Misunderstanding of the OOP in a chess game design in java - swing

Question

I've a problem with code that I'm writing to practice my java skills.
I'm trying to write a chess game. Anyway, in my project I have a class called ChessGUI which contains the GUI and the methods I need to play (multiplayer). I'm willing to change the code later to a MVC pattern so it can be easier to read/edit/understand.
I've an abstract class called Figure and i extended it in 12 classes (6 figures per color):
However in my ChessGui class I have a method called CheckAvailableSquares() which I call whenever a piece on the board has been selected (by a mouse click) to show me on the board the available squares which I can move my selected piece to.
private void CheckAvailableSquares(Figure figure){
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++){
for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++){
if (row == figure.getRowPos() && col == figure.getColPos()) //bypass the actual square where my piece stands
continue;
if (figure.isValidMove(board,figure.getRowPos(), figure.getColPos(),row,col)){
board[row][col].setBackground(Color.GREEN);
}
}
}
}
In every figure sub-class there is a method called isValidMove() which becomes the current position of the piece and the wanted position and return a boolean value if the move is valid.
As you know the pawn can move 2 squares per time on it's first move, that's why I added a boolean attribute to the classes WhitePawn&BlackPawn called firstMovePlayed. It has the false value and whenever the isMoveValid() method is called and the wanted move is valid it should be changed to true. like that:
public class WhitePawn extends Figure {
private boolean firstMovePlayed = false;
public WhitePawn(){
super.setColor(Color.WHITE);
}
#Override
public boolean isValidMove(Square[][] board, int currentRow, int currentCol, int wantedRow, int wantedCol){
int rowDelta = currentRow - wantedRow; //no Math.abs because a pawn can't move backwards.
int colDelta = Math.abs(wantedCol - currentCol);
//if we have an own piece on the wanted square
if (!board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty() && board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().getColor().equals(Color.WHITE)) {
return false;
}
//on the first move a pawn can move 2 square at a time, and when moving 2 square he can't capture. A pawn can't move two square if there is another piece in the way. TODO: en passant ??????
if (rowDelta == 2 && colDelta == 0 && board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty() && board[wantedRow + 1][wantedCol].isEmpty() && !firstMovePlayed) {
firstMovePlayed = true;
return true;
}
else if (rowDelta == 1 && colDelta == 1 && !board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty()) { //capture
if (board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().getColor() != board[currentRow][currentCol].getFigure().getColor())
firstMovePlayed = true;
return true;
}
else if (rowDelta == 1 && colDelta == 0 && board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty()) { //moving one square forward without a capture
firstMovePlayed = true;
return true;
}
//those were the only possibilities to move a pawn
return false;
}}
The problem is:
whenever I call the method CheckAvailableSquares() to check the availability of the squares the firstMovePlayed boolean will be set to true!!
I'm really sorry for taking too long of your time but I really can't figure it out :/
here is the rest of the relevant code from ChessGui class:
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//looking for the square which fired the ActionListener:
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++){
for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++){
if(board[i][j] == e.getSource()){
processClick(i, j);
}
}
}
}
private void processClick(int i, int j){
if(bufRow == 99 && bufCol == 99){ //select a figure to move and wait for the next click
if (board[i][j].isEmpty()) { //if there is no figure on the square that has benn clicked
System.out.println("no Figures on this square");
return;
}
else {//save the chosen square (button) in buffers so that we can move it later.
//decide who's turn it is:
if (board[i][j].getFigure().getColor().equals(Color.WHITE) && !whiteToPlay)
System.out.println("It's black's turn to play!");
else if (board[i][j].getFigure().getColor().equals(Color.BLACK) && !blackToPlay)
System.out.println("It's white's turn to play!");
if ((board[i][j].getFigure().getColor().equals(Color.WHITE) && whiteToPlay) || board[i][j].getFigure().getColor().equals(Color.BLACK) && blackToPlay) {
board[i][j].setHighleightedIcon(board[i][j].getFigure().getHilightedIcon()); //change the icon of the chosen square
bufRow = i; //save the chosen figure to move it later
bufCol = j;
System.out.println("Selectd figure on Raw: " + bufRow + " Column: " + bufCol);
switchTurns();
CheckAvailableSquares(board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure());
}
}
}
else
moveFigure(i, j);
}
private void moveFigure(int wantedRow, int wantedCol) {
if (board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure().isValidMove(board, bufRow, bufCol, wantedRow, wantedCol)) { // check if the move is valid for the figure
// if (board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty()) { //if the wanted square is empty (not a capture)
//move the figure to the wanted square after deleting it from the old square
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].setFigure(board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure());
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].setSquareIcon(board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure().getIcon());
board[bufRow][bufCol].emptySquare();
//update the location of the piece
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().setNewPos(wantedRow,wantedCol);
System.out.println("Moved [" + bufRow + ", " + bufCol + "] To: [" + wantedRow + ", " + wantedCol + "].");
//reset the buffers
bufRow = 99;
bufCol = 99;
resetSquaresColors();
/*}
else if (!board[wantedRow][wantedCol].isEmpty()){ //if it's a capture
if(board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().getColor() != board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure().getColor()) { //can't capture own pieces!
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].setFigure(board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure());
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].setSquareIcon(board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().getIcon());
board[bufRow][bufCol].emptySquare();
//update the location of the piece
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().setRowPos(wantedRow);
board[wantedRow][wantedCol].getFigure().setColPos(wantedCol);
System.out.println("Moved [" + bufRow + ", " + bufCol + "] To: [" + wantedRow + ", " + wantedCol + "].");
//reset the buffers
bufRow = 99;
bufCol = 99;
}
}*/
} else { //if it's not a valid move
board[bufRow][bufCol].setIcon(board[bufRow][bufCol].getFigure().getIcon());
//reset the buffers
bufRow = 99;
bufCol = 99;
resetSquaresColors();
System.out.println("Not a valid move");
switchTurns();
}
}
private void CheckAvailableSquares(Figure figure){
for (int row = 0; row < 8; row++){
for (int col = 0; col < 8; col++){
if (row == figure.getRowPos() && col == figure.getColPos()) //bypass the actual square where my piece stands
continue;
if (figure.isValidMove(board,figure.getRowPos(), figure.getColPos(),row,col)){
Square sqr = board[row][col];
if (sqr.isEmpty()) //if the square is empty
sqr.setAvailableIcon(new ImageIcon("Icons/available_square.png"));
else //if there is a piece on the square
sqr.setAvailableIcon(sqr.getFigure().getAvailableIcon());
}
}
}
}
Thanks alot & forgive any mistakes in my poor English!