Radio Shack E-Chess Owner's Manual - Basic Chess Instructions
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Basic Chess Instructions
To continue playing the current game,
press
CLEAR/ON
.
TURNING THE SOUND
ON/OFF
The computer normally sounds beeps
during a game and every time you
press a button. Follow these steps to
turn the sound on or off.
1. Press
SHIFT
.
CEZ;
CEZ;
CEZ;
CEZ;
appears.
2. Repeatedly press
OPTIONS/
MOVE
until
IEKdZ
IEKdZ
IEKdZ
IEKdZ
appears.
3. Repeatedly press
NEXT PIECE
or
LAST PIECE
until
&&&&
(no sound
except error beep),
''''
(no key
sound), or
((((
(all sounds on)
appears.
To continue playing the current game,
press
CLEAR/ON
again.
ADJUSTING THE
CONTRAST
1. Press
SHIFT
.
CEZ;
CEZ;
CEZ;
CEZ;
appears.
2. Repeatedly press
/UNDO
until the contrast you want to see
appears.
To continue playing the current game,
press
CLEAR/ON
again.
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Basic Chess Instructions
THE CHESS BOARD
Following international chess nota-
tion, the chess board is made up of 8
vertical rows called files, and 8 hori-
zontal rows called ranks.
Each file (left to right) is designated
by a letter of the alphabet (A through
H), and consists of 8 squares alter-
nately colored green and silver.
Each rank (bottom to top) is designat-
ed by a number (1 through 8), and
also consists of 8 squares alternately
colored green and silver.
Note: The silver and green squares
are referred to as “white” and “black,”
respectively, throughout the rest of
this manual.
THE GAME PIECES
There are 16 white and 16 black piec-
es, 32 in all. Each color has these
pieces.
Each kind of piece moves in a differ-
ent way.
«
#
/
ª
(rook) — can move any
number of squares vertically or hori-
zontally, but it cannot move through a
square occupied by another piece.
¥
#
/
¤
(knight) — moves in an L-
shaped pattern. It moves 2 squares