Excalibur 404 manual

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    T ouch Chess Operating Manual Model 404 Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Electronics’ Touch Chess! Y ou’ve purchased both your own person- al chess trainer and a partner who’s always ready for a game—and who can improve as you do! Install the Batteries If your unit has a Pull T ab, simply pull the tab. Y ou may discard the tab [...]

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    Y our Excalibur T ouch Chess is packed with features! Each key has two labels. T o activate the feature named at the bottom label, just press the key. For the feature given at the top label, first press MODE and then the key. 2 3 move on the screen. T o make the hint move, just press the MOVE key . If the hint is a book move or a replay move, or wi[...]

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    4 5 : When this option is turned on , all legal moves for the selected piece will be shown at one time. : When turned on, this option will display the score, depth of search (num- ber of moves T ouch Chess is "thinking ahead"), best move it is considering playing, and clock times. These will be displayed while the computer is thinking at [...]

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    6 7 4. Ruy Lopez Archangel Defense 5. Giuoco Piano 6. Scotch Game 7. Four Knights 8. Petroff Defense 9. Vienna Game 10. Sicilian, Classical Defense 11. Sicilian, Accelerated Dragon 12. Sicilian, Rossolimo Attack 13. Sicilian, Dragon V ariation 14. Sicilian, Scheveningen V ariation 15. Sicilian, Najdorf V ariation 16. Sicilian, Moscow V ariation 17.[...]

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    while the English champion Thomas develops (gets his pieces off the back rank and into play) too slowly. By 10. Qh5, White is already threatening an all-out blitzkrieg. His brilliant queen sacrifice 11. Qxh7 is followed by a dev- astating discovered double check , 12. Nxf6++. Then Black's king has to walk the plank, all the way across the boar[...]

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    Adding or Changing a Piece Press MODE then the -SETUP key. Now press the square you want to modify. Use the -SETUP or +NEXT keys to choose the correct piece. Press the MODE key to continue. 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 you[...]

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    Special Care • A void rough handling such as bumping or dropping. • A void moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use between the tempera tures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4ºC and 38ºC). • Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleaners with chemical agents. Battery Information • Y our T ouch Chess uses 3 AG-13 batterie[...]