My iBook constantly wants to play Chess with me!!

I have a G4 iBook that is a few years old now. It still works great but can be a little slow sometimes and the battery doesn't last long when it's not plugged into the wall. But get this: I will be working along on the laptop on the internet or iTunes and the Chess application will open on it's own! It's been happening for some time now. I thought it was just a little quirk and ignored it. Lately it's been happening a lot. Sometimes the application will open, I will close it, and then right away it will open again. Sometimes when I've had enough I will just leave it open and continue working on other stuff, and the application will come to the front above my browser or whatever I'm working on. Chess isn't in my dock so I'm not clicking on it accidentally. It seems to happen when I use my mouse more. Pretty weird, and sometimes I get creeped out by it. Does my iBook just want to play a game with me?

Hi again,
I was going to suggest that you quit the process; see how it goes. If the 'perp' did his job properly, though, it will probably restart next time you reboot. Keep your eye on it.
Are you able to select the 'Firewall' tab in System Preferences>Sharing? If you get the spinning beachball for a time followed by a pop-up telling you that the Firewall is being managed/controlled (I forget the exact wording, it's been a long time...) someone may have installed a firewall management app like NetbarrierX, Flying Buttress, etc. which would have allowed them to open ports of their choosing unbeknown to you.
Without disclosing anything that could further compromise your security could you elaborate on the 'protected network' and who set it up?
You say: "I'm not entirely sure I want to uninstall it because the Chess mystery isn't too annoying." The chess thing is only a very small part of it, whoever set up the VNC could be seeing everything that you are doing on the computer. You might like to check the tower for applevncserver too... (VNC stands for Virtual Network Client, that should tell you something.)
Have fun and take care! Someone is watching you.
Adrian

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