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Talking
LCD Chess
Operating Manual
Model 375V
Congratulations on your purchase of
Excalibur Electronics' LCD Chess!
You'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! Talking and audio
sounds add another dimension to your
LCD Chess computer for increased
enjoyment and play value.
Install the Batteries
Using a small Phillips screwdriver,
remove the battery-compartment panel
screw on the back of LCD Chess. Then
remove the panel by pulling gently from
the top. Install three fresh, alkaline AAA
batteries, making sure to follow the dia-
gram in each battery slot so that the polar-
ity (+ or -) of the batteries is correct.
Replace the battery compartment panel.
When replacing the screw, secure it gen-
tly, 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
indicates you are at the first move of the
game and ready to play chess. If it does
CHESS, press RESET
CHESS
not display
01
01
using a thin pointed object.
CHESS. This
CHESS
01
01
Unless you instruct it otherwise, LCD
Chess gives you the White pieces—the
ones at the bottom of the board. White
always moves first. You're ready to play!
The way you select and make your move
is very simple, but the eight - direction
rocker button may be difficult to use at
first. It is different from some video game
controllers because it allows diagonal
movement.
For up, down, left and right movements,
it helps if you push the button straight out
away from the center of the rocker. Do
not press in the center of the rocker,
because you may cause a diagonal move-
ment to occur.
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.

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Summary of Contents for Excalibur 375V

  • Page 1 LCD Chess Operating Manual Model 375V Congratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Electronics’ LCD Chess! You’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! Talking and audio...
  • Page 2 • Push the DIRECTION rocker in any direction and the White queen’s knight (the piece on the bottom, left) will flash on and off. The LCD will also show FrOm. Then move the circular rocker FrOm button—to the right, left, up, down or diagonally—until the piece or pawn you want to move flashes on and off.
  • Page 3 Your Excalibur LCD Chess is packed with features! Each key has two labels. To activate the feature named below the key, just press the key. To enjoy the feature given above the key, first press MODE and then the key.
  • Page 4 Options Before the Game Starts OPEn: Select one of 32 book opening OPEn lines of play. (See page 5.) TrAIn: Select one of eight training TrAIn positions. Positions with the Black king in the middle give you practice in check- mating the Black king.
  • Page 5 Playing the Black Pieces When you want to play the Black pieces (to let LCD Chess move first) press the MOVE key before you make your first move as White. You’ll see the White and Black pieces switch places immediately! Draw Messages During the game, your LCD Chess will display the word DrAW...
  • Page 6 4. Scotch Game 5. Scotch Four Knights 6. Giuoco Piano 7. Two Knights Defense 8. Four Knights 9. Petroff’s Defense 10. Sicilian Alapin Variation 11. Sicilian, Najdorf Variation 12. Sicilian, Dragon Variation 13. Sicilian, Keres Attack 14. Caro-Kann Defense 15. Panov-Botvinnik Attack 16.
  • Page 7 Time Level "inf" is infinite time, and will only stop thinking when the MOVE key is pressed, or a mate is found. F:E0:01 F:E0:02 F:E0:03 F:E0:05 F:E0:10 F:E0:15 F:E0:20 F:E0:30 F:E0:45 F:E1:00 F:E1:30 F:E2:00 F:E2:30 F:E3:00 F:E5:00 F:Ei:nF F:A0:01 F:A0:02 F:A0:03 F:A0:05 F:A0:10 F:A0:15 F:A0:20 F:A0:30 F:A0:45 F:A1:00 F:A1:30 F:A2:00 F:A2:30 F:A3:00 F:A5:00 F:Ai:nF...
  • Page 8 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.
  • Page 9 that you want LCD Chess to look at, per- haps using the Infinite Search level. Normally, it is easier to start from an empty board to set up such problems. So first, press MODE then OPTIONS then the UP direction button until CLrBr (clear board) is displayed.
  • Page 10 same move. The captured piece must be immediately removed from the chess- board by the player making the capture. 5. When one player moves into a position whereby he can attack the King, the King is in “Check”. His opponent must either a) move the King b) block the path of the attacking piece with another piece, or...
  • Page 11: Special Care

    • Use only batteries of the same type and equivalency. • Remove exhausted batteries from the unit. • Do not short circuit battery terminals. Excalibur Electronics reserves the right to make technical changes without notice in the interest of progress. The only authorized service center in the United States is: Excalibur Electronics, Inc.
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