Chess Station


Computer name:	Excalibur Chess Station
Manufacturer:	Excalibur Electronics
Dimensions:	12.6 x 7.2 x 1.4 cm Board: 19.3 x 19.3 cm. (excl. console)
Power supply:	3 buttons (AG13 or LR44)
Rating:	occasional players / weak club players
Other details:	operated by keys, LCD-display
	trainer for 34 openings
	contains 16 grandmaster games
	Computer fits into docking-station,
	so play is possible on board as well.
	LCD screen on console often hard to read
	after "undo", castling often impossible
	Name of computer: Pocket LCD Chess

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Chess Station (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 Nf6 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.c4 Qd6 8.dxc5 Qxc5 9.O-O Bd7 10.Re1 O-O-O 11.Qa4 Bd6 12.Rd1 Nd4 13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.h3 h6 15.g3 Bxb5 16.Qxb5 Ne4 17.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 18.Kh2 Be7 19.c5 a6 20.Qb6 Qd4 21.f3 Rd5 22.Bf4 e5 23.Bd2 Bxc5 24.Rc1 Qg1+ 25.Rxg1 Rxd2+ 26.Nxd2 Bxb6 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.f4 Be3 29.Rc1+ Kb8 30.Rd1 exf4 31.gxf4 Rxd2+ 32.Rxd2 Bxf4+ 33.Kg2 Bxd2 34.Kf3 Kc7 35.a3 Bc1 36.Ke4 Bxb2 37.a4 Kd6 38.a5 Bc3 39.Kd3 Bxa5 40.Kc4 Bb6 41.Kb4 Kd5 42.Ka4 Bc5 43.Kb3 Kd4 44.h4 h5 45.Ka2 Be7 46.Kb3 Kd3 47.Kb2 Bf6+ 48.Kb3 Bxh4 49.Kb4 Be7+ 50.Kb3 b5 51.Kb2 h4 52.Kb3 h3 53.Kb2 h2 54.Kb3 h1Q 55.Kb2 Qg2+ 56.Ka1 Bf6+ 57.Kb1 Qc2# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur Chess Station (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bg4 8.Be3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 cxd4 10.Bxd4 Bb4 11.O-O O-O 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Bg2 Bxc3 14.bxc3 Ne4 15.Bd4 Re8 16.h3 Rc8 17.Rb1 b6 18.Qb3 Nd2 19.Qxd5 Nxb1 20.Qxd8 Rexd8 21.Rxb1 Nc6 22.Be3 Kf8 23.Bf4 Rd7 24.a3 Ke7 25.e4 Rd3 26.Rb3 Nd4 27.Bg5+ Ke6 28.cxd4 Rxb3 29.a4 Ra3 30.d5+ Kd7 31.e5 h6 32.e6+ fxe6 33.dxe6+ Kxe6 34.Bb7 Rc7 35.Bxh6 Rxb7 36.Bf4 Kd5 37.f3 Rxf3 38.Kg2 Ra3 39.Kf2 Kd4 40.Ke2 Re7+ 41.Kd2 Rxa4 42.Kc2 Re1 43.Kb3 b5 44.Bd6 Raa1 45.Kc2 Kc4 46.Kb2 Kd3 47.Bb4 Reb1# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Excalibur Chess Station (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.d3 Be6 6.O-O Bxc4 7.dxc4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 O-O 11.c3 Qd7 12.Qd3 Bd8 13.Rad1 Re8 14.Nh4 Qg4 15.Nf5 Qg5 16.Nxd6 Re6 17.Nxb7 Bb6 18.Qg3 Qg6 19.Qxg6+ hxg6 20.f4 Kf8 21.f5 gxf5 22.exf5 Ree8 23.Nxf6 Re7 24.Nd6 Kg7 25.Nd5 Rd7 26.Nxb6 axb6 27.Ne8+ Kf8 28.Rxd7 Kxe8 29.Rc7 Nd8 30.Re1 f6 31.a3 Ra4 32.Re4 Nf7 33.Rc6 Ke7 34.Re6+ Kd7 35.Rxf6 Nd6 36.Rxe5 Nxc4 37.Ree6 Nxb2 38.Rf7+ Kd8 39.Rxb6 Ra8 40.Rh6 Ke8 41.Rb7 Nd3 42.Rh8# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (3 ply)

Black: Excalibur Chess Station (± 30 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.Qa4 Bxe5 9.dxe5 O-O 10.exf6 gxf6 11.Bh6 Re8 12.Qf4 Ne5 13.O-O-O Ng6 14.Qb4 b6 15.Qb5 a6 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Qg3+ Ng6 18.e4 d4 19.Kb1 f5 20.e5 f6 21.f4 fxe5 22.fxe5 Qd7 23.Be2 Qd8 24.Bf3 Rb8 25.Bc6 f4 26.Bxf4 Bf5+ 27.Ka1 dxc3 28.Rxd8 cxb2+ 29.Kxb2 Rexd8 30.Rf1 Bd3 31.Re1 Rd4 32.Bg5 Rf8 33.e6 Rf5 34.e7 Nxe7 35.Bf6+ Rg4 36.Qxg4+ Ng6 37.Bd5+ Kf8 38.Qh3 h5 39.Qe3 Ne5 40.Qh6+ Ke8 41.Qh8+ Kd7 42.Qd8# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.