Playing GNOME Chess

2.1. Janela de jogo principal

Starting GNOME Chess displays the main game window as shown below. The game is played by moving chess pieces using the mouse. Each player alternates to move a piece in the appropriate colour, from one board position to another valid board position. The main game window is organized in three main areas: In the top menu and toolbar area, most common game actions can be made. The chess board is in the middle of the window, where the game is played by moving chess pieces using the mouse. Finally, the game history panel is shown at the bottom, where information about the game history, the remaining move time and buttons for showing previous or next moves are available.

Figure 1Main window in GNOME Chess

2.2. Iniciando um novo jogo

Para iniciar um novo jogo, pressione o botão Novo Jogo na barra de ferramentas. O diálogo de novo jogo é então mostrado, o que lhe permite definir um novo jogo de acordo com as configurações de sua escolha. Na seção propriedades do jogo, o nome do jogo e o tempo-limite para os movimentos de cada jogador são definidos. Na seção jogadores, é possível configurar o número de jogadores humanos e de IA. Se você instalou qualquer motor de xadrez com suporte como jogadores de IA, eles serão exibidos na lista de jogadores disponíveis. Finalmente, a configuração da dificuldade dos jogadores de IA é definida na seção dificuldade.

Figure 2Iniciar novo diálogo de jogo

2.3. Menus

A barra de menu, localizada no topo da Janela Principal, contém os seguintes menus:

Game

This menu contains:

  • New ( Ctrl+N ) This starts a new game of Chess.
  • Open ( Ctrl+O ) Loads a previously saved game.
  • Save ( Ctrl+S ) Saves the current game of chess.
  • Save As Saves the current game of chess with a new filename.
  • Network Game ( Ctrl+L ) This starts a network multiplayer game using GGZ Gaming Zone.
  • Resign To concede loss of the game, so that the opponent wins the game.
  • Claim Draw If a claimed draw is accepted, the game ends without victory for either player.
  • Quit ( Ctrl+Q ) Ends the game.

View

This menu contains:

  • Fullscreen ( F11 ) Shows the game window in fullscreen mode.
  • 3D Chess View Enables 3D chess view mode using OpenGL. This requires Python OpenGL and Python GTKGLExt installed, in addition to a 3D graphics card setup properly. Please contact your system administrator if you have problems, either way you will always be able to play chess in 2D mode.
  • Show Logs Show logs for debugging GNOME Chess and the active chess AI engines.

Settings

This menu contains:

Help

This menu contains:

  • Contents ( F1 ) Display this manual.

    About This opens the About dialog which shows basic information about GNOME Chess, such as the author's name, the version number of the game.