Sanny wrote:
In my last few games, I noticed a disappearing,
incomplete game, which didn't bother me much since
these games are hardly world class anyway. I suspect

Chess game at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

This happens when by mistake you Press "Resign Game" Button.

Or you have "Resign Game" button Selected and you Press any of the two
ENTER KEYS.

Never Press Resign Game Button as it means you want to Resign the Game
as you are loosing.


How is it possible to have the "resign game" button
*selected* when I am in another tab? And even if this
is possible, hitting "enter" in another tab should have
no effect in the GetClub tab, which is not the active
tab, but is merely running in the background.

A while back, we were advised to not have multiple
browsers open because this slows the program down
too much, so I started using a single (Firefox) browser,
utilizing the "tabs" feature to switch back and forth
when I hear the sound signalling that the program has
moved. I don't see much of a difference in speed, but
I suppose it is likely my computer's "resources" are
used more efficiently with tabs instead of multiple
browser instances.

BTW, a while back there was a complaint that your
site all too frequently pops up a new window whenever
it moves; the window I'm talking about is the player's
"home page", and it happens with my browser, too.
It's a bit scary, since there is a tendency to assume
the program has "detected" mate coming and is
resigning -- many moves in advance. Imagine the
feeling of defeating a chess program which can "see"
itself getting checkmated, say, ten or more moves
in advance via brute force. Very scary.

One thing I have noticed about GetClub is that,
unlike some programs, it does not grab your man
mid-air and decide for you where you are going to
put it down. This has been a problem for me in the
past, but Sanny's program lets *you* decide by
waiting for you to click on the destination square.
Obviously, the program could easily win far more
games if it were not programmed to let the players
decide regarding their own moves.

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