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Install the Batteries With Touch Chess facedown, find the battery door. Open it and insert two (2) fresh, alkaline AAA batteries in the battery holder. Note the arrangement of the batteries called for by the diagram in the holder. Make sure that the positive tip of each battery matches up with the + sign in the battery compartment so that polarity will be correct. When the batteries are properly installed, Touch Chess automatically turns on and starts talking letting you know she's ready for action. If Touch Chess does not start talking, use a thin pointed object and press the RESET button. Replace the battery compartment panel and remove the stylus resting in its holder on the back of the unit. Now turn Touch Chess over. Play a Game Right Away After you have installed the batteries, the display will show ENGLISH? asking you if you would like her to speak Engish. If you do, press the YES key. If you want her to speak French or German, press the NO key until your desired language is shown and then press the YES key. The dot-matrix display will show 0 001 11CHESS. This indicates you are at the first move of the game and ready to play chess. It will also show +0.0 which is the score and 00:00 which is the time. The white box on the screen means it is white to play. Unless you instruct her otherwise, Touch Chess gives you the White pieces—the ones at the bottom of the board. White always moves first. You’re ready to play! Making your move Besides deciding on a good move, you have to move the piece in a way that Touch Chess will recognize what's been played. Think of communicating your move as a two-step process--registering the FROM square and then registering the TO square. Press the stylus down gently on the center of its FROM square. Touch Chess will say and display the coordinates of the FROM square-for example "E2." Then press the stylus down gently on the square you want to move it to - for example, "E4." Touch Chess will say the TO square, confirming that she has registered your move. After pressing a FROM square, press the FROM square again to select a different FROM square. You'll notice that Touch Chess almost immediately displays her response to your move. Touch Chess decides on her own move, of course, and lets you know what it is on the display. For example, if you play 1. E2-E4, she may respond E7E5. You're already playing a game! Enjoy the contest. Putting a game “on hold” Any time it's your move and you wish to stop playing for a while, just press the ON/OFF key. Touch Chess will switch off and go into a sleep mode. She will remember the last position, including the elapsed time, as long as you do not interrupt the power supply-for example, by removing the batteries. To resume play, just press the ON/OFF key. NOTE: If she is not "thinking," Touch Chess will automatically turn off after a period of time, saving your game position. Use the ON/OFF key to resume the game. Function Keys and Special Features NEW GAME KEY Use this key to start a new game. CLEAR KEY Use this key to exit any of the special modes like OPTION, SETUP, and LEVEL. This key may be used during move entry to clear your FROM square. YES KEY Use this key to increase a setting or to answer a question like “Are you SURE?”. NO KEY Use this key to decrease a setting or to answer a question like “Are you SURE?”. HINT KEY Press this key if you want to get hints from Touch Chess. It displays HinT and flashes a recommended move on the screen. If the hint is a book move or a replay move, OPEN or RPLAY will be shown instead of HINT. UNDO KEY This key lets you take back a move or moves you’ve decided against. Press this key repeatedly to continue taking back moves. After you take back a move, you can use the MOVE key to replay the undone move or moves. MOVE KEY When it is your move, press this key to switch sides (colors) with Touch Chess. While Touch Chess is thinking, press the 2 MOVE key to force Touch Chess to stop thinking. Also use MOVE to replay moves in the takeback move mode (see "UNDO,” left). SETUP KEY Press this key to set up special positions (see page 8.) You can also use this key to promote a pawn that reaches your opponent’s back rank to a piece other than a queen. (The promotion to a queen is the most common, so it is automatic.) LEVEL KEY Press this key to check the level of play . Use the YES or the NO key to change the level. Repeatedly press the LEVEL key to change the level type (for more information, see “Levels of Play,” page 5). PLAYER KEY Press this key to switch between 2PLAYR,1PLAYR,or 0PLAYR. While in 2 player mode the symbol “=” will be displayed. Use 2 player mode to play another person, or to enter a favorite opening (see page 7). Use 0 player mode to have Touch Chess automatically play a game, or finish one you have started. REPEAT KEY If you forgot where Touch Chess moved, use this key (before any other) to hear the move announcement. Also this key usually repeats the last phrase said. SOUND KEY Use this key...