User manual FRANKLIN 404D

[. . . ] 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 battery door. [. . . ] Promoting Pawns When your pawn reaches the other end of the board, Touch Chess will automatically promote the pawn to a queen, since this is the best choice in nearly every case. In the unlikely event you want to promote your pawn to a piece other than a queen, takeback Touch Chess's move, next use Touch Chess's SET UP feature to change your queen to your promoted piece, then press MOVE. When Touch Chess pushes a pawn to your back row, it will always promote to a queen. Auto Play If you would like to watch Touch Chess finish a game for you automatically, press the PLAYER key repeatedly to set the number of players to zero. Doing so will set the number of players back to one. Levels of Play Touch Chess has six level types. Level types Beginner, Fixed, Sudden, and Tournament can be adjusted for three different strengths. While viewing the level, use the OPTION key to select 'E' for Easy, 'A' for Average, and 'H' for Hard. Beginner Level Type Press the YES or the NO key to select 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, or 15 seconds per move. BE001 BE002 BE003 BE004 BE005 BE007 BE010 BE015 BA001 BA002 BA003 BA004 BA005 BA007 BA010 BA015 BH001 BH002 BH003 BH004 BH005 BH007 BH010 BH015 Fixed Time Level Type Press the YES or the NO key to select 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 45 seconds, and 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, 2:30, 3:00, 5:00 minutes per move. Fixed Time Level "inf" is infi- 5 nite time, and Touch Chess will only stop thinking when the MOVE key is pressed, or a mate is found. FE001 FE010 FE045 FE230 FA001 FA010 FA045 FA230 FH001 FH010 FH045 FH230 FE002 FE015 FE100 FE300 FA002 FA015 FA100 FA300 FH002 FH015 FH100 FH300 FE003 FE020 FE130 FE500 FA003 FA020 FA130 FA500 FH003 FH020 FH130 FH500 FE005 FE030 FE200 FEinF FA005 FA030 FA200 FAinF FH005 FH030 FH200 FHinF 35 TE130 45 TE155 40 TE200 45 TE225 40 TA030 45 TA045 40 TA100 40 TA130 35 TA130 45 TA155 40 TA200 45 TA225 40 TH030 45 TH045 40 TH100 40 TH130 35 TH130 45 TH155 40 TH200 45 TH225 Ply Level Type Press the YES or the NO key to select the depth of search from 1 to 8 ply. PLY 1 PLY 2 PLY 3 PLY 4 PLY 5 PLY 6 PLY 7 PLY 8 MAtE Solver Level Type Press the YES or the NO key to select the number of moves to mate the program will search. Benko Gambit The moves and explanations of these famous openings are given in many books on chess. opening you invent--to practice. Then make moves for both sides until the opening position you want to practice is reached. Press CLEAR and play against the computer in this position. Piece Training There are five special mini-games. The most famous and successful chess teachers in the world take their beginning students from the simple to the complex by having them play "mini-games" of chess that concentrate on just one or more types of pieces. Even advanced players practice these basics, just as a concert pianist continues to practice the scales so that they remain second nature. Like any great trainer, Touch Chess will play you these special practice games. Now press the figure (Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, or Pawn) above the word TRAIN of the mini-game you want to try. In fact, one minigame contains just this material (press PAWN). Entering Your Own Opening Touch Chess also allows you to set up any book opening you want--or even an 7 The other four mini-games use kings and pawns, but add a different single piece to the exercise-knight, bishop, rook, and then queen. Normally, this means both sides will try to force a pawn through to the other side of the board safely to promote it to a queen. You'll learn lots of principles, tricks, and traps in this training mode that will win you many full-fledged chess games! position. You also cannot use the NEW GAME key to start over during a rated game. [. . . ] Through the promotion process, there may be more than one Queen on the board at the same time. To do this move your center Pawns and develop your Bishops and Knights early in the game. Take advantage of capture situations, particulary if you will gain material. Special Care · Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping. For best results, use between the temperatures of 39ºF and 100ºF (4ºC and 38ºC). [. . . ]