User manual

In the following pages you will learn about the pawns and the other piece

types, and how they interact with each other. The piece symbols in the chess

diagrams are similar to those used on the piece type keys on your chess

c o m p u t e r .

CHESS NOTATION

We describe the moves of a chess game using a system called “algebraic

notation”. The files, or vertical columns of squares on the chessboard, are

identified by the letters a-h (looking at the board from White’s side, and

reading from left to right). The ranks, or horizontal rows, are numbered 1-8,

starting from the White end.

Black plays from this side

White plays from this side

So every square can be named by the letter of its file and the number of its

rank - like a grid reference on a map. At the start of the game the white king is

on e1 and the black queen is on d8.

HOW TO USE YOUR PIECES

A Special Teaching Method Built into your Chess Computer!

WHAT IS OUR SPECIAL TEACHING METHOD?

Our special teaching method teaches beginners in a simple, methodical way,

the fundamentals of chess, ranging from individual-piece moves to strategies

for the whole game.

New players can choose from five easy-to-follow teaching modes. In the first

mode, for example, you compete against the computer in a game in which

only the pawns and kings are used. Once you have understood that mode,

you progress to the next modes where more chess pieces are used. The five

teaching modes are:

MODE 1: Uses kings and pawns.

MODE 2: Uses kings, knights and pawns.

MODE 3: Uses kings, bishops and pawns.

MODE 4: Uses kings, rooks and pawns.

MODE 5: Uses kings, queens and pawns.

This simple teaching method has proven to be the most effective teaching

method in chess.

HOW THE SPECIAL TEACHING METHOD WORKS

You can start a new game in which each player has only the king and eight

pawns. By playing this form of “mini-chess” you will gain valuable experience

as to how the pawns and kings interact with each other. For example, how a

king can be used to attack enemy pawns, or to prevent a passed pawn from

being promoted.

To start a game of mini-chess with only the kings and pawns on the board

press NEW GAME followed by the M O D E, the display will now read

T E A C H, then by selecting PAWN s y m b o l .

Similarly, you can learn how each of the other piece types interacts with the

kings and pawns by pressing NEW GAME, M O D E and then followed by

one of the other piece type keys (KNIGHT, BISHOP, ROOK or QUEEN).