Champion 2250 XL Chess Computer
(600-2215) Study Positions Faxback Doc. # 46728
Your chess computer has eight built-in chess study positions that you can
try to solve with its help.
These study positions are intended to entertain you and improve your
knowledge of chess. You can select any study position, analyze it, and try
to find the correct move for white. The chess computer knows the principal
line of attack as analyzed by chess masters, so it can help you solve the
study position.
Note: When using the study positions the chess computer automatically
sets itself to level A5 and activates the coach function.
Follow these steps to use a study position.
1. Press STUDIES, then repeatedly press WHITE/- or BLACK/+ until you see
the study position you want (1-8). The computer displays Study S n,
where n is the study position number (1 through 8).
2. Press ENTER to select the study position. The computer loads one of
the move series for the study position you chose into its memory.
3. Set up the board as shown in the diagrams in "About the Study
Positions" below for the study position you selected.
4. Enter the first move, in a series of moves for the study position you
chose. Or, enter your own move.
If the move you made is in a move series within the computer's
solution library, the computer makes a countermove, and play
continues.
If your move is not in the computer's solution library, the computer
beeps, displays out of book, flashes the move on the display and the
TO square lights. The computer will not play a countermove. Take back
the previous move by pressing the square as indicated and try another
move. If you cannot find the solution yourself, press ENTER. The
computer shows you how you should play.
About The Study Positions
For a list of the moves for all study positions, see "Study Position Move
Series" below.
Note: White moves first in all study positions.
Study Position 1: White to Play and Win
Study Position 1 illustrates how to checkmate an opponent's single king
with a limited number of pieces.
In Study Position 1, the white king and white rook must work together to
trap and checkmate the black king. From this position, white can checkmate
the black king in as few as 8 moves.
This study position has 2 separate series of moves.
Study Position 2: White to Play and Win
Study Position 2 illustrates the strategy of "gaining the opposition."
In order to promote a pawn, the white king must first gain the opposition.
Advanced players know that if two kings are facing each other on the same
rank or file with only one empty square between them, then the player
waiting to move is said to have the opposition. Gaining the opposition is
almost always an advantage in pawn end-games since it allows a player to
gain territory and penetrate the opponent's position.
This study position has 3 separate series of moves.
Study Position 3: White to Play and Draw
Study Position 3 illustrates the strategy of "drawing." Knowledge of Study
Position 2 should help you understand this strategy. White, in grave
danger of losing, must play a surprising move to deprive black of the
opposition and hold black to a draw.
This study position has 2 separate series of moves.
Study Position 4: White to Play and Win
Study Position 4 illustrates the "skewer" strategy. If the black king
moves to the 6th rank, white can check with the rook, promote a pawn, and
win very easily. The black king and black rook are forced into a fatal
line-up along the 7th rank, after which white uses a deadly skewer to win
the black rook. Without knowing this tactic, white could not win the game,
despite a 3-pawn advantage.
This study position has 1 move, sequence.
Study Position 5: White to Play and Win
Study Position 5 was taken from the game Capablanca-Tanerow, New York,
1910. The white queen was attacked by Tanerow's black bishop on E5.
Capablanca, who was the world chess champion from 1921 to 1927, took just
a few brilliant moves to defeat Tanerow. Can you find these moves?
This study position has 1 move sequence.
Study Position 6: White to Play and Win
Study Position 6 was taken from a game between the American chess genius
Paul Morphy and the Duke of Brunswick, which was reported to have taken
place during an opera! Even after you have found the correct attacks, you
should play through Study Position 6 more than once, since the computer
will try different defenses for black.
This study position has 5 separate series of moves.
Study Position 7: White to Play and Win
Study Position 7 was taken from the game Alekhine-Gruenfeld, Carlsbad,
1923 (with the colors reversed), which "some competent critics have
considered the finest ever played, " according to chess grandmaster Reuben
Fine. Since the computer will try different defenses for black, you should
play through Study Position 7 more than once.
This study position has 3 separate series of movies.
Study Position 8: White to Play and Win
Study Position 8 was taken from the game Edemas-Torre, New Orleans, 1920,
and contains a series of astonishing sacrifices of great beauty and
originality. White could give a "back-rank mate" if square E8 was not so
well protected. Therefore, white attempts to divert the black queen or the
black rook on C8 from their defense of this square. If you do not
understand the moves the computer plays for black, try playing other moves
against the computer. Select Study Position 8, press ENTER, make a
different black defensive move, then press ENTER again. You will soon
realize why black was so cautions!
This study position has 2 separate series of moves.
About The Solution Library
Your computer has a built-in solution library that contains one or more
series of solutions for white and black for each study position. Each
series contains one possible sequence of moves and countermoves during a
chess game that, if followed, will result in while either drawing or
checkmating black. The solution library contains at least one series of
moves for each study position.
