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Touch Chess
Operating Manual
Model 404
Congratulations on your purchase of Touch Chess gives you the W h i t e
pieces—the ones at the bottom of the
Excalibur Electronics’ Touch Chess!
board. White always moves first.
You’ve purchased both your own person-
al chess trainer and a partner who’s
The way you select and make your move
always ready for a game—and who can
is very simple. Think of communicating
improve as you do!
your move as a two-step process—regis-
tering the from square and then regi
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Function Keys Your Excalibur Touch Chess is packed with features! Each There are more special features than there are function keys! So each key has two key has two labels. To activate the feature named at the labels. bottom label, just press the key. For the feature given at The bottom label shows the primary the top label, first press MODE and then the key. function of the key. The top label its sec- Your Touch Chess partner is packed with ondary function. Secondary Key Functions move on the
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backs. When you want to claim a win, draw, or computer is thinking, and the computer : When this option is turned on , all legal moves for the selected piece will want to resign—press the MODE key will stop thinking and play the best move be shown at one time. and then START. it’s found so far. How to Update Your Rating: While viewing your rating with the ‘O’ : When turned on, this option will Screen symbols Auto Play symbol on, the first press of the display the score, depth of search (num- Wh
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4. Ruy Lopez Archangel Defense reached. Now press M O D E t h e n preference for attack at all costs, and check, he could play … Rxc1+ with mate next. Anderssen was one of the most ingenious But if Black can't take the rook—with either 5. Giuoco Piano O P T I O N S until the display reads attackers of all time. After 18. Bd6, he gives his king or queen—he loses in all variations. 6. Scotch Game . Use +NEXT to set the number away both of his rooks and his queen! In the And by not taking it, he i
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while the English champion Thomas develops But Black is forced to take the rook a move to slay the dragon. structure by move 14. This gives him a "beach- (gets his pieces off the back rank and into play) later and mate follows on the same square. head" on e5 and makes it hard for Black to too slowly. By 10. Qh5, White is already 14. Boris Spassky vs. Tigran Petr o s i a n , counterattack in the center, which is the stan- threatening an all-out blitzkrieg. His brilliant 11. Mikhail Botvinnik vs.
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Adding or Changing a Piece in the problem or position are completely game. Castling cannot occur if: Press MODE then the -SETUP key. Now set up. Finally, press MODE to play or to Individual Moves a) the King has already been moved. press the square you want to modify. Use have Touch Chess analyze the position. Turn on the feature under b) the Rook has already been moved. the -SETUP or +NEXT keys to choose OPTIONS(see page 4.) All legal moves c) there is any piece between the King the correct pie
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Special Care Battery Information • Avoid rough handling such as bumping or • Your Touch Chess uses 3 AG-13 batteries. dropping. • Do not mix old and new batteries. • Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. • Install batteries so that the polarity For best results, use between the tempera (+ and -) matches the diagrams in the bat tures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4ºC and 38ºC). terycompartment. • Clean using only a slightly damp cloth. Do not use cleaners with chemical agents. • Use only batterie
