IPad

I can't get the pieces to move, just the whole board.  What to do?

I'm using the website, the app works fine but you can't play live chess on the app

Try running it over with your car first to see if that fixes the problem.  It brought my old ipod back from the grave temporarily.

Jokes aside though, what browser is it?  I don't have ipad but I think live chess works for it.  Or should.

i have played live on ipad - it works pretty well if you use click-click (you can't drag things on an ipad). 

slightly different subject.. but are you able to scroll the text in the chat window up if playing turn chess on the app? (if my opponent wrote more than one screen worth of text, I have to use my laptop to read it as I cannot scroll on the ipad)

I absolutely love the chess.com app on my Ipad and, hopefully, they will add the ability to play live chess directly on the app.  Until then however I might suggest you try Instant chess for the ipad.  It is instant live chess although you have no idea the rating or what time clock will be set up, it's totally random.  I have discovered that the time is usually between G5 to G20 - not usually much longer.  Not a great app but it works very smoothly anbd it does scratch my itch for quick, simple live chess.

Touch the piece that you want to move, then touch the square that you want it to move to.

i still love a comment from an old article i read about the ipad. (i'm paraphrasing): "The IPAD is just like the IPHONE accept it's bigger and you can't make phone calls." lol sweet! a giant phone that doesn't function as one. excellent job Apple!

i thought that for a while too, but then convinced myself i wanted one.  it is actually so much more useful for me because it is big enough you can do more than piddle around with it.  i found it to be very handy for a few work-related things.  i print about 500 fewer pages per month and it is a lot easier to carry than a 3" binder.  of course, it was quite an expensive binder.

Remember when the mobile phone (cell phone) first came out? And the internet?And email? And the ipod? And email on phones? And Facebook?

So many hated all of these when they first arrived, and possibly still do. The same people would insist that there was no market for these things, that they would never catch on. Wrong every time. This time is no different.

My guess is that you were one of these many. 

uh, wow.

you do realize what you are doing when you ass-u-me...

Sounds like me.  Can't stand facebook, don't use a cell phone (I give out a fake number!).  I still collect records over CDs.  I'll admit the iPod I do like sometimes when working out.  Beats a noisy gym!  Now email I could not do without, but nothing beats the feeling of receiving a nicely packaged, lengthy handwritten letter.  

After interviewing job candidates I am sometimes asked for my Facebook address/page (whatever one has on Facebook), rather than a business card. This automatically disqualifies the candidate from further consideration

I'll try instant chess... but only 3 free games/day