Excalibur 375V, Руководство по эксплуатации

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the display.
To have your rating change, you must
complete a rated game on a tournament
or sudden death level.
When you are ready to play a rated game,
select the
rATE rATE
option.
1. Press MODE to see ModE2.
2. Press OPTIONS then the UP DIREC-
TION button repeatedly until you see
rATE rATE
appear.
3. Press LEFT or RIGHT DIRECTION
button to turn the option On.
4. Press CLEAR .
Finally select the Tournament Level or
Sudden Death Level you wish to play
against.
When O appears on the display, the game
you are playing can be rated. Since the
game you are playing is rated, you cannot
ask for a HINT, nor TAKEBACK a bad
move, nor use SETUP to improve your
position. You also cannot use the
NEW
GAME key to start over during a rated
game.
These conditions attempt to allow you to
experience what it is like to play a game
against an opponent in a rated tourna-
ment. In rated tournaments a chess clock
is always used, so that you play your
moves within agreed upon time limits.
Your LCD Chess computer has the chess
clock built in to it.
If you attempt to use the HINT , SETUP ,
TAKEBACK , or NEW GAME keys dur-
ing your rated game, LCD Chess will ask
"ARE YOU SURE", and say what result
(draw, win, or loss) will be scored if you
press the button one more time.
Using Setup Mode
At any time during a game when it is your
move, you may change the position on
the board by adding a piece, removing a
piece, or changing any of the pieces—for
example, from a queen to a knight.
Removing A Piece
Press MODE then a SETUP key. Use the
DIRECTION buttons to move the king
cross over a piece. Press MOVE to
remove the piece. Press CLEAR to con-
tinue the game.
Adding or Changing a Piece
Press MODE then a SETUP key. Now
press SETUP repeatedly to select the cor-
rect piece and use the
q
/
n
key to select
the correct color.
Use the DIRECTION buttons 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 allows
you to solve problems that you see in
magazines or newspapers, or that you
make up yourself. It also allows you to
enter game positions you want to play, or
During a rated game if you are winning
by 9.0 or more points and want LCD
Chess to resign, press
MODE then NEW
GAME . LCD Chess will say "ARE YOU
SURE I LOSE". LCD Chess will then
wait for you to press
NEW GAME once
more.