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Coopers of Stortford K698 Instructions For Use Manual

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Electronic Talking Chess Board Set
Please read and retain these instructions for future reference
ALWAYS USE ALKALINE BATTERIES.
DO NOT USE LITHIUM BATTERIES.
Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months due to small parts which could represent a choking
hazard. Use under Adult Supervision.
ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE:
Unpack the components carefully. Please check all parts have been removed
from the packaging.
Technical details
Product:
Microprocessor Type:
Rom Size:
Ram Size:
Oscillator Frequency:
Batteries:
Reset Switch:
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Chess Computer Games
8-Bit Single Chip Controller
256K Byte
704 Byte
4MHz
4 x AA (LR06) – Not included
Resets computer and clears its memory. Reset switch accessible through
player B's keyboard.
Instructions for Use
K698
Dimensions
(H) 25 x (W) 20 x (D) 2cm
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FOR LEARNING & IMPROVING SKILLS
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PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER OR WITH
A FRIENDS
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MAGNETIC CHESS THAT'S GREAT FOR
TRAVEL
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CAN SPEAK IN ENGLISH OR GERMAN
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8 GAMES IN 1 – CHESS, CHECKERS,
REVERSI, 4 IN ONE, FOX & GEESE
GRASSHOPPER, NIM, NORTHCOTE'S
GAME, HALMA
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SENSORY CHESS BOARD
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EXERCISE PROGRAM INSIDE TO HELP
BEGINNERS LEARN – CHESS TUTOR
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MULTIPLE SKILL LEVELS
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BATTERY OPERATED (4x AA) (not
included)
v001: 16/03/22

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  • Page 1 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Dimensions (H) 25 x (W) 20 x (D) 2cm • FOR LEARNING & IMPROVING SKILLS • PLAY AGAINST THE COMPUTER OR WITH A FRIENDS •...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Contents 1 Setting Up ................................5 1.1 Batteries ..............................5 1.2 Choice of Language .............................5 1.3 SWITCHING OFF/ON ...........................5 2 THE “HELP” FEATURE ............................5 3 THE MAIN MENU ...............................5...
  • Page 3 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.9.1 Before play starts ..........................15 5.9.2 The play ............................15 5.10 END OF THE GAME ..........................15 6 SPECIAL FEATURES ............................16 6.1 LEVELS OF PLAYING STRENGTH (GAMES OTHER THAN CHESS) ..............
  • Page 4 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 8.3.3 Continuing the game ........................30 8.3.4 Result of the game ..........................31 Battery Installation ............................32 IMPORTANT INFORMATION USE OF PLAYING PIECES...

  • Page 5: Setting Up

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 1 Setting Up 1.1 Batteries Insert the batteries into the compartment on the underside. Make sure they are the right way round (“+” matching with “+”).

  • Page 6: Choice Of Game

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 HINT see Section Number 6.2 To select an item, display it and press ENTER. (Instead, ESC returns to the previous situation.) 4 CHOICE OF GAME By selecting NEW GAME from the Main Menu then pressing ↑...

  • Page 7: Chess

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Errors: In Chess, if you try to play an illegal move, the computer will say “That move is not legal.” You can then press WHY? for an explanation, e.g.

  • Page 8: Special Moves

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 It can force checkmate in another 2 moves. Opening The move is in the computer’s “library” of standard openings. Press ESC twice, and carry out the computer’s move.

  • Page 9: Starting With Reduced Material

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.2.5 Starting with reduced material By selecting the appropriate mode (Section Number 5.2.1), you can start a game with 2 or 3 types of piece only.

  • Page 10: Chess Exercises ()

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 – To select the problem position that is currently displayed, press ENTER. Then press SWAP, and the computer will find and display the solution.

  • Page 11: Checkers

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.3 CHECKERS Press the squares you are moving from and to. For a multiple capture, press each square where the capturing piece lands.

  • Page 12: Four-In-A-Row

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.5 FOUR-IN-A-ROW The play takes place in a restricted area of the 8x8 board: The squares in the playing area are marked by “+”...

  • Page 13: Grasshopper

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.7. GRASSHOPPER Each player has 10 pieces which start the game in the area in the bottom corner on his right.

