LCD Chess & Checkers


Computer name:	Excalibur LCD Chess & Checkers
Manufacturer:	Excalibur Electronics
Dimensions:	14.5 x 7 x 2.6 cm (of enclosing rectangle)
Power supply:	2 AA batteries in compartment closed with screw
Rating:	occasional players / weak club players
Other details:	LCD screen of board
	Also plays checkers
	Moves entered with direction keys
	Recognizes draw by repetition and 50-move rule
	Possible to choose from 34 openings
	Contans 16 famous games, which are
	explained in the manual.

4 EXAMPLE GAMES:

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur LCD Chess & Checkers (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 Nxd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.Qf3 Ke7 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.O-O Qa5 11.Re1 Rb8 12.c3 b5 13.Nb3 Qb6 14.Be2 Bb7 15.Qg3 Qc6 16.Nxd4 Qe4 17.Nxb5 a6 18.Nd4 Bd5 19.b4 e5 20.f3 Qg6 21.Qxe5+ Kd7 22.Qxb8 Ne8 23.Bxa6 Nd6 24.a4 h6 25.a5 h5 26.Bb5+ Nxb5 27.Qxb5+ Bc6 28.Nxc6 Qxc6 29.Qe2 Qxc3 30.Qe6+ Kd8 31.Bg5+ Kc7 32.Qb6+ Kc8 33.Re8+ Kd7 34.Rd8# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur LCD Chess & Checkers (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by white)

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 d5 4.Nf3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.c3 f5 7.Bg5 Ne7 8.Nc5 Bxc5 9.dxc5 Nd7 10.Qd6 h6 11.Bf4 Qa5 12.Qxe6 Nxc5 13.Qc4 Be6 14.Qd4 O-O 15.Be5 Nb3 16.Qd6 Nxa1 17.Qxe6+ Rf7 18.Bd3 Qd5 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.Kd2 Rc8 21.Rxa1 Kf8 22.Re1 Rd8 23.Nd4 Rdd7 24.Nxf5 b5 25.Bd6+ Rxd6 26.Nxd6 Rxf2+ 27.Re2 Rxe2+ 28.Bxe2 Nf4 29.Bf3 Ke7 30.Nc8+ Ke6 31.Bxc6 a6 32.Nb6 Kd6 33.Be4 Kc5 34.g3 Kxb6 35.gxf4 Kc5 36.f5 a5 37.h3 Kd6 38.Kd3 Ke5 39.a3 h5 40.b3 a4 41.bxa4 bxa4 42.c4 h4 43.c5 Kf4 44.c6 g6 45.fxg6 Kg3 46.g7 Kf4 47.g8=Q Ke5 48.c7 Kd6 49.Qd8+ Ke5 50.Qe7+ Kf4 51.Qxh4+ Ke5 52.Qe7+ Kf4 53.Qd6+ Kg5 54.c8=Q Kh5 55.Qg4# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur LCD Chess & Checkers (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 Bg4 6.Be3 e5 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Rxd1 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nxe5 10.Ke2 Bb4 11.Nb5 O-O 12.Nxc7 Rac8 13.Nb5 a6 14.Nd6 Bxd6 15.Rxd6 Rcd8 16.Bc5 Rxd6 17.Bxd6 Re8 18.Rg1 Nd3 19.Kd2 Nxb2 20.Kc3 Nd1+ 21.Kxc4 Nxf2 22.Kd4 Rd8 23.e5 b5 24.Bg2 Ne8 25.Kc5 Nd3+ 26.Kc6 f6 27.f4 Nxf4 28.Be7 Rd2 29.Be4 fxe5 30.a4 bxa4 31.h4 Kf7 32.Bc5 Nf6 33.Bf5 g6 34.Be3 Re2 35.Bxf4 gxf5 36.Bc1 Ke6 37.Ba3 Rh2 38.Bc5 Rxh4 39.Rg7 Ne4 40.Rb7 Rh3 41.Rb2 Rc3 42.Kb6 Nxc5 43.Re2 Kd5 44.Ka5 Rg3 45.Kb4 Rb3+ 46.Ka5 Rb5# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.

White: Fritz 8 (1 ply)

Black: Excalibur LCD Chess & Checkers (± 10 seconds / move)

(Result: won by black)

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qc2 Bg4 8.Ne5 Be6 9.Rc1 Nbd7 10.Nd3 h6 11.Bf4 Bd6 12.Bxd6 cxd6 13.Nf4 Rc8 14.e3 Ne4 15.Qd3 Rc4 16.Be2 Qa5 17.a3 Rfc8 18.Qc2 R4c6 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bb5 Qxb5 21.Nxb5 Rxc2 22.Rxc2 Rxc2 23.Rf1 a6 24.f3 Rc1+ 25.Ke2 Rc2+ 26.Ke1 axb5 27.fxe4 dxe4 28.Rf2 Rxf2 29.Kxf2 Kf7 30.b3 e5 31.d5 Nf6 32.h3 Nxd5 33.g3 Ke6 34.g4 b4 35.a4 b6 36.h4 Nf6 37.g5 hxg5 38.hxg5 Nh7 39.g6 Nf8 40.Kg3 Nxg6 41.Kg4 Ne7 42.Kg5 d5 43.Kg4 Nf5 44.Kg5 Nxe3 45.Kg6 Nf5 46.Kg5 e3 47.a5 e2 48.Kg6 e1=Q 49.axb6 Qh4 50.b7 Qh6# An animation of the game can be seen if you have Java installed.