User manual

KINGS AND PAWNS
When you press the NEW GAME key to start a new game you will see
CHESS displayed on the LCD. Instead of beginning from the usual initial
position, you may now press the MODE button then the PAWN key to
indicate that you wish to play with the kings and pawns only. The computer
will then be ready to start from the position shown in the above diagram after
it has removed the other pieces.
By playing many games against the computer from this position you will learn
how the kings can be used to attack and defend pawns and to help create
“passed pawns” which can later be promoted to queens. This is a very good
way to learn the fundamentals of chess. Once you are confident that you
understand how the kings and pawns relate to each other you can use the
modes which allow you to commence a game with only the kings and knights
on the board; or kings and bishops; or kings and rooks; or kings and queens.
You can now press move for each side to watch the computer play a random
game or you can choose to play our example.
From the above position let us assume that the game begins as follows:
1 e 2 - e 4 d 7 - d 6
2 d 2 - d 4 e 7 - e 5
3 d 4 x e 5 d 6 x e 5
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“ - “ between the “from” and “to” squares indicates a simple move.
“ x “ between the “from” and “to” squares indicates a capture.
The initial letter K (king), Q (queen), R (rook), B (bishop) or N (knight - to
distinguish it from a king), is used before the “from” square whenever a piece
other than a pawn is being moved.
Thus Ng1-f3 means “knight moves from g1 to f3”
while Re1xe7 means “rook on e1 captures on e7”.
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