  • Page 14: Nim

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.8. NIM In the “default” starting position, there are 4 piles of pieces: The players take it in turns to remove pieces from the board.

  • Page 15: Northcote's Game

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 5.9 NORTHCOTE’S GAME The “default” starting position looks like this: The player with the white pieces begins by moving one piece forward.

  • Page 16: Special Features

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 6 SPECIAL FEATURES 6.1 LEVELS OF PLAYING STRENGTH (GAMES OTHER THAN CHESS) In games other than Chess, the levels are numbered 1-10. Level 1 is fastest and weakest. To inspect and alter the level: (1) Select LEVEL from the Main Menu (Section Number 3), so that the level number “blinks”.
  • Page 17 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 – The symbol of a piece type (except in Nim). – The co-ordinates of a square where a piece can be inserted or removed.

  • Page 18: Options

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 6.6 OPTIONS You can adjust various parameters after selecting OPTIONS from the Main Menu (Section Number 3). This displays the first item in the “Options Sub-menu”. Press  or  repeatedly to view all the items: SOUNDS see Section Number 6.6.1...

  • Page 19: Language

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 In “referee” mode there are no hints (Section Number 6.2) or “tutor” messages (Section Number 6.6.6). 6.6.5 Language To alter the language of the messages: (1) Select LANGUAGE from the Options sub-menu (Section Number 6.6).

  • Page 20: Appendix: The Rules Of Chess, Checkers And Reversi

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Returns from a sub-menu to the Main Menu, or from the Main Menu to normal playing conditions. Used in some other cases to clear a message from the bottom line and allow play to proceed.

  • Page 21: The Moves

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 The most important piece is the king, since the object of the game is to put your opponent’s king in a position where it cannot avoid being captured.
  • Page 22 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 (c) The rook moves horizontally or vertically, any number of squares at once. (d) The bishop moves diagonally, any number of squares at a time.
  • Page 23 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 (f) The ordinary move of the pawn is simply one square straight forward – it cannot retreat. When making a capture, the pawn moves one square diagonally forward.

  • Page 24: Check And Checkmate - Winning The Game

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 The white pawn can advance one square or two. In either case the black pawn may capture it, giving the position on the right.

  • Page 25: Castling

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 If a player whose king is in check is unable to move out of check, his opponent has delivered checkmate (or “mate”), and has won.

  • Page 26: Stalemate - Drawn Game

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Note that a player may not castle in the following circumstances: – If there is any piece (of either colour) in between the king and the rook.

  • Page 27: How To Play Checkers

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 8.2 HOW TO PLAY CHECKERS 8.2.1 The Checkers board and pieces Checkers (or Draughts) is played on an 8x8 chequered board, but the pieces only move on squares of one colour.
  • Page 28 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Multiple captures: If a capturing piece lands on a square from which it can make another capture, then it must do so – as part of the same move. In the left-hand diagram below, the black man on a1 must capture the white man on b2, landing on c3.

  • Page 29: The King And How It Moves

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 8.2.4 The king and how it moves When a man reaches the far side of the board it is immediately “crowned” – promoted to a king. (To show this on a traditional Checkers board, we place one man on top of another.) Kings can move (and capture)

  • Page 30: Beginning The Game

    Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 8.3.2 Beginning the game Black places a piece on one of the four central squares: d4, e4, d5 or e5. White responds by placing a piece on another of these squares.
  • Page 31 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 In the left-hand position below, Black may play at e2. Then the white pieces on e3, e4 and e5 are enclosed in an unbroken vertical line between the new black piece and the one on e6.
  • Page 32 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Battery Installation 1 Place the game face down on a flat surface and locate the battery compartment on the bottom of the unit.
  • Page 33 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 DISPOSAL • Coopers of Stortford use recyclable or recycled packaging where possible. • Please dispose of all packaging, paper, cartons, packaging in accordance with your local recycling regulations. •...
  • Page 34 Instructions for Use Electronic Talking Chess Board Set K698 Please read and retain these instructions for future reference v001: 16/03/22 Page No. 34...

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