Chess stopped working....

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  1. Taffypro, Oct 18, 2010

    Taffypro macrumors newbie

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    Hi,

    The Chess program that came with my Mac is suddenly doing something weird. It will not let me move the majority of my pieces. It gives me the error sound, and puts the piece back. I am not in check, and am absolutely certain that the move is legal (I want to move a pawn forward one space. I have a couple of games going, and it does this on all of them.

    Is there a way to reset it? I have tossed the "com.apple.Chess.plist" and it still won't let me move.

    Thanks to anyone that can help.
     

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  2. LPZ, Oct 18, 2010

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    White is in check from the Queen in the pic you posted. No pawn move for White is legal in this position.

    [EDIT] White's in trouble ...
     
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  3. Gregg2, Oct 18, 2010

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    Yep. Nothing wrong with Chess itself, mate.
     
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  4. Mactrillionaire, Oct 19, 2010

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    Maybe you are just not making a legal move. Qd4 seems strongest.
     
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  5. ScoobyMcDoo, Oct 19, 2010

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    I'm no chess guru by any means, but Kd4 seems like a better option to me ;)
     
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  6. Mactrillionaire, Oct 19, 2010

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    At any rate, it is still a losing position...

    For instance, 1.Qd4 c5 2.Qa4+ Bd7 3.Qa3 (3.Qb3? Bb5!, ...c4+ -+) c4+ 4. Nd4 Nxf2! -+

    My advice would be to start a new game.
     
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  7. xosirisx, Nov 23, 2010

    xosirisx macrumors newbie

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    Also having difficulties

    Hey I'm also having trouble with Chess on Mac. I'm not very good at chess (as you can see by my brilliant position on the game board), but I was wondering why i can't finish the game. I know that I don't have any legal moves left and it's my turn, but why won't the game end? Is that just the way Mac Chess works, or did I do something wrong?

    Thanks!
     

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