tailieunhanh - Chess

Chess Mac OS X comes with only one game, but it's a beauty (Figure 10-2). Chess is a traditional chess game played on a gorgeously rendered board with a set of realistic 3-D pieces | . Chess Mac OS X comes with only one game but it s a beauty Figure 10-2 . Chess is a traditional chess game played on a gorgeously rendered board with a set of realistic 3-D pieces. You can rotate the board in space as described in Figure 10-2. The program is actually a 20-year-old Unix-based chess program GNU Chess that Apple packaged up in a new wrapper. . Playing a Game of Chess When you launch Chess you re presented with a fresh new game that s set up in Human vs. Computer mode meaning that you the Human with the light-colored pieces get to play against the Computer your Mac on the dark side . Drag the chess piece of your choice into position on the board and the game is afoot. If you choose Game New Game however you re offered a pop-up menu with choices like Human vs. Computer Human vs. Human and so on. If you switch the popup menu to Computer vs. Human you and your Mac trade places the Mac takes the white side of the board and opens the game with the first move and you play the black side. Tip The same New Game dialog box also offers a pop-up menu called Variant which offers three other chess-like games Crazyhouse Suicide and Losers. The Chess help screens choose Help Chess Help click Starting a new chess game explain these variations. Figure 10-2. You don t have to be terribly exact about grabbing the chess pieces when it s time to make your move. Just click anywhere within a piece s current square to drag it into a new position on the board shown here in its Marble incarnation . And how did this chess board get rotated like this Because you can grab a corner of the board and rotate it in3-Dspace. Cool On some night when the video store is closed and you re desperate for entertainment you might also want to try the Computer vs. Computer option which pits your Mac against itself. Pour yourself a beer open a bag of chips and settle in to watch until someone either the Mac or the Mac gains victory. . Chess Prefs Choose Chess Preferences to find