Can we please fix "Play Against The Computer"???

I'm sure you guys see all the post about this, with the computer getting stuck when it says "computer thinking....". Is this even being worked on? I posted this problem over a month ago and it still does it. Like someone said on my other post that this is frustrating and it is. Can we please fix this soon?

Thank you.

That's happened to me a lot too. When the computer starts thinking, it never stops *sigh* :(

Yeah, I've even tried letting it think for an hour and when I come back to my computer its still thinking. I really like how they changed the level of game play from silly to hard cause before it seemed like it didnt matter what it was set at, it would always would kick my butt. So I love playing this new one but this "computer thinking..." is getting very very frustrating. Please guys keep the same game play but please fix this little problem that everyone is having!! Come on we love your site!!!

Thank you.

I completely agree, and am having the same problem.

yep - working on it. 

 Maybe it's just trying to play like a lot of people on here do. Just sit there forever, and let the clock run down, hoping you'll give up, and resign.

if you have this issue again, can you please post the PGN of the game where it froze? we are trying to recreate and are unable to at this point...

Took me playing the computer 3 times to get it to get stuck. (1st one computer won, 2nd one I won) 3rd one gets stuck. PGN is posted below. Hope this helps. I'll be playing more tonight when I get off work and if it happens again I'll post that PGN also.

Thank you.

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[White "Computer - Silly"]
[Black "Player"]
[Result "1-0"]
[FEN "r2q1k2/1b2nQb1/p7/1p2N3/3P1p1P/2N5/PPP2PP1/3R2K1 b - -"]
 1. Nf3 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. e3 h6 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. O-O cxb5 9. Nxb5 Qd8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Re1 h5 13. Qe2 Bg7 14. Rcd1 O-O 15. e4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 f5 17. Qe3 f4 18. Qe4 Re8 19. Qxg6 Ne7 20. Qxh5 Rf8 21. h4 Rf5 22. Qg4 b5 23. Re5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Bb7 25. Qxe6+ Kf8

thanks!

Just take it as a compliment. 

Got it to do it again. Just took 2 times playing the computer this time. (1st one I won, 2nd one it got stuck) The PGN is below, hope this helps out.

If anyone else is reading this, please post your PGN so we can help the staff fix it.

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Computer - Silly"]
[FEN "r7/1ppkp2Q/3p2p1/pP2np2/5B2/8/1PR5/RK6 w - -"]
 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. d5 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Bf5 5. Qf3 Nxf2 6. Qxf2 Bxd3 7. cxd3 Nd7 8. Nc3 Ne5 9. Qd4 h5 10. Nh3 Nxd3+ 11. Kd2 Ne5 12. Re1 f6 13. Qe4 h4 14. g3 hxg3 15. hxg3 Kd7 16. Qf5+ Ke8 17. Kd1 Rxh3 18. Qxh3 Qd7 19. Qh7 Kd8 20. Qg8 Qg4+ 21. Kd2 Qd4+ 22. Kc2 Qd3+ 23. Kb3 Kd7 24. Rd1 Qxg3 25. Qh7 Kd8 26. Qg8 Nd7 27. Qh7 g6 28. Qf7 f5 29. a4 a5 30. Rd2 Bh6 31. Ka2 Ne5 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qh7 Bg5 34. Nb5 Qf3 35. Rc2 Qxd5+ 36. Kb1 Qxb5 37. axb5 Bf6 38. Bf4

Here is a short one. 

[Site "Chess.com"]

[Date "2010.08.05"]

[White "Player"]

[Black "Computer - Medium"]

[Result "0-1"]

[FEN "r2qk2r/ppp2ppp/2n1pn2/3p1P2/1P6/N1P2NbP/P2PP3/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -"]

 1. f4 d5 2. c3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. b4 Bf5 5. Na3 e6 6. h3 Bd6 7. g4 Bxf4 8. gxf5 

I was just playing a quick blitz against the computer and it started thinking...

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Computer - Medium"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "1k1r4/ppp3Rp/8/2b5/4p3/1QP5/PP2Bq2/4KN2 w - -"]
 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nc6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 Bf5 6. g4 Bg6 7. f4 Ne4 8. f5 Bxf5 9. gxf5 Nxg5 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Nxd4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. c3 Qd7 15. Qc2 e3 16. Nc4 Qd5 17. Rf1 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Qg2 19. Nxe3 Qxh2 20. Rf2 Qh1+ 21. Rf1 Qh4+ 22. Rf2 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 e5 24. Qd5 Qg3 25. Nf1 Qg5 26. Qxf7 Bc5 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28. Rf3 Rd8 29. Qb3 e4 30. Rg3 Qxf5 31. Rxg7

we've confirmed the bug :) what happens is that the computer starts "thinking" when it knows it has already won! (note in this game, Bg3+ is checkmate!!)

ANOTHER 'COMPUTER THINKING'

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.08.06"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Computer - Easy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[FEN "3r1rk1/p1p2p1p/p5p1/4b3/1P2P3/8/P1P5/R1K1q3 w - -"]
 1. d4 g6 2. Nh3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. g4 Bxg4 5. Nf4 Nc6 6. Nxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Bxd1 8. Kxd1 Nxd4 9. Ba6 bxa6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. h4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 e5 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Nc3 Qxh4 16. b4 Qf2 17. Ne2 Nxe2 18. Rxe2 Qf1+ 19. Re1 Rad8+ 20. Kc1

Really? Is there away to use the PGN to recreate a game, because I can't see how the computer knows its beaten me within eight moves. And unless I was extremely tired, I don't think I was one move away from checkmate.

Yeah, I know, i made a huge to do about it in one of my threads.

I am also expirencing that it is giving me the wrong PGN. Kohai said that she was investigating

I don't know if I should dig this topic up now, but today, during the site down time, the computer got stuck again:

[Date "????.??.??"]
[Result "*"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.f3 Nc6 4.Nc3 Bd7 5.d5 Ne5 6.Nge2 h5 7.Nf4 g5 8.Nd3 Nxd3+ 9.Qxd3 Rg8 10.Be2 Nxe4 11.fxe4 g4 12.O-O Rg6 13.Bd2 Bg7 14.b3 Bxc3 15.Bxc3 e5 16.Bd2 Ke7 17.c4 Rf6 18.Bg5 Qh8 19.g3 h4 20.gxh4
*

I'm just a novice, but I don't think that the computer here got stuck because it "knows it has already won", as erik said, in fact he was losing. It was level 1200 btw and I played White. Hope this helps

I've been following this thread ever since I saw the original "Play Against The Computer Thread". I posted a long message in that thread so I won't repeat it now.

Here is my most recent encounter with this issue. 

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2010.09.04"]
[White "Player"]
[Black "Computer - Medium"]
 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3

If the computer is already claiming victory at this stage then it truly is amazing. I have no doubt that it would have won this game since I don't play the Colle-Gruenfeld very well, but just how did it know that? I wish it would at least have the courtesy to display the winning moves so I could try to learn from my mistakes.

Seriously though, there does seem to have been some improvement and I do like it better than the previous version. Good luck with this issue.