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- Page 1 King King OPERATING MANUAL www.ExcaliburElectronics.com thur thur English p. 2 Model No. 915-3...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
ENGLISH ongratulations! You now own King Arthur, not just a terrific chess player, but your own personal chess trainer. You’ll be amazed at his strong, insightful play and delighted by his many unique features, those that make playing chess and improving fun! One of these innovative features is the LCD that automatically shows you the current board position, and lots of other information, at all times! - Page 3 CHAPTER 9: SETTING UP SPECIAL POSITIONS CHAPTER 10: IMPORTANT TECHNICAL DETAILS page 23 . . . page 25 Piece training positions The mini-games The mating-practice positions Mate-problem training Opening book trainer: learning book openings the easy way, with King Arthur’s help!
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Page 4: Installing The Batteries
ENGLISH KING ARTHUR CHAPTER 1: QUICK START & BASICS Be sure to read this section. It the pressure-catch at the bottom contains information not dupli- of the lid. Push up and then pull cated in the rest of this manual. out. -
Page 5: Putting A Game "On Hold
ENGLISH If you make an illegal move, King Arthur will sound a lower tone and display the TO and FROM squares necessary to move the piece back to its previous square. When this happens, you must follow the standard procedure of pushing on the FROM and TO squares to get the piece back in its previous position. -
Page 6: Chapter 2: Key Functions & General Layout
ENGLISH KING ARTHUR CHAPTER 2: KEY FUNCTIONS & GENERAL LAYOUT Physical chess pieces SETUP Key Add or remove pieces and enter special positions. HINT Key Obtain a hint. AUTO Key Watch King Arthur play himself. LEVEL Key Change skill levels. NEW GAME Key TAKEBACK Key Start a new game. -
Page 7: Starting A New Game
ENGLISH KING ARTHUR CHAPTER 3: SPECIAL KEYS & FEATURES 3.1 Starting a new game up at your end—close to the LCD. If you want to start a new Of course, the labels on the game, simply push the NEW squares can’t change. So when GAME button when it’s not playing White, if King Arthur King Arthur’s move. -
Page 8: Changing Levels Of Play
ENGLISH 3.7 Changing levels the number of the current move. of play If instead you want to display the piece-score of your current You can change levels by position to see quickly who’s pressing the LEVEL key to ahead in material, turn on the increase the level one at a time. -
Page 9: Turning Off The Sound
ENGLISH Press the BOARD key. The sound on, “1” - No sound on, or pieces on the LCD chessboard “0” - No sound except for error will disappear—you are now buzzes. Turn this option off by “blindfolded”! Play chess by pressing >. -
Page 10: Chapter 4: Getting A Rating At The Round Table
That’s all there is to it. stand that your rating won’t King Arthur will automatically change until you “submit” adjust your rating. However, games to the Round Table for when you checkmate King rating. Arthur, he will display “LOSE.” Before updating your rating, you... -
Page 11: Draw
ENGLISH happens, you can push the be displayed. (Stalemate occurs THREAT key, and King Arthur when one of the players has no will flash the threatening move. legal moves but is not in check. Stalemate is one of the ways a Draw Messages game can be drawn.) 5.5 Draw... -
Page 12: Promoting Pawns
ENGLISH and you have to move the king pawn to a queen, since this is the first. best choice in nearly every case. Whether you’re castling king- In the unlikely event you want to side or queenside, first move promote your pawn to a piece and press your king down on its other than a queen, use King FROM square (if castling king-... -
Page 13: Infinite Search
You can practice in eight dif- tice games. ferent training positions. There are five special mini-games and Press MODE until “TrAIn” is three mating-practice positions. displayed. Then press >. Look at the LCD to see which of the The mini-games mini-games are displayed. -
Page 14: The Mating-Practice Positions
Mate-problem training fledged chess games! You can further hone your checkmating skills and have fun The mating-practice at the same time by solving the... -
Page 15: Great Games
One of the many extra features offered by King Arthur that is Defense, Petrosian Variation both great chess training and a lot of fun is the Great Games. Over the centuries there have been many chess masterpieces that players have recorded, stud- ied, and passed down to follow- ing generations. - Page 16 ENGLISH ers know many such games by automatically give you the win- heart. ning side. Make the best move King Arthur gives you 16 such you find! games to enjoy and study. King Arthur will give you What’s more, you play the win-...
- Page 17 ENGLISH 6. Gaudersen vs. Paul, Melbourne, 1928 queen's rook and bishop seem to be waiting This "miniature" of only 15 moves, starts off for the next game. They don't have long to as a French Defense in which White plays wait.
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Page 18: Chapter 9: Setting Up Special Positions
ENGLISH queen. If 26. … Qxh6, then White plays 27. pieces—for example, from a Qxh6+ and will mate on h7. knight to a queen. Obviously, At any time during a game this feature lets you strengthen when it is your move, you may your side of the game or the change the position on the board computer’s, resurrect lost pieces,... -
Page 19: Chapter 10: Important Technical Details
ENGLISH press it until the king is the cor- appears in the right color on rect color. (You won’t be permit- your display. ted to leave the SETUP mode Follow this procedure until all until both the White and Black the pieces in the problem or king are placed.) position are completely set up. -
Page 20: Battery Information
ENGLISH 10.3 Battery Information 10.4 Limited One-Year Warranty CAUTION: BATTERIES EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., war- SHOULD BE REMOVED rants to the original consumer that its prod- AND REPLACED BY ucts are free from any electrical or mechan- ADULTS ONLY. ical defects for a period of ONE YEAR from King Arthur uses 3 AA bat- the date of purchase. - Page 21 Excalibur Electronics, Inc. 13755 SW 119th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33186 U.S.A. Phone: 305.477.8080 Fax: 305.477.9516 Play games live at: www.ExcaliburElectronics.com...