Turning The Sound On/Off; Adjusting The Contrast; Basic Chess Instructions; The Chess Board - Radio Shack E-Chess Owner's Manual

To continue playing the current game,
press .
CLEAR/ON
TURNING THE SOUND
ON/OFF
The computer normally sounds beeps
during a game and every time you
press a button. Follow these steps to
turn the sound on or off.
CEZ; CEZ; CEZ; CEZ;
1. Press . appears.
SHIFT
2. Repeatedly press
IEKdZ IEKdZ
IEKdZ IEKdZ
until appears.
MOVE
3. Repeatedly press
NEXT PIECE
& & & &
until
LAST PIECE
ˆ

Basic Chess Instructions

THE CHESS BOARD

Following international chess nota-
tion, the chess board is made up of 8
vertical rows called files, and 8 hori-
zontal rows called ranks.
Each file (left to right) is designated
by a letter of the alphabet (A through
H), and consists of 8 squares alter-
nately colored green and silver.
Each rank (bottom to top) is designat-
ed by a number (1 through 8), and
also consists of 8 squares alternately
colored green and silver.
Note: The silver and green squares
are referred to as "white" and "black,"
6
except error beep),
sound), or
appears.
To continue playing the current game,
press
CLEAR/ON
ADJUSTING THE
CONTRAST
1. Press
2. Repeatedly press
until the contrast you want to see
OPTIONS/
appears.
or To continue playing the current game,
(no sound press
CLEAR/ON
respectively, throughout the rest of
this manual.

THE GAME PIECES

There are 16 white and 16 black piec-
es, 32 in all. Each color has these
pieces.
Each kind of piece moves in a differ-
ent way.
«# ª
/
number of squares vertically or hori-
zontally, but it cannot move through a
square occupied by another piece.
¥# ¤
/
shaped pattern. It moves 2 squares
Basic Chess Instructions
' ' ' '
(no key
( ( ( (
(all sounds on)
again.
CEZ; CEZ; CEZ; CEZ;
. appears.
SHIFT
/UNDO
again.
(rook) — can move any
(knight) — moves in an L-