Are your message logs full of ‘K’s and ‘lol’s, and not much else? This could breathe some life into your Facebook Messenger conversations.
There’s a hidden feature in Facebook Messenger that lets you play chess with your friends.
The secret chess game is available for anyone to play, and is very easy to access – if you know how.
To start a game, open up a conversation with a friend and type: @fbchess play
To move your pieces, you just use standard notation. For instance, typing @fbchess Ke5 would move your king to the E5 square.
There’s also Q for queen, B for bishop, N for knight (umm?), R for rook, and P for pawn.
It’s also worth noting that with a piece like pawn, of which there are many, you’ll need to also select the column your piece is in. So Pcd3 would move the pawn in column C to the square D3.
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Other codes include:
- @fbchess resign – to end a match
- @fbchess stats – to check match statistics
- @fbchess play white – to choose white
- @fbchess play black – to choose black
Let us know what you think of the hidden chess feature in the comments below.
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We also expect our journalists to follow clear ethical standards in their work. Our staff members must strive for honesty and accuracy in everything they do. We follow the IPSO Editors’ code of practice to underpin these standards.