The Default Mac Chess App
- Based on this article from apple, I'm going to assume Chess app is not the only app you can't hide. It says System Integrity Protection includes protection for these parts of the system: Apps that are pre-installed with OS X. The moving and/or hiding issue you are having is because of SIP.
- In the Chess app on your Mac, choose Chess Preferences, then select Allow Player to Speak Moves. When you see the feedback window (it shows a microphone icon with a fluctuating loudness indicator), press the shortcut key (the key you specified in Dictation preferences), then speak a command. Try not to hesitate while speaking.
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If you have every watched a chess video on YouTube, or chess streamers on ChessTV, you have probably seen them drawing orange arrows on their screen to explain their moves.
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How to draw arrows on your board
You can do this on any board automatically, except in Live chess. To enable this option in Live chess, click on the gear icon next to the board:
Then toggle the switch to draw arrows and highlights. Don't forget to click save!
You can also find this option in your account settings under the Live Chess settings.
Controls
To draw an arrow simply right-click and drag your mouse across the board in the direction you want the arrow to point. Please see here for how to right-click on a Mac if you don't have a two button mouse!
To draw a knight's move arrow, click and drag over the squares you want the arrow to cover. When you let go of the right mouse button the arrow will appear. The point of the arrow will be wherever you let go of your mouse button.
Colors
The default arrow is yellow, but you can also hold Ctrl to draw a red arrow, hold Alt to draw a blue arrow, or hold Shift to draw a green arrow.
Try it on any board on Chess.com to practice!
You can also highlight squares by right clicking. Similar to arrows, you can choose to highlight in red, green, yellow or blue color. But in the case of squares, the default color is red.
Right click on the square to turn it red
Control+Right click on the square to turn it yellow
Alt+Right click on the square to turn it blue
Shift+Right click on the square to turn it green
To clear all arrows and colors from the board, simply left click anywhere on the board.
Windows
Note: The Stockfish chess engine is a command line program. You may want to use it in your own UCI-compatible chess GUI.
| Instruction set / CPU |
|---|
| ⚡️ BMI2: recommended for most Intel processors and AMD Ryzen (Zen 3) details |
| ⚡️ AVX2: recommended for AMD Ryzen (Zen, Zen+, Zen 2) details |
| 🐢 64-bit: Maximally compatible but slow |
macOS
The easiest way to get started is with the Stockfish app:
If you want the engine only, you can get it through Homebrew:brew install stockfish
Linux
Note: The Stockfish chess engine is a command line program. You may want to use it in your own UCI-compatible chess GUI.
| Instruction set / CPU |
|---|
| ⚡️ BMI2: recommended for most Intel processors and AMD Ryzen (Zen 3) details |
| ⚡️ AVX2: recommended for AMD Ryzen (Zen, Zen+, Zen 2) details |
| 🐢 64-bit: Maximally compatible but slow |
iOS
One app that we recommend is SmallFish:
Android
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One app that we recommend is DroidFish:
If you want the engine only, you can binaries: Android, version 13 (zip).
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