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Special Situations
Starting Play with the Black Pieces
When you want to play the Black pieces
(to let Touch Chess move first) press the
MOVE key before you make your first
move as White. You’ll see the White and
Black pieces switch places immediately!
Castling
Remember, you must always move the
King first when castling! First press your
king down on its FROM square (if
castling, E1). Then move and press your
king down on its TO square (if castling
kingside, G1). Touch Chess recognizes
castling maneuvers after the king is
moved two squares.
Promoting Pawns
When your pawn reaches the other end of
the board, Touch Chess will automatical-
ly 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.
If you want to hear where the piece is that
is being threatened press on the word
WHERE.
If you do not want to be warned of
threats, press OPTION repeatedly until
COACH
is displayed. Press NO until
OFF
appears and finally press CLEAR
to continue play.
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. Now press the
MOVE key and watch the game play
itself. You may stop auto play at any time
by pressing the MOVE key. Doing so will
set the number of players back to one.
Levels of Play
Touch Chess has six level types. Two of
the level types (PLY and MATE) are for
analysis. The other four level types are
for play.
Press LEVEL to see the current level.
Press LEVEL repeatedly to change to a
different level type.
Press CLEAR to return to normal play.
Level types Beginner, Fixed, Sudden, and
Tournament can be adjusted for three dif-
ferent 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-