If you have ever watched a chess video on YouTube, or chess streamers on ChessTV, you have probably seen them drawing colorful arrows and emojis on their screen to explain their moves.
How do they do that? It's easy! And it is a feature everyone on Chess.com can use, on any board on the site!
How to draw arrows
To draw an arrow simply right-click and drag your mouse across the board in the direction you want the arrow to point. When you let go of the right mouse button the arrow will appear and the point of the arrow will be wherever you let go of your mouse button.
Colors
Commands | Color |
Right click | Yellow - This is the default color |
Hold Ctrl + Right-click | Red |
Hold Alt + Right-click | Blue |
Hold Shift + Right-click | Green |
Check out this article from Apple support to learn how to right-click on a Mac.
How to highlight squares on the board
To clear all arrows and colors from the board, simply left-click anywhere on the board.
Similar to arrows, you can choose to highlight in red, green, yellow, or blue color. But in the case of squares, the default color is red.
Commands | Color |
Right click | Red - This is the default color |
Ctrl + Right-click | Yellow |
Alt + Right-click | Blue |
Shift + Right-click | Green |
How to draw emojis on the board
The same as highlighted squares and arrows, your opponent can not see the emojis they are only for you and your viewers to see.
To add an emoji to the board, click the
icon in the upper right corner of the boardThis will open the emoji menu, where you can select an emoji to use
Click on an emoji, then left-click on a square on the board to place it there
Click the square again to remove the emoji. Some emojis will also make a fun sound and animation when you click them!
