Chess Novice requires help on RHP

Hello All,

Have only recently familiarised myself with Chess, therefore decided to practice online. But in my inaugral game, some of my proposed moves got highlighted in Pink and disallowed it seems. Why were they highlighted in Pink? Is there an onlinH RHP chess etiquette pamphlet I should be reading?

Thanks.

That means they were illegal moves i.e. in chess you shouldn't be able to play that.

Can you post which game, the move and at what point you were trying to make it? That way someone might be able to point out why it wasn't allowed.

Thanks psycho pawn, Its a game I got frustrated at and resigned. How can I link it to you

http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=3636690
your tips/observations will be welcome

Originally posted by Sdoggy4
Thanks psycho pawn, Its a game I got frustrated at and resigned. How can I link it to you

just write [gid]gameIdNumber[/gid] and it'll show as a link in your post.

the rest of what you need to know about the site is probably here: FAQ

Originally posted by Sdoggy4
http://www.redhotpawn.com/core/playchess.php?gameid=3636690
your tips/observations will be welcome

You were in check, so any move apart from getting yourself out of check is illegal, hence the pink squares.

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thank you, guess there's a lot of learning to be done

His next move was QF7 # Checkmate