What happened? The chess game isn't going through.?

Question

Instead of getting a board it shows a black square about needing Java or something and won't go to the game.

Answer 1

Nothing is wrong with your computer, the chess server is down

Answer 2

update java to fix it!

http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.j...

Answer 3

Sounds like your Java is corrupted - my boyfriend is going through the same thing on his laptop.  Then again, it also may be due to the fact he has Vista - what OS are you running?