How To Play Facebook Messenger’s Secret Chess Game

You can now play chess game on “Facebook Messenger”. Yes, that’s right.

If you get bored by chatting with your friends, you can easily challenge them for playing chess. This game can be played on both mobile and web version of the Facebook’s Messenger.

Now, How to Play this Game ?

Playing the game via Messenger is a tricky part. Open up a conversation with a friend and type “@fbchess play” in text box to start a game.

To move the pieces :-

First we’ll give you the key:

K for king

Q for queen

N for knight

P for pawn

R for rook

B for bishop

Make a move: Use Standard Algebraic Notation

@fbchess e4 or @fbchess Pe4 moves pawn to e4

Nbd2 to move knight from b-file to d2

B2xc5 to take on c5 with 2nd rank bishop

e8=Q to promote pawn to queen

0-0-0 or O-O to castle

Show current position: @fbchess show

Offer an undo of the last move: @fbchess undo

Show stats between current players: @fbchess stats

Continue a game from another conversation: @fbchess continue

Resign: @fbchess resign

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