EXCALIBUR 740D Phantom Force Electronic Chess Set User Manual

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BOOK-OPENING TRAINER

The Phantom Force makes it easy for you to learn the same openings that world

chess champions play! At the beginning of a game, you may choose to learn one of

32 popular book openings—ways to begin the game—used by chess masters. Press

+OPTION repeatedly to display OPEN, and then press the t or the u key to select

the number of the opening you want to learn. (See list following.) Press the CLEAR

key to return to normal play.

Now play a move. The Phantom Force will tell you if your move is not the correct

opening move. To learn the correct move, press CLEAR and then press HINT. When

the computer comes back with its move, you will briefly see the word OPEN on the

screen if you have another opening move to make. If the word OPEN does not appear,

you may continue normal play. You have completed the training for that opening line.

The moves and explanations of these famous openings are demonstrated in many chess books.

The names of the openings are:

1. Ruy Lopez, Open Defense

2. Ruy Lopez, Zaitsev Defense

3. Ruy Lopez, Exchange

4. Scotch Game

5. Scotch Four Knights

6. Giuoco Piano

7. Two Knights Defense

8. Four Knights

9. Petroff’s Defense

10. Sicilian Alapin Variation

11. Sicilian, Najdorf Variation

12. Sicilian, Dragon Variation

13. Sicilian, Keres Attack

14. Caro-Kann Defense

15. Panov-Botvinnik Attack

16. Caro-Kann Excahnge Variation

17. Queen’s Gambit Declined

18. Lasker Defense, Queen Gambit Declined

19. Queen Gambit Declined Exchange Var.

20. Slav Defense

21. Queen’s Gambit Accepted

22. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Classical Var.

23. Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein Var.

24. Semi-Slav Defense

25. Queen’s Indian Defense

26. Queen’s Indian Defense, Petrosian Var.

27. Bogolubow Indian Defense

28. Catalan

29. Gruenfeld Defense

30. King’s Indian Defense

31. Modern Benoni Defense

32. Benko Gambit

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