diff --git a/src/main/java/ChessBoard.java b/src/main/java/ChessBoard.java
index 392809b..d875229 100755
--- a/src/main/java/ChessBoard.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ChessBoard.java
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-//chess board
-
 import chess.PaintInstruction;
 
 import java.awt.*;
@@ -17,8 +15,8 @@ public void update(Graphics g) {
 
     public void paint(Graphics g) {
         System.err.println("chessboard, paint() being running");
-        if (vecPaintInstructions.size() == 0) {
-
+        boolean NoInstructions= vecPaintInstructions.size() == 0; //refect
+        if (NoInstructions) {
             currentInstruction = new PaintInstruction(0, 0, 8);
             vecPaintInstructions.addElement(currentInstruction);
 
@@ -27,7 +25,8 @@ public void paint(Graphics g) {
         g.setColor(new Color(51, 51, 51));
         g.fillRect(50, 450, 450, 50); //Paint over the current status text
 
-        for (int i = 0; i < vecPaintInstructions.size(); i++) {
+        int num_of_PaintInstructions=vecPaintInstructions.size();//refect
+        for (int i = 0; i <num_of_PaintInstructions; i++) {
             currentInstruction = vecPaintInstructions.elementAt(i);
             int startRow = currentInstruction.getStartRow();
             int startColumn = currentInstruction.getStartColumn();
@@ -49,24 +48,18 @@ public void paint(Graphics g) {
 
     private void drawTile(int row, int column, Graphics g) {
         //todo: add the cell labels A-H:1-8
-        if ((row + 1) % 2 == 0) {
-
-            if ((column + 1) % 2 == 0) {
-                g.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255)); //white
-            } else {
-                g.setColor(new Color(165, 130, 95)); //black
-            }
-
-        } else {
-
-            if ((column + 1) % 2 == 0) {
-                g.setColor(new Color(165, 130, 95));
-            } else {
-                g.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
-            }
-
-        }
-
+        boolean RowAndColEven=((row + 1) % 2 == 0)&&((column + 1) % 2 == 0);
+        boolean RowIsEvenColIsOdd=((row + 1) % 2 == 0)&&((column + 1) % 2 != 0);
+        boolean RowIsOddColIsEven=((row + 1) % 2 != 0)&&((column + 1) % 2 == 0);
+        boolean RowAndColOdd=((row + 1) % 2 != 0)&&((column + 1) % 2 != 0);
+        if(RowAndColEven)
+            g.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
+        if(RowIsEvenColIsOdd)
+            g.setColor(new Color(165, 130, 95));
+        if(RowIsOddColIsEven)
+            g.setColor(new Color(165, 130, 95));
+        if(RowAndColOdd)
+            g.setColor(new Color(255, 255, 255));
         g.fillRect((5 + (column * 50)), (5 + (row * 50)), 50, 50);
 
     }
@@ -89,4 +82,4 @@ protected int findWhichTileSelected(int coor) //Finds which tile the mouse is ov
         return -1;
 
     }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/src/main/java/SplashScreen.java b/src/main/java/SplashScreen.java
index 37d421f..a859619 100755
--- a/src/main/java/SplashScreen.java
+++ b/src/main/java/SplashScreen.java
@@ -23,22 +23,14 @@ public void showSplash() {
         JPanel content = (JPanel) getContentPane();
         content.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
 
-        // Set the window's bounds, centering the window
-        int width = 500;
-        int height = 250;
-        Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
-        int x = (screen.width - width) / 2;
-        int y = (screen.height - height) / 2;
-        setBounds(x, y, width, height);
+        SetTheWindowBound();
+        BuildTheSplashScreen(content);
+        Display(content);
+        dispose();
 
-        // Build the splash screen
-        JLabel copyrt = new JLabel("***Created by Biraj, Ganesh & Madhav***", JLabel.CENTER);
-        copyrt.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.BOLD, 14));
-        copyrt.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
-        content.add(copyrt, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
-        Color clr = new Color(255, 100, 100);
-        content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(clr, 5));
+    }
 
+    private void Display(JPanel content) {
         JLabel label = new JLabel("", JLabel.CENTER);
         content.add(label);
         setVisible(true);
@@ -46,8 +38,6 @@ public void showSplash() {
         for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 
             label.setIcon(images[i]);
-
-
             // Display it
             label.setVisible(true);
 
@@ -56,19 +46,31 @@ public void showSplash() {
                 Thread.sleep(duration);
             } catch (Exception e) {
             }
-
             if (i == 9) {
                 try {
                     Thread.sleep(5 * duration);
                 } catch (Exception e) {
                 }
             }
-
             label.setVisible(false);
-
-
         }
-        dispose();
+    }
+
+    private void BuildTheSplashScreen(JPanel content) {
+        JLabel copyrt = new JLabel("***Created by Biraj, Ganesh & Madhav***", JLabel.CENTER);
+        copyrt.setFont(new Font("Sans-Serif", Font.BOLD, 14));
+        copyrt.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
+        content.add(copyrt, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
+        Color clr = new Color(255, 100, 100);
+        content.setBorder(BorderFactory.createLineBorder(clr, 5));
+    }
 
+    private void SetTheWindowBound() {
+        int width = 500;
+        int height = 250;
+        Dimension screen = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
+        int x = (screen.width - width) / 2;
+        int y = (screen.height - height) / 2;
+        setBounds(x, y, width, height);
     }
-}
+}
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