There is something that you might never have noticed on Facebook messenger. It’s not a secret anymore that you can even play a game of chess within the Messenger application and it just takes one simple step to unlock this feature. Of course hidden game on the Messenger is not at all the best online chess experience, but it’s a fun little Easter egg to play around with. Here is How you do it ….
What actually one can do with Facebook Messenger?
- Message with your friends
- Exchange GIFs, stickers, and photos
- Do video calls
- Send money to people in Facebook Messenger
Hidden game inside Facebook Messenger
Just Wondering how can you play a Chess game on the Facebook Messenger? Yes, as i said above its possible. Facebook has made it to the reality by creating a hidden nothing but a built-in functionality in Facebook Messenger that allows you to play Chess with your friends without having to install any third-party app. It just takes one straight forward step to unlock this hidden game and play it on the Facebook Messenger while connecting with with your friends.How to Play the Hidden Chess Game on your Messenger?
- Simply go through the instructions below to unlock the chess game feature and get started on this ancient game which is based on the war strategy.
- Firstly, start conversation with one of your friends and type “@fbchess play” into the chat box.
- Even during conversation, a small square box which is nothing a chess board appears at the Messenger window.
- The person who opened the game would immediately be assigned “White” side by default, to make the first move.
- These are some standard algebraic notations. Check out below:
- B to move “Bishop”
- R to move “Rook”
- Q to move “Queen”
- K to move “King”
- N to move “Knight”
- P to move “Pawn”
- To move a piece, type any of the alphabet mentioned above and space on the board that moves you wish to make along the vertical axes.
- For ex: If you want to move a pawn to the space labeled F3 on board, just type in “@fbchess Pf3.”
- If you need any help/assistance, you could just refer to the help section by inserting the command “@fbchess help” without “” for the all possible commands.
- You should notice that the commands are always case sensitive. The board itself will update and notify you whether it is your turn to play.
- You can even have an option undoing if any of your move goes wrong with “@fbchess undo” command or by clicking the “undo” button. But your opponent player has to accept your request to undo.
- If you want to make the chess board larger in size, just hit the settings button and select “See full conversation.”
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