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The moves and explanations of
these famous openings are given
in many books on chess.
Entering Your Own Opening
Touch Chess also allows you to set
up any book opening you want—or
even an opening you invent—to
practice. Press 2nd and then
OPTIONS until the display reads
PLAYr. Use +NEXT to set players
to 2. Press 2nd, then make moves
for both sides until the opening
position you want to practice is
reached. Now press 2nd, then
OPTIONS, until the display reads
PLAYr. Use NEXT PIECE to set
players to 1. Press CLEAR and
play against the computer in this
position.
Great Games
At the beginning of the game, you
may select one of sixteen of the
world’s greatest chess games by
pressing 2nd, then OPTIONS, to
display GAME, and then pressing
the +NEXT or -SETUP key to
select a game number.
Along with the game number, you
will see the position of the game
after the first two moves were
played. Press the CLEAR key to
return to normal play starting at
move three. You take the winning
side. The display will show your
total great-game score in two digits
(zero at the start) on the left. On
the right, the display also shows the
amount of points you will win if you
play the correct next great-game
move. If you don’t play the correct
great-game move, an error buzz
will sound and the points for this
move will be divided in half. If the
bonus goes to zero, the correct
move will automatically flash. Most
moves start with 4 bonus points,
but some brilliant moves start with 8
points. The number, players, loca-
tions, and dates of the great games
are given below, along with a brief
explanation of each game. (All
game explanations are © 2000 by
Al Lawrence; all rights reserved.)
1. Adolf Anderssen vs. Lionel Kieseritsky,
London, 1851
This marvelous attacking game, a
King's Gambit, is widely known as
"The Immortal Game." Both players
show the19th-century preference
for attack at all costs, and
Anderssen was one of the most
ingenious attackers of all time.
After 18. Bd6, he gives away both
of his rooks and his queen! In the
final position, his tiny force is
deployed in just the right way to
bring the complete Black army to its
knees.
2. Adolf Anderssen vs. J. Dufresne,
Berlin, 1852
Again we see Anderssen bamboo-
zling his opponent. The game starts
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