User manual FRANKLIN 915W

[. . . ] E X C A L I BU R E L E C T RO N I C S King Ar thur OPERATING MANUAL English p. You now own King Arthur, not just a terrific chess player, but your own personal chess trainer. You'll be amazed at his strong, insightful play and delighted by his many unique features, those that make playing chess and improving fun!One of these innovative features is the LCD that automatically shows you the current board position, and lots of other information, at all times! ENGLISH C KING ARTHUR TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: QUICK START & THE BASICS. [. . . ] You can access all of them by pressing the MODE key and selecting the training feature you want by using the > key. 7. 5 Fast level option Press LEVEL, then OPTION. "FAST" uses a more selective search for think- 24 25 ENGLISH Start with the basic king-andpawns mini-game. After pressing MODE until "TrAIn" appears, again press > until you come to positions without pawns and with the Black king in the middle of the board. The three different mate-training positions give White, besides his king, either two bishops, two rooks, or the queen. These are excellent exercises, used by the greatest chess teachers in the world. Work on these mate-training exercises until you can mate Black efficiently. Problems 1-31 are mate-in-two problems, which means White can force mate in two moves. There may or may not be other ways to win, but you're looking for the two moves that will result in checkmate. If you can't find the solution, make King Arthur show you the correct moves to a problem by setting his level to 73, and then pressing the MOVE key. ENGLISH 8. 3 Opening book trainer: learning book openings the easy way, with King Arthur's help One of the most stunning innovations of King Arthur is his special ability to teach you "book openings. " Book openings are the beginning patterns of moves that have been worked out by chess masters over the centuries as the best ways to begin a game. Previously, players had to spend tedious hours searching out lines of play from hard-to-follow columns in books. This practice required a confusing process of looking back and wdwdkdwd 0p0p0p0p wdwdwdwd dwdwdwdw wdwdwdwd dwdwdwdw P)P)P)P) dwdwIwdw Make your first move. 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 fullfledged chess games!The mating-practice positions To win at chess, you have to know how to checkmate!Just knowing that you have enough material to mate doesn't earn you the point. King Arthur's 26 8. 2 Mate-problem training You can further hone your checkmating skills and have fun at the same time by solving the 32 separate problems available on King Arthur. At the start of a game, press MODE until "MATE" is displayed. Then press > or < to select the prob- All of these training modes can be made even more effective by combining them with other teaching features of King Arthur: Ask for a HINT any time it's your move. (See section 3. 8. ) Switch sides when you want to practice from the Black side. 27 ENGLISH forth between a book and a chessboard. But with your King Arthur's special training feature, you'll find yourself learning the openings extremely quickly, saving yourself many hours--and having fun while you learn!Use this training mode as often as you wish--keep improving your knowledge of opening play!At the beginning of a game, you may choose to learn one of 34 popular book openings. [. . . ] You'll again hear King Arthur's ready tones. SPECIAL NOTE: After you push the ACL button, King Arthur will have forgotten any game positions that may have been in his memory. 37 10. 2 Special Care Avoid rough handling such as bumping or dropping. Store away from windows and other direct sources of heat and cold, such as heating, air vents or direct sunlight. For best results, use between the temperatures of 39º and 100º Fahrenheit (4º and 38º Celsius). Do not use cleaners with chemical agents. Nearly all operational problems are caused by incorrectly registering moves! [. . . ]