Excalibur 375V, Operating Manual

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Options Before the Game Starts

OPEn

OPEn

: Select one of 32 book opening

lines of play. (See page 5.)

TrAIn

TrAIn

: Select one of eight training

positions. Positions with the Black king
in the middle give you practice in check-
mating the Black king.

Options Before and During the Game

SCOrE

SCOrE

: Your display normally shows

the number of the current move. If
instead you want to see the piece-score of
your current position, turn this option on.
The scoring totals the following values:
Pawns—1, Knights—3, Bishops—3,
Rooks—5, and Queen—9.

PLAYr

PLAYr

: Select between: ‘

1

1

’—Human

vs Computer; ‘

2

2

’—Human vs Human;

‘

0

0

’—Computer vs Computer.

HELP

HELP

: When turned on,  all legal moves

for the selected piece will be shown at
one time. 

NOTE: When the HELP option is on,
possible capturing moves are shown by
flashing the captured pieces central black
figure. Do not confuse this with selecting
a capture move, which flashes the entire
piece that is to be captured.

InFO

InFO

: When turned on, this option will

display the score, depth of search (num-
ber of moves LCD Chess is "thinking
ahead"), best move it is considering
playing, and clock times. These will be
displayed  while the computer is thinking
at its higher levels.

rATE

rATE

: Turning this option ON will

enable your rating to be updated if you
select a tournament level type of a sudden

death type level to play against. Turn this
option off, when you want to practice on
those levels. During a rated game the ‘O’
symbol will appear as a reminder. When
the ‘O’ symbol is on, you will hear an
“ARE YOU SURE” warning if you try to
TAKEBACK mistakes, adding pieces in
Setup mode, ask for a Hint, or try to start
a NEW GAME before the game is com-
pleted. If the score is greater than 9.0, you
can claim a victory with the 

NEW

GAME

key.

CLrBr

CLrBr

: Use this option to clear the

chess board for easier problem setup.
Pressing the 

SETUP

key now, will enter

setup mode with the chess board cleared
of all pieces except a White king. You
must also place a Black king on the board
to exit setup mode.

SPECH

SPECH

: Use this option to turn most of

the speech off. Some warnings such as
Check and Are You Sure, will still be
heard however.

SndEF

SndEF

: Use this option to turn the

sound effects off.

AnnC

AnnC

: Use this option to turn the move

announcements off.

COACH

COACH

: Turn this option on to hear a

warning message if one of your pieces is
under attack. The threat warning ‘!’ will
be enabled when COACH option is On.

SOUnd

SOUnd

: Use this option to turn the

sound On or off.

SLEEP

SLEEP

: Adjust the automatic shut off

time with this key. Setting it to ‘

0

0

’ will

disable auto shut-off altogether.

FLiP

FLiP

: Use this option to turn the chess

board around.