When you play a study position, the computer selects one of the series of
suggested moves at random.
Notes: If you want to let the computer suggest moves for both white and
black while playing a study position, press ENTER before each
move. The computer shows you how white and black should play.
When all moves in the series have been made, End S Study appears
on the display and flashes for several seconds, and the computer
beeps several times. you can then make a move to continue the
game if it is your turn to move.
If the computer displays Out of S book and beeps once when you
make a move, the move you are playing might not be in the series.
Look at the series within the same study position, then try the
move again.
Study Position Move Series
The computer's solution library contains the following moves.
Study Position 1
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Rook to E5 King to F7
2 King to D5 King to F6
3 King to D6 King to G6
4 King to E7 King to G7
5 Rook to E6 King to G8
6 King to F6 King to F8
7 King to G6 End of book
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Rook to E5 King to F7
2 King to D5 King to F6
3 King to D6 King to F7
4 Rook to E6 King to F8
5 Rook to E7 King to G8
6 King to E6 King to F8
7 King to F6 King to G8
8 King to G6 End of book
Study Position 2
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 King to F5 King to E7
2 King to E5 King to D7
3 King to D5 King to E7
4 King to C6 King to E6
5 Pawn to D5 King to E7
6 Pawn to C7 End of book
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 King to F5 King to E7
2 King to E5 King to D7
3 King to D5 King to E7
4 King to C6 King to D8
5 Pawn to D5 King to C8
6 Pawn to D6 End of book
Series 3
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 King to F5 King to E7
2 King to E5 King to D7
3 King to D5 King to E7
4 King to C6 King to D8
5 Pawn to D5 King to C8
6 Pawn to D6 King to D8
7 Pawn to D7 End of book
Study Position 3
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Pawn to D5 Pawn to D5
2 King to F2 King to E4
3 King to E2 Pawn to D4
4 King to D2 Pawn to D3
5 King to D1 End of book
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Pawn to D5 Pawn to D5
2 King to F2 King to E4
3 King to E2 King to D4
4 King to D2 King to C4
5 King to C2 Pawn to D4
6 King to D2 Pawn to D3
7 King to D1 End of book
Study Position 4
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Pawn to F6 King to F7
2 Rook to H8 End of book
Study Position 5
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to H6 King to H8
2 Queen to E5 Queen to E5
3 Knight to F7 End of book
Study Position 6
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to B5 Pawn to B5
2 Bishop to B5 Knight in file B to D7
3 Queen side castle End of book
(see "Castling" in
Faxback Doc. # 37398).
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to B5 Pawn to B5
2 Bishop to B5 Knight in file B to D7
3 Queen side castle Rook to D8
(see "Castling" in
Faxback Doc. # 37398).
4 Rook to D7 Rook to D7
5 Rook to D1 Queen to E6
6 Bishop in file B to Knight to D7
D7
7 Queen to B6 End of book
Series 3
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to B5 Pawn to B5
2 Bishop to B5 Knight in file B to D7
3 Queen side castle Queen to E6
(see "Castling" in
Faxback Doc. # 37398).
4 Bishop to F6 End of book
Series 4
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to B5 Pawn to B5
2 Bishop to B5 Knight in file B to D7
3 Queen side castle Queen to B4
(see "Castling" in
Faxback Doc. # 37398).
4 Bishop to F6 End of book
Series 5
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Knight to B5 Pawn to B5
2 Bishop to B5 Knight in file B to D7
3 Queen side castle Queen side castle
(see "Castling" in
Faxback Doc. # 37398.)
4 Bishop to A6 End of book
Study Position 7
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Rook to D5 Pawn to E5
2 Knight to F5 Pawn to F5
3 Queen to C5 Queen to C5
4 Rook to D8 Queen to F8
5 Bishop to D5 End of book
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Rook to D5 Pawn to D5
2 Bishop to D5 King to F8
3 Knight to F5 Queen to E5
4 Queen to C5 King to E8
5 Knight to G7 King to D7
6 Bishop to E6 End of book
Series 3
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Rook to D5 Pawn to D5
2 Bishop to D5 King to F8
3 Knight to F5 Queen to D7
4 Queen to C5 King to E8
5 Bishop to E6 End of book
Study Position 8
Series 1
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Queen to G4 Queen to B5
2 Queen to C4 Queen to D7
3 Queen to C7 Queen to B5
4 Pawn to A4 Queen to A4
5 Rook to E4 Queen to B5
6 Queen to B7 End of book
Series 2
Move Sequence White Moves Black Moves
1 Queen to G4 Queen to B5
2 Queen to C4 Queen to D7
3 Queen to C7 Queen to A4
4 Rook to E4 Queen to B5
5 Queen to B7 End of book
(LB/eb 3/6/98)
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