There's A Secret Game In The Facebook Messenger App That We Never Knew About

Publish date
Friday, 5 Feb 2016, 12:36PM
Photo: iStock

Photo: iStock

So the discovery of this is most probably gonna result in us wasting even more time than before.

The game is chess. 

 

To begin the game, one of you have to type '@fbchess play', and this will bring up a chess board. The other person that you've started the game with will be granted the first move. To make a move you type in specific commands for each piece. Every time a move is made, an update of the board will appear in the message thread.

A letter represents each piece. P = pawn, R = rook/castle, N = knight, B = bishop, K = King and Q = queen.

To make moves, you have to type @fbchess, the letter for the piece you want to play, and then the number and letter of the square you want to move to. For example, to move a pawn that is currently on G2, to G4 you  would type '@fbchess Pg4'.

If you're not to flash at playing chess then you can get some tips by entering '@fbchess help'.

So there ya go, yet another time wasting exercise in your life, you're welcome. 

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