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With this unique weapon in his hands,he could not be vanquished. Although Excalibur Electro n i c s c a n ’t claim the magical secre t s of Merl i n , King A rt h u r ’s court w i z a rd , sometimes our patented t e c h n o l ogy may make it seem as if we could. E l e c t ronic Chess is another unmatched innova t i o n of Excalibur Electro n i c s . We make you think. Excalibur Electronic Chess TABLEOF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . page 4 CHAPTER2:Play Right Away. . . . . . . . . .page 4 2.1 Getting Started 2.2 How to Register Your Move 2.3 Notes on Special Moves CHAPTER 3:Key Functions................ page5 3.1 OFF/SAVE Key 3.2 ON/CLEAR Key 3.3 NEW GAME Key 3.4 TAKEBACK Key 3.5 SET UP Key 3.6 VERIFY Key 3.7 MULTI-MOVE Key 3.8 HINT Key 3.9 LEVEL Key 3.10 MOVE Key 3.11 SOUND Key 3.12 MODE Key 3.13 BLACK/WHITE Key CHAPTER 4: Setting Up Special Positions. . . . . . . page7 CHAPTER 5: Special Features.................page 8 CHAPTER 6:Troubleshooting............... page8 CHAPTER 7:Rules & Tips................ page9 CHAPTER 8: Special Care & Batteries. . . . . . . . . page11 CHAPTER 9: Limited One-Year Warranty. . . . . page11 CHAPTER I: Installing Batteries To insert new batteries, carefully turn your Electronic Chess so that the display side is face-down. Remove the battery- compartment panel on the left by losening the screw and using your thumbnail to pull up gently on the raised latch. Install three fresh 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 by fitting the two tabs into their receptacles and pushing down on the panel lightly. Re-tighten the screw, but be sure not to over-tighten it. CHAPTER 2: Play Right Away 2.1 Getting Started After you have installed the batteries, the LCD will show PLAY. (If it doesn’t, press the ACL button on the back of the unit.) This indicates you are at the first move of the game. Set up the magnetic chess pieces, found in the piece-storage compartment located next to the battery compartment, according to the chess rules found in Chapter 7.. Excalibur Electronic’s Sabre gives you the white pieces—the ones at the bottom of the board. White always moves first. (You’ll see a white square at the bottom of the LCD indicating it is White’s turn to move.) Your Electronic Chess is equipped with a sensory board. The way you select and make your move is very simple. Think of communicating your move as a two-step process—registering the from square and then registering the to square of the move you wish to make. 2.2 How to Register Your Move To make a move, press down lightly on the from square with the bottom edge of the piece or pawn you wish to move. You will hear a beep, and the coordinate of that square will appear in the LCD. (You might see, for example, E2...) Next press down on the to square, the square you wish to move the piece or pawn to. You’ll hear another beep letting you know your move has been registered. If you hear an error buzz, you have made an illegal move, and the illegal move will appear on the screen. To take back that illegal move and make a different move, simply press first on the to square and then on the from square again to cancel the illegal move. After yo u ’ve successfully made yo u r move, Electronic Chess will reply with its move shown automatically on the LCD, for example E7E5. (You’ll also notice a black square appearing on the LCD, indicating that it is now Black’s move.) Next make the computer’s move accordingly, pressing down with the bottom edge of 4 the pawn or piece on the designated from square and then on the to square. The chess computer will beep, and the white square will appear again in the LCD to indicate it is White’s turn again to move. 2.3 Note on special moves The castling maneuver does require the rook move also to be registered by pressing on the rook move squares. Also, en passant capturing requires the captured pawn square to be pressed. (Refer to Rules and Tips for more information on these special moves.) CHAPTER 3: Key Functions Your Excalibur Electronic Chess partner has many valuable special features that can help you learn to play better and better chess—and to have a lot of fun! 3.1 OFF/SAVE Key This key turns the unit off, automatically saving a game in progress. (Press this key when it is your move.) Use the ON key to resume the game. 3.2 ON/CLEAR Key Use this key to turn on Electronic Chess. Also press it to clear an incorrect “from square” entry or to exit from other modes such as VERIFY or LEVEL. (See below.) 3.3 NEW GAME Key Press this key either to begin a new game or to clear the computer’s memory. 3.4 TAKEBACK Key This key lets you take back a move yo u ’ve decided against. (Press TA K E BACK only when it is your turn.) To take back your move, first press TAKEBACK and then press on the squares of the computer’s reply move, in reverse order, as indicated on the LCD. N...