help bot wrote:
Bjoern wrote:


A couple of suggestions on how to improve the enjoyment of the game for
the users:
* let the program resign when its position is totally hopeless (e.g.
when it's down by a queen and some other pieces), it was annoyingly slow
in making its moves at that stage
* get rid of the sound effects



Noooooooo! I *need* the sound to inform me when
the program (FINALLY!) makes its move. Let those
who are bothered by the sounds turn simply their volume
down. On my computer, this takes about two seconds.

Mmh, I guess there is that use for it. Maybe one could turn it into a
less embarassingly silly sound?

Having just finished a game with the master level, I must say that it is
useful for getting a notification about a new move while doing other stuff.

http://www.getclub.com/playgame.php?...027&game=Chess

As far as I can tell the master level is in no way stronger than the
beginner level just much, muuuuuuuch slower. It just passively sat back
after giving me the pair of bishops and the centre. Strategically blind,
while the tactical skills were hardly impressive either.

I haven't played anyone this weak in ages, I have had the occasional
rated game with 1600s in the last two years and they were usually
tougher than this. There was one 1300ish player I played two years ago
and that felt about like it feels to play the master level, however the
1300 did keep to the time limit and made his moves at an acceptable pace.