Colored Arrows

Why you don't want to move that!

In the previous section, colored pieces, we wondered what would happen if we didn't capture the enemy pawn with our knight but instead moved the knight to a different square, as in the diagram.

You learnt that this was not a good move! With colored moves turned on, the move is colored bright red, and with colored pieces turned on, the knight has also turned bright red!

But why?

With this super feature, colored arrows, you will now see why!

With colored arrows turned on, you will also get a red arrow which warns you that, for example, if you move your knight to this square, then the queen can capture your knight on the very next turn!

So this is not a good move, then!

Cool! So you just move your mouse around on the board to highlight any move you are thinking about, and you see immediately if there is any danger lurking!

Another example

In the diagram, it looks like black is winning although white can capture the bishop with the rook.

However, this is not a good move either, and the arrow that appears reveals why.

Once the rook has captured the bishop, the black knight can then fork the white rook and king!

So black wins a rook for a bishop, a good exchange for black!

Turning on Colored Arrows

shows popup menu to select colored arrows

When you first start the program, colored arrows are turned on by default, so you do not have to do anything.

However, you can use the popup menu to toggle this feature on or off.

Using the mouse, right-click anywhere on the board to display the popup menu.

If you want to turn colored arrows on, just click on the menu item labelled Show colored arrows.

If you want to turn colored arrows off, the menu item will display Hide colored arrows and you just click to turn colored arrows off.

Next Section

Now that you have learnt the secrets of Chessology, you might want to start playing!

But first, you need to know how to move your pieces around the chessboard. Fortunately, it is very easy!

Moving a Piece