
Some Important Shortcut Keys / Commands
List of general commands:
/sound /sounds Toggles sound.
/follow Follows a member's games / prints a list of followed members. Example: /follow Bishop or /follow
/unfollow Stops following a member / stops following all. Example: /unfollow Bishop or /unfollow
/friend Sends a friend request. Example: /friend Bishop
/observe Observes ongoing member's games. Example: /observe Bishop
/ping Checks my lag or a member's lag. When in a game, it checks both players' lag. Example: /ping or /ping Bishop
/examine /analysis Opens an Analysis board. If you are in a game, it opens a board to analyze together the recently finished game.
/archive /history Loads a member's games archive. Example: /archive Bishop or /archive
/top Observes top games of the type bullet, blitz, standard or friend. Example: /top friend, /top blitz
/quit /exit Quits Live Chess.
/1,3,5,10 {0} Creates a seek of 0 minutes.|{1} Creates a seek of 1 minute.|]1,Inf] Creates a seek of 1,3,5,10 minutes.
/seek Creates a seek with specified clock settings. Example: /seek 5 0
/play /challenge Challenges a member with specified clock settings. Example: /play Bishop 2 12
/accept Accepts last challenge received.
/decline Declines last challenge received.
/match Starts a game between two players. Example: /match Knight Bishop 5 0 rated
/partner /+partner Request bughouse partnership. Example: /partner Bishop
/nopartner /-partner Leave bughouse partnership. Example: /nopartner
/tell /t Sends a chat request. Example: /tell Bishop How was your vacation?
/chat /c Sends a chat request. Example: /chat Bishop
/best /rank Opens a tab with a histogram of the best live chess players. Example /best or /best bullet
/finger /profile /f /fi /info /who Shows a member's profile information. Example: /finger Bishop
/stats /stat /statistics Displays specified player's statistics. Example: /stats Bishop
/messages Takes you to the messaging board
/password Takes you to the change password page
/refer Takes you to the refer to friends page
List of Game commands:
/friend Sends a friend request. Example: /friend Bishop
/ping Checks my lag or a member's lag. When in a game, it checks both players' lag. Example: /ping or /ping Bishop
/rematch Offers a rematch.
/close Closes game tab/window if possible.
/resign Resigns current game.
/draw /d Offers a draw / accepts a draw.
/abort Aborts current game.
/q Need queen
/r Need rook
/b Need bishop
/n Need knight
/p Need pawn
/-q No queen
/-r No rook
/-b No bishop
/-n No knight
/dm Diagonals mate
/am Anything mates
/nd No diagonals
/qm Queen mates
/rm Rook mates
/nm Knight mates
/ak I'm attacking
/dk I'm defending
/tp Trade pieces
/nt No trades
/st Stall
/ns Don't stall, we are low on time
/mo Mates opponent
List of Analysis Board commands:
/close Closes game tab/window if possible.
/invite Invites a member to your Analysis Board. Example: /invite Bishop
/mute Mutes a member
/unmute Unmutes a member
/student Makes the member a student
/owner Passes ownership to a student.
/viewer Makes the member a viewer.
Urls to create challenges:
* /live#time=10m0s0i
* /live#time=10m0s0i&game=&rated=&minrating=&maxrating=&color=&member=
Note: the options for game type are chess, chess960, threecheck, kingofthehill, crazyhouse and bughouse.
Keyboard/mouse shortcuts:
* Press X to flip board.
* Press Z to go into focus mode.
* Press Arrow Right to go to next move on board.
* Press Arrow Left to go to the previous move on board.
* Press Arrow Up to go to the first move on board.
* Press Arrow Down to go to the last move on the board.
* Press ctrl/shift + Right Click on a square to highlight green.
* Press alt + Right Click on a square to highlight blue.
* Right Click on a square to highlight red.
* Hold Right Click from one square to another to draw arrow on board.
* Hold alt key to temporarily disable auto-queen.