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      type="topic" style="task"
      id="play">
  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play" />
    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-10" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.28" version="0.2" date="2018-09-05" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author">
      <name>Andre Klapper</name>
      <email>ak-47@gmx.net</email>
    </credit>

    <desc></desc>
  </info>

  <title>How to play</title>

  <p>The player who controls the white pieces is the first to move. Click on
  the piece that you plan to move. If <link xref="change-look-feel"><gui>Move
  hints</gui></link> has been enabled, the possible fields onto which the piece
  can be moved will display the chosen piece in a transparent way. Click on the
  field onto which you want to move the piece. Afterwards, it is the turn of
  the <link xref="chess-engines">opponent</link>.</p>

  <p>Starting GNOME Chess displays the main game window as shown below.</p>

  <media type="image" src="./figures/gnome-chess-3-32.png" width="600">
    <p>The main window in <app>GNOME Chess</app></p>
  </media>

  <p>The main game window is organized in three main areas:</p>
  <list>
    <item><p>In the top menu, you can start a <gui style="button">New Game</gui>,
    revert your last move(s), pause the game, <link xref="save-resume">save and
    resume a game</link>, and resign.</p></item>
    <item><p>The chess board is in the middle of the window, where the game is
    played by moving pieces using the mouse.</p></item>
    <item><p>At the bottom, the game history panel is shown and allows going
    back, a dropdown lists the history of the performed moves, and on the right
    the <link xref="timer">remaining move time for each player</link> is
    displayed.</p></item>
  </list>

</page>
