Excalibur 974, Operating Manual

2. A Pawn may make an 

en pas-

sant 

capture if it is a reply move to

a double pawn move, and it is a

Pawn which is side-by-side with the

Pawn which made the double pawn

move. The capture of a white Pawn

is diagrammed below:

3. A Pawn can be promoted if it

advances all the way to the far side

of the board. It is immediately pro-

moted, as part of the same move,

into a Queen, Rook, Bishop, or

Knight, whichever its owner choos-

es. Since a Queen is the most pow-

erful piece, it is nearly always cho-

sen as the promotion piece.

Through the promotion process, a

player may have more than one

Queen on the board at the same

time.

DOCKER

ACCESSORY

Model 977

An amazing feature of the

Electronic Chess, is that it can be

connected to a sensory chess board

and used with real chess pieces. If

you purchased The Excalibur Chess

Station, the chess board DOCKER

was included with the Electronic

Chess unit. If you purchased only

the Electronic Chess unit, contact

Excalibur Electronics to order the

DOCKER accessory.

To attach the Electronic Chess to the

DOCKER, first make sure Electronic

Chess is OFF. Turn the  Electronic

Chess upside down so the cover is near-

est you and the batteries are furthest

away. Remove the cover using your

thumb nail to pry off the cover (see item

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1, above. Now notice the central pro-

truding tip in the middle of one edge of

the cover. Then locate the two small

protruding dimples on the other edge of

the cover. Insert the protruding central

tip in the slot on the back of the

Electronic Chess with the edge having

the two dimples positioned next to the

silver name plate. Now with one hand,

place your thumb where the protruding

tip was inserted, and two fingers on the

two dimples. Pushing down with your

thumb, and use your two fingers to gen-

tly pull the two dimples toward your

thumb a little. This will lock the cover

into place. To remove the cover from its

storage slot, use your thumb and finger

to work it out of its locked position.

Locate the three plastic bumps just

above the Excalibur logo on the

front of Electronic Chess. Now

slide the Electronic Chess into the

DOCKER until the three plastic

bumps  are just visible above the

plastic chute of the DOCKER.

After you have inserted

Electronic Chess into the DOCK-

ER, set the chess pieces (included

with the DOCKER) on their start-

ing squares. Use the chess board

screen of Electronic Chess as a ref-

erence, in case you are unsure

where a piece goes. Don’t forget the

queen always goes on her own

color square.

Play a Game Right Away 

Turn Electronic Chess on, and

using the edge of the pawn (see dia-

gram, left) on square E2 press at the

center of square E2.

You will see 

E2-__

appear on the

display of Electronic Chess. Now

use the edge of the pawn to press

the center of square E4. Place the

pawn on square E4.

Electronic Chess will respond

with its move by showing the 

from

and 

to

square coordinates on the

display. Electronic Chess will wait

until you move its piece by pressing

on the 

from

square and then the 

to

square.

Turn OFF Electronic

Chess before inserting into

the DOCKER or removing

it from the DOCKER.