLEAR
to exit the OPTIONS mode. Now press
the
MOVE key twice and watch the game
play itself. You may stop auto play at any
time by pressing the
MOVE key. Doing
so will set the number of players back to
one.
Book Opening Trainer
LCD Chess makes it easy for you to learn
the same openings that world chess
champions play! At the beginning of a
game, you may choose to learn one of 32
popular book openings—ways to begin
the game—used by chess masters. Press
MODE , then OPTIONS , to display
OPEn OPEn
, and then press the LEFT or
RIGHT DIRECTION button to select
the number of the opening you want to
learn. (See below.) Press the
CLEAR key
to return to normal play.
Now play a move. If your move is not the
correct opening move, an error buzz will
sound. To learn the correct move press
HINT . When the computer comes back
with its move, you will briefly see the
word
OPEn OPEn
on the screen if you have
another opening move to make. If the
word
OPEn OPEn
does not appear, you may
continue normal play. You have complet-
ed the training for that opening line.
The names of the openings are:
1. Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
2. Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev Defense
3. Ruy Lopez, Exchange