Touch Chess
II
Operating Manual
Model 404ET-CC
Congratulations on your purchase of
Excalibur Electronics’ Touch Chess II!
You’ve purchased both your own
personal chess trainer and 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 Touch Chess II.
Install two fresh, alkaline AAA batteries,
making sure to follow the diagram in
each battery slot so that the polarity (+ or
-) of the batteries is correct.
Replace the battery compartment panel.
When replacing the screw, secure it
gently, do not force or over-tighten it.
Play a 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
0 1
C H E S S
. This
indicates you are at the first move of the
game and ready to play chess. If it does
not display
0 1
C H E S S
, press
RESET
using a thin pointed object.
Unless you instruct it otherwise, Touch
Chess gives you the White pieces—the
ones at the bottom of the board. White
always moves first. You’re ready to play!
Besides deciding on a good move, you
have to move the piece in a way that
Touch Chess II will recognize what's
been played. Think of communicating
your move as a two-step process--
registering the
FROM
square and then
registering the
TO
square.
Press the stylus down gently on the
center of the piece on the
FROM
square.
Touch Chess will display the coordinates
of the
FROM
square-for example "E2."
Then press the stylus down gently on the
IMPORTANT NOTE:
When you are in check, you
have very few moves. If you find
you can’t select the move you
want to make, look for the ‘+’
check sign. You probably forgot
you are in check.
