Go Partner 1680X - BASIC CHESS INSTRUCTIONS; The Game Board; The Game Pieces; Setting Up the Board

BASIC CHESS INSTRUCTIONS
THE GAME BOARD THE GAME PIECES
Following International cheaa nolittion,
the game board is made up of 0 vertical
rows called files, and 8 horizontal rows
called ranks. Each file (left to right) is
designated by a file board light and a
letter of the alphabet (A through H), and
consists of 8 squares alternately colored
dark gray and silver. Each rank (bottom
to top) is designated by a rank board light
and a number (1 through 8), and also
consists of 8 squares alternately colored
dark gray and silver.
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7
R 6
S 3
2
1
ABCDEFGH
FILES
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there are 10 light gray and 16 brown
pieces, 32 in all. E ach color has these
pieces:
• 1 KING
•1 QUEEN
•2 BISHOPS
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• 2 KNIGHTS
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• 2 ROOKS
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• 8 PAWNS
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Note: The light gray and brown pieces
are referred to as “white” and “black”
respectively throughout this manual.
Note: The silver and dark gray squares
on the game board are referred to
throughout this manual as “white” and
“black” respectively.
Setting Up
Here’s how to set up the game board.
Set the board in front of you so the
display and buttons are to the right. Set
up the white pieces on the side of the
board closost to you this way:
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• Place the rooks on A1 and HI
• Place the knights on B1 and G1
• Place the bishops on Cl and FI
• Place the queen on D1
• Place the king on El
• Place a pawn on each square A2 - H2
Set up the black pieces on the opposite
side of the board this way:
• Place the rooks on A8 and H8
• Place the knights on B8 and G8
• Place the bishops on C8 and F8
• Place the queen on D8
• Place the king on E8
• Place a pawn on each square A7 - H7
Note: The queen always begins on a
square of her own color.
MOVEMENT
Each kind of piece moves in a different
way.
The rook can move any number of
squares vertically or horizontally, but it
cannot move past a square occupied by
another piece.
The knight moves in an L-shaped pat¬
tern. It moves 2 squares horizontally or
vertically, then moves 1 additional square
at a right angle from its first move. At the
end of its move, the knight must land on
a square of a different color than the one
it started from.
The knight can move even if the squares
it moves through areoccupied. The knight
is the only piece that can “jump” another
piece.
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