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Users Guide for
Ivan II,
the Conqueror Talking Chess Set
Model 712
Modelo 712
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ongratulations on your purchase of Excalibur Table of Contents Electronics’ Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Installing Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . page 3 CSet! You’ve purchased both your own personal Layout of the Ivan II, the Conqueror Talking Chess Set chess trainer and a partner who’s always ready for a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4 game—and who can improve as you do! Talking and Functions of Keys and Special Features . . . . pa
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Layout of IVAN II, the Functions Keys and Special Conqueror Talking Chess Set Features the Conqueror Talking Chess NEW GAME KEY: Use this key CHESS PIECES Set. It displays HinT and flash- to start a new game. es a recommended move on the OFF/SAVE KEY: This key turns screen. If the hint is a book the unit off, automatically sav- move or a replay move, OPEN ing a game in progress. or RPLAY will be shown NOTE: If it is not “thinking,” CHESS instead of HINT. After pressing a Ivan II, the Conqueror
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SETUP KEY: Press this key to see page 4). You may press RATE: Turning this option ON Options Before the set up special positions (see AUTO to stop auto play. will enable your rating to be Game Starts page 9.) You can also use this updated if you select a tourna- REPEAT KEY: If you didn’t see OPEN: Select one of 32 book key to promote a pawn that ment or a sudden death type where Ivan II, the Conqueror opening lines of play (See page 7.) reaches your opponent’s back level to play against. Turn th
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SNDEF: Use this option to turn Setting it to ‘0’ will disable are in check. When an ‘O’ screen, you are being warned the sound effects off. scrolling altogether. appears on the screen, the game that one of your pieces is threat- you are playing can be rated. ened with capture. (This is simi- ANNC: Use this option to turn Special Displays When an ‘=’ appears, it indi- lar to the friendly “en garde” the move announcements off. Draw Messages: cates you are in two human warning sometimes used by CO
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ognize what's been played. re-sponse to your move. Ivan Promoting Pawns Special Situations Think of communicating your decides on his own move, of When your pawn reaches the Starting Play with move as a two step process–reg- course, and lets you know what other end of the board, Ivan II, the Black Pieces istering the FROM square and it is on the display below the the Conqueror Talking Chess When you want to play the then registering the TO square. LCD board. For example, if you Set will automa
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1 to 8 PLY. A ply is one half Taking Back a Capture Beginner Level Type Sudden Death Level Type move. After you take back a capture, Press the or the key to Press the or the key to PLY 1 PLY 2 PLY 3 PLY 4 the square of the captured piece select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or 15 select the amount of time in PLY 5 PLY 6 PLY 7 PLY 8 will then appear on the display. seconds per move. minutes for the entire game. If This is to remind you to put BE001 BE002 BE003 BE004 you run out of time you lose or MAtE S
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5. Scotch Four Knights that world chess champions given in many books on chess. they remain second nature. Like 6. Giuoco Piano play! At the beginning of a any great trainer, Ivan II, the Entering Your Own 7. Two Knights Defense game, you may choose to learn Conqueror Talking Chess Set Opening 8. Four Knights one of 32 popular book open- will play you these special prac- Ivan II, the Conqueror 9. Petroff’s Defense ings—ways to begin the game— tice games. Talking Chess Set also allows 10. Sicilia
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To have your rating change, upon time limits. Ivan II, the Mating-practice positions Adding or Changing you must complete a rated game Conqueror Talking Chess Set To win at chess, you have to a Piece on a tournament or sudden death has the chess clock built in to it. know how to checkmate! Just Press the SETUP key. Next level. If you attempt to use the HINT, knowing that you have enough press the key that indictaes the When you are ready to play a SETUP, TAKEBACK, or NEW GAME material to mate d
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On the large sensory board, will display DEMO, and say a captures it as part of the same Remarks about press the square the White king phrase. Finally press the move. The captured piece must Ivan II, the is on. Next press the square the OPTIONS key to hear Ivan II, the be immediately removed from Conqueror Talking Black king is on once to place a Conqueror Talking Chess Set at the chessboard by the player Chess Set White king there, and then again his talkative best. Press CLEAR making the capt
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1. The Queen can move to any one Queen on the board at the Special Moves square along the same row, col- same time. 1. Castling is a move of both umn, or diaganols on which it the King and either Rook which AC Operation stands, but cannot pass over an counts as a single move (of the 3. A Pawn can be promoted if enemy piece. (Optional) King) and is executed as dia- it advances all the way to the far 2. The Rook can move to any grammed below: We recommend using a DC side of the board. It is immedi
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Special Care & Handling Limited One-year Warranty • Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping. EXCALIBUR ELECTRONICS, INC., not allow limitations on the duration of warrants to the original consumer that implied warranties and do not allow • Avoid moisture and extreme temperatures. For best results, use its products are free from any electrical exclusion of incidental or consequen- between the temperatures of 39˚ F and 100˚ F (4˚ C and 38˚ C). or mechanical defects for a period of tial da
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