Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Maria Langer

نسخه متنی -صفحه : 300/ 81
نمايش فراداده

Chess

Chess is a computerized version of the classic strategy game of chess. Your pieces are white and you go first; the computer's pieces are black.

To launch Chess

Double-click the Chess icon in the Applications folder (Figure 1 ).

Or

1.

Click the Chess icon in the Applications folder (Figure 1 ) to select it.

2.

Choose File > Open, or press .

The Chess window appears (Figure 47 ).

Figure 47. The Chess window displays a three-dimensional chess board.

To move a chess piece

Drag the piece onto any valid square on the playing board.

Chapter 21 .

To start a new game

1.

Choose Game > New Game (Figure 48 ) or press . A dialog sheet like the one in

Figure 49 appears.

Figure 48. Chess's Game menu.

Figure 49. A dialog sheet like this one appears when you choose New from the File menu.

2.

Choose an option from the Players pop-up menu (Figure 50 ).

Figure 50 & 51. The Players (top) and Variants (bottom) pop-up menus enable you to set options for a new game.

3.

If desired, choose an option from the Variant pop-up menu (Figure 51 ).

4.

Click Start.