Selecting An Opponent; Using Opening Books - Radio Shack E-Chess Owner's Manual

SELECTING AN
OPPONENT
The computer lets you select the op-
ponent you want to play. You can
play against the computer, against
another person, or have the computer
play itself.
Note: You can select an opponent at
any time.
The computer is normally set so you
play against it. Follow these steps to
set the computer so you can play
against another person or have the
computer play itself.
CEZ; CEZ; CEZ; CEZ;
1. Press . appears.
SHIFT
2. Repeatedly press
FB7Oh FB7Oh FB7Oh FB7Oh
until appears.
MOVE
3. Repeatedly press
NEXT PIECE
& & & &
until
LAST PIECE
have the computer play itself),
appears (to play against the
( ( ( (
computer), or appears (to play
against another person).
4. Press , then press
CLEAR/ON
twice
OPTIONS/MOVE
& & & &
selected in Step 3. If you
( ( ( (
selected in Step 3,
5. Press
OPTIONS/MOVE
time to stop auto play.

USING OPENING BOOKS

The computer's opening book memo-
ry contains 34 major opening strate-
16
gies so the computer can respond
more rapidly during a game's opening
moves.
You can select any of the following
opening books.
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
OPTIONS/
7
8
or 9
appears (to
10
' ' ' '
11
12
13
14
if you
15
3 3 3 3
appears.
16
at any
17
18
19
20
Advanced Chess Functions
Opening Book Name
Ruy Lopez,
Exchange Variation
Ruy Lopez,
Closed Defense
Ruy Lopez, Open Defense
Ruy Lopez,
Archangel Defense
Gluoco Piano
Scotch Game
Four Knights
Petroff Defense
Vienna Game
Sicilian, Classical Defense
Sicilian,
Accelerated Defense
Sicilian, Rossolimo Attack
Sicilian, Dragon Variation
Sicilian,
Scheveningen Variation
Sicilian, Najdorf Variation
Sicilian, Moscow Variation
Caro-Kann Defense
Panov-Botvinnik Attack
French Defense,
Winawer Variation
French Defense,
Classical Defense