TBF Public Chess Area Set Version 7

~ TBF Public Chess Area Set Contents ~

1. TBF Public Chess Area Pole & Chain Fence (LI=1) - This fence is Copy/Mod, so it can be unlinked and copied to make longer fences.

2. TBF Public Chess Area Trash Can (LI=1) - Keep your park clean.

3. TBF Public Chess Area Lamp Post (LI=2) - The owner can turn the light on and off by clicking it.

4. TBF Public Chess Area Chess Bench 1 & 2 (LI=2, each) - These benches contain 6 chess play poses.

5. TBF Public Chess Area Chess Set Table (LI=6) - Chess table with fully playable, animated chess game, featuring (i) move validation, (ii) check, checkmate and stalemate detection, (iii) en passant pawn capture and (iv) pawn promotion. The game has no artificial intelligence.—it can only be played by two persons (or one person against themselves). The chess pieces can be set to different colors.

6. A table without chess game and extra little gift

~ TBF Bench Instructions ~

Click on the bench to sit.

While seated, click on the bench to change sit positions.

Click the settings symbol in the menu and use your arrow and 'fly' keys* to change your sit position.

* These are the 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keys, or 'FN + Arow Up' and 'FN + Arrow Down' keys on some Apple keyboards.

~ TBF Chess Game Instructions ~

Before starting a game, click the side of the table to get a setup menu for the chess game. You can set the chess piece colors and the time-out time.

Click on the chess board to start as Player 1. Clicking on a chess piece will lift it up. Clicking on a destination will move the hovering chess piece to that position. Clicking it again will trigger validation of the move. If the move is valid, the piece will be put down on the new position. If it is not valid, the piece will snap back to its original position. Another move has to be made. After the first move, clicking on the chess board will identify Player 2. This can be the same person as Player 1, but need not be.

Clicking a chess piece from a low viewing angle (more or less from side-view) may result in selection of the wrong chess piece. The wrong piece can simply be put down by clicking on it again. Try clicking a chess piece from a higher viewing angle instead.

The chess board contains many invisible pieces that may be in the way when trying to select a piece. Press control-alt-t to highlight transparency, to get an idea how the invisible pieces are positioned on the board and how to circumvent them in your attempt to select the correct piece. The presence of invisible pieces on the board is a requirement (ironically) in order to keep the land impact of the chess game low (Land Impact = 6).

During a game, clicking the side of the table will bring up a menu with the options 'Undo' and 'Resign'.

For valid chess moves, including castling, en passant and pawn promotion, please visit the following website:

https://www.chess.com/learn-how-to-play-chess

* All items are Copy/Mod. The scripts and animations inside are No Mod. The chess game has no artificial intelligence/chess engine. You can only play it against another human. The last picture on this page is a photograph taken at the Washington Square Park public chess area in Greenwich Village in lower Manhattan, New York. It was taken by Nicolás Boullosa and published under the license CC BY 2.0.