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Excalibur 404ET-CC manual

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  • Page 1

    T ouch Chess II Operating Manual Model 404ET -CC Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Electronics’ T ouch Chess II! Y ou’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-compartm[...]

  • Page 2

    2 3 GO KEY Press this key twice befor e you register your move to switch sides (colors) with your T ouch Chess II. (Between presses, the display will show FLIP .) Also use GO to replay moves in the takeback move mode (see " UNDO ,” on page 2). Menu Options Menu Options Before the Game Starts OPEN : Use the Undo or the Hint key to select one [...]

  • Page 3

    4 5 if you are losing and a draw if the position is equal. If you are sure, press the key once more, otherwise press CLEAR . If the score is greater than 9.0, you can claim a victory with the NWGAM option. SOUND : Use this option to turn the sound On or off. FLiP : Use this option to turn the chess board around. SLEEP : Adjust the automatic shut of[...]

  • Page 4

    Piece T raining There are five special mini-games and three mate training positions. The most famous and successful chess teachers in the world take their beginning students from the simple to the complex by having 7 6 B 001 B 002 B 003 B 004 B 005 B 007 B 010 B 015 Fixed T ime Level T ype Press the Undo or Hint button to select 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15,[...]

  • Page 5

    8 9 training mini games. The Black king will be in the center of the board in those positions. Select one of those positions to practice and improve your technique to checkmate your opponent’ s king. 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 ch[...]

  • Page 6

    1 1 10 3. A Pawn can be promoted if it advances all the way to the far side of the board. It is immediately promoted, as part of the same move, into a Queen, Rook, Bishop, or Knight, whichever its owner chooses. Since a Queen is the most powerful piece, it is nearly always chosen as the promotion piece. Through the promotion process, there may be m[...]

  • Page 7

    pièce de façon à ce que T ouch Chess reconnaisse ce qui a été joué. V ous communiquez votre coup en un processus de deux étapes : l’enregistrement de la case de DÉP ART et l’enregistrement de la case d’ARRIVÉE. Appuyez le stylet doucement au centre de la pièce sur la case de DÉP ART . T ouch Chess affichera les coordonnées de la c[...]

  • Page 8

    Options de menu avant le début de la partie OPEN : Utilisez le bouton Hint ou Undo pour sélectionner l’une des 32 lignes de coups d’ouverture (voir page 4). TRAIN : Utilisez le bouton Hint ou Undo pour sélectionner l’une des huit positions de pratique. Les positions avec le Roi noir au milieu vous permet de pratiquer votre échec et mat au[...]

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    INFO : Si vous activez cette fonction, elle affiche le pointage, la profondeur de la recherche (nombre de coups auxquels T o u c h C h e s s « pense à l’avance »), le meilleur coup qu’il pense jouer et la minuterie. Ces informations seront affichées pendant que l’ordinateur pense à ses niveaux maximum. RA TE : L ’activation de cette op[...]

  • Page 10

    vous désirez apprendre (voir ci-dessous). Appuyez sur la touche CLEAR pour revenir au jeu normal. Jouez un coup. Si votre coup n’est pas le bon coup d’ouverture, un bip d’erreur sera émis. Pour apprendre le bon coup d’ouverture, appuyez sur HINT . Lorsque l’ordinateur vous montre son coup, vous verrez brièvement à l’écran le mot OP[...]

  • Page 11

    Appuyez sur le bouton Hint ou Undo pour sélectionner la durée en format HEURES:MINUTES et jouer le nombre de coups indiqués à gauche de l’écran. Si vous manquez de temps et que vous ne pouvez pas jouer le nombre de coups indiqués, vous perdez et FORFT apparaîtra à l’écran. Après chaque coup, vous bénéficiez de 10 secondes supplémen[...]

  • Page 12

    Formation avec les Rois et les pions Assurez-vous d’abord d’être au début de la partie. Appuyez maintenant sur MENU jusqu’à ce qu’apparaisse TRAIN. Appuyez ensuite sur la touche ?. Les mini parties comprennent toujours le Roi et les pions des deux côtés. En fait, une mini partie ne contient que ces pièces (voir l’illustration à gau[...]

  • Page 13

    icônes de couleur CLEAR indiqueront le côté qui doit jouer . Suivez cette procédure jusqu’à ce que toutes les pièces dans le problème ou la position soient entièrement établies. En dernier lieu, appuyez sur CLEAR pour jouer ou pour demander à T ouch Chess d’analyser la position. REMARQUE : V ous devez placer un Roi blanc et un Roi noi[...]

  • Page 14

    passant s’il s’agit d’une réponse à l’avance de deux cases d’un pion adverse et si le pion est adjacent à ce pion adverse. Prise d’un pion blanc illustrée ci-dessous : 3. La promotion d’un pion a lieu quand il avance jusqu’à l’autre bout de l’échiquier . Le pion se transforme alors immédiatement, dans le même coup, en Re[...]

  • Page 15

    Excalibur Electronics, Inc. 13755 SW 1 19th Avenue Miami, Florida 33186 Phone: 305.477.8080 Fax: 305.477.9516 Please Visit Us At: www .ExcaliburElectronics.com 404ET -CC T ouCheII 053007 v2[...]