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Deluxe Talking
Touch Chess
Operating Manual
Model 404D
Congratulations on your purchase of
Excalibur Electronics’ Deluxe Talking
Touch Chess! You’ve purchased both
your own personal chess trainer and a
partner who’s always ready for a game—
and who can improve as you do! Talking
and audio sounds add another dimension
to your Touch Chess computer for
increased enjoyment and play value.
Install the Batteries
With Touch Chess facedown, find the
if you would like her to speak Engish. If
battery door
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Touch Chess will recognize what's been played. Think of communicating your move as a two-step process--registering the FROM square and then registering the TO square. Function Keys Press the stylus down gently on the cen- and Special Features ter of its FROM square. Touch Chess will say and display the coordinates of the NEW GAME KEY FROM square-for example "E2." Then Use this key to start a new game. press the stylus down gently on the CLEAR KEY square you want to move it to - for exam- Use
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MOVE key to force Touch Chess to stop OPTION KEY thinking. Also use MOVE to replay Pressing the OPTION key displays the moves in the takeback move mode (see last changed option. To select or change "UNDO,” left). an option, use the YES or the NO key. To view a different option, repeatedly press SETUP KEY the OPTION or the UNDO key. Press this key to set up special positions (see page 8.) You can also use this key to Options Before the Game Starts promote a pawn that reaches your oppo- OPEN: Sel
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before the game is completed. If the score been no pawn moved and no exchanges is greater than 9.0, you can claim a victo- for 50 moves. When either of these situa- ry with the NEW GAME key. tion takes place, the rules of chess state that a player can claim a draw. If you CLRBR: Use this option to clear the wish, you can ignore the message and chess board for easier problem setup. continue the game. When a stalemate is Pressing the SETUP key now, will enter reached, the display will read SSTTAAL
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If you want to hear where the piece is that Auto Play is being threatened press on the word If you would like to watch Touch Chess WHERE. finish a game for you automatically, press If you do not want to be warned of the PLAYER key repeatedly to set the threats, press OPTION repeatedly until number of players to zero. Now press the COACH is displayed. Press NO until MOVE key and watch the game play OFF appears and finally press CLEAR itself. You may stop auto play at any time to continue play.
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nite time, and Touch Chess will only stop 35 TE130 45 TE155 40 TE200 45 TE225 thinking when the MOVE key is pressed, 40 TA030 45 TA045 40 TA100 40 TA130 or a mate is found. 35 TA130 45 TA155 40 TA200 45 TA225 FE001 FE002 FE003 FE005 40 TH030 45 TH045 40 TH100 40 TH130 35 TH130 45 TH155 40 TH200 45 TH225 FE010 FE015 FE020 FE030 FE045 FE100 FE130 FE200 Ply Level Type FE230 FE300 FE500 FEinF Press the YES or the NO key to select the depth of search from 1 to 8 ply. A ply
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screen if you have another opening move opening you invent—to practice. Press to make. If the word OPEN does not the PLAYER key repeatedly to set play- appear, you may continue normal play. ers to 2. Then make moves for both sides You have completed the training for that until the opening position you want to opening line. practice is reached. Now repeatedly press PLAYER again to set players to 1. Press The names of the openings are: CLEAR and play against the computer in 1. Ruy Lopez, Open Defe
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The other four mini-games use kings and position. You also cannot use the NEW pawns, but add a different single piece to GAME key to start over during a rated the exercise-knight, bishop, rook, and game. then queen. These conditions attempt to allow you to Start with the basic king and pawns mini- experience what it is like to play a game game. against an opponent in a rated tourna- ment. In rated tournaments a chess clock Make your first move. Your object, as in is always used, so that you
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Adding or Changing a Piece which color is to move. You may change the color of the side to move by pressing First press the SETUP key. Notice the pieces above the word SETUP on the dis- the symbol above the word SETUP. play. Press the piece above the word Finally, press CLEAR to play or to have SETUP you want to place on the board. Touch chess analyze the position. Then press the square until the piece appears as the correct color on the chess- Computers can sometimes board. Press CLEAR to con
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same move. The captured piece must be squares forward. When capturing, it immediately removed from the chess- moves diaganolly (forward) one square. board by the player making the capture. See also en passent (below.) 5. When one player moves into a position 6. The King can move one square in any whereby he can attack the King, the King direction, as long as it is not attacked by is in “Check”. His opponent must either an enemy piece. See also Castling(below) a) move the King b) block the path o
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Since a Queen is the most powerful piece, it is nearly always chosen as the promo- tion piece. Through the promotion process, there may be more than one Queen on the board at the same time. Some Tips on Chess 1. Castle your King into safety as soon as possible. 2. If you control the center squares you will achieve an advantage. To do this move your center Pawns and develop your Bishops and Knights early in the game. 3. Take advantage of capture situations, particulary if you will gain material.
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may cause harmful interference to radio com- FCC Notice munications. However, there is no guarantee This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC that interference will not occur in a particular Rules. Operation is subject to the following installation. If this equipment does cause two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference to radio or television harmful interference, and (2) this device must reception, which can be determined by turn- accept any interference received, inc
