Grok Checkers: commands

Everything is a click or a tap. There is nothing to type except your name.

On the board

Do thisWhat happens
Click one of your piecesSelects it and shows where it can go: dots for moves, rings for jumps. Pieces that can move glow softly; when a capture is available only the pieces that can capture glow.
Click a highlighted squarePlays the move, or makes one hop of a jump.
Multi-jumpAfter each hop the next landing squares light up. Click them one by one until the chain is done.
Click another piece, an empty square, or press EscClears the selection (also part-way through a multi-jump, before its last hop).
Tab, then Enter or SpaceKeyboard play: move between squares and pick one.

Top bar

ButtonWhat it does
Vs Computer / OnlineSwitch between playing Grok and playing real people. Each keeps its own game.
ChoicesOpens a menu that stays open until you close it: New game, Resign, Flip board, Sound, Square numbers, Show movable pieces, and the board theme (Starport, Nebula, Walnut, Mars).

Resign, and New game in the middle of a game, ask you to press twice so a slip cannot end your game. There is no undo.

Vs Computer panel

Your name (for the leaderboard), Grok's level (Cadet, Pilot, Captain, Admiral, Grandmaster), your colour (Black, White, Random) and Start game. During a game: Resign and New game.

Online tab

ButtonWhat it does
Join the lobbyRegisters your online name in this browser (shared with Grok Chess).
Send challengePosts a challenge to anyone, or to the player picked in the list, with your colour and clock.
Accept / Play / Decline / CancelAnswer challenges, or withdraw your own.
Play / View (your games)Opens a game on the board.
Resign / Offer draw / Accept / DeclineIn an online game, in the left panel.
Back to the lobbyLeaves the board view. Your game keeps going on the server.

Moves are written with the standard square numbers 1 to 32: 11-15 is a move, 15x24 a jump and 15x24x31 a double jump.

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