diff --git a/src/Main.java b/src/Main.java
index 4f0590a..0a9dc74 100644
--- a/src/Main.java
+++ b/src/Main.java
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ public class Main {
 		testBoard.setPiece(true, PieceType.Bishop, 4, 7);
 		testBoard.toString();
 		
-		
 		// launches graphical interface : 
 		MyInterface mjf = new MyInterface();
 		mjf.setVisible(true);
diff --git a/src/backend/Board.java b/src/backend/Board.java
index 8977016..c0aaf4e 100644
--- a/src/backend/Board.java
+++ b/src/backend/Board.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ public class Board {
 	private int width;
 	private int height;
 	private Piece[][] board;//creating an array for the coordinates of the board
+	private Piece chosenPiece=null;
+	private int turnNumber=0;
+	private boolean isTurnWhite=true;
 
 	public Board(int colNum, int lineNum) {
 		this.width=colNum;
@@ -14,29 +17,23 @@ public class Board {
 	}
 
 	public int getWidth() {
-		//TODO
 		return width;
 	}
 
 	public int getHeight() {
-		//TODO
 		return height;
 	}
 
 	public int getTurnNumber() {
-		//TODO
-		return 0;
+		return turnNumber;
 	}
 
 	public boolean isTurnWhite() {
-		//TODO
-		return false;
+		return isTurnWhite;
 	}
 
 	public void setPiece(boolean isWhite, PieceType type, int x, int y) {
 		board[y][x]= new Piece (x, y, type, isWhite);
-		
-		
 	}
 
 	public void populateBoard() {
@@ -62,23 +59,28 @@ public class Board {
 			for(int x=0; x<8; x++) {
 				board[x][y]= null;
 			}
-			}
+		}
 	}
 	
-	public String toString() {
-		
-		
+	public String toString() { //review the stringbuilder class that already exists in java aand see if we can replace it by smth else
+		StringBuilder builder= new StringBuilder();
 		for (int y=0; y< height; y++) {
-			for (int x=0; x<width; x++) {
-				
-			
-				
+			for (int x=0; x<width; x++) {	
+				Piece thePiece=board[x][y];
+				if(thePiece!=null) {
+					String color =thePiece.isWhite()? "w":"b";
+					builder.append(color).append(thePiece.getType().getSummary());
+				} else {
+					builder.append("--");
+				}
 			}
+			builder.append("\n");
 		}
 		
-		return "";
+		return builder.toString();
 	}
 	
+	
 	public ArrayList<Piece> getPieces() {
 		ArrayList<Piece> pieces = new ArrayList<>();
 		for(int y=0; y<8; y++) {
@@ -92,13 +94,30 @@ public class Board {
 	}
 
 	public void userTouch(int x, int y) {
-		//TODO
+		Piece clickedPiece=board[x][y];
+		if(chosenPiece==null) {
+			//when no piece is selected
+			if(clickedPiece!=null) {
+				chosenPiece=clickedPiece;
+			}
+		}
+		else { //if a piece is already selected
+			if(isSelected(x,y)) {
+				chosenPiece=null; //unselect the chosen piece to revert to normal state
+			}
+			else { //move selected piece to new position
+				board[chosenPiece.getX()][chosenPiece.getY()]=null; //clear the old position 
+				board[x][y]=new Piece(x, y, chosenPiece.getType(), chosenPiece.isWhite());//place at new position
+				chosenPiece=null; //unselect the piece moved 
+				turnNumber++; //tracks the number of moves
+				isTurnWhite=!isTurnWhite;
+			}
+		}
 		
 	}
 
-	public boolean isSelected(int x, int y) {
-		//TODO
-		return false;
+	public boolean isSelected(int x, int y) { //checks if any piece is selected and if its position matches that of the x,y coordinates
+		return chosenPiece != null && chosenPiece.getX()==x && chosenPiece.getY()==y;
 	}
 	
 	/* saving-loading feature :*/