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Feanor73

Is there any way we can get premoves for the mobile apps? I've lost a lot of easy mates and mates in one because every move on a phone takes at least one second, and I can't premove the necessary moves. (I mainly play blitz.) This is really frustrating, and premove capability seems fairly easy to implement. Any chance?

marknhl

I would like this same question answered. I was in the 1300s on blitz and started to lose a lot of games because I think players above that level likely all know premove. You simply can't compete without it.

x-4516445233

I would like to see this feature too. I usually only play on my mobile when I'm traveling by public transportation, but then I don't have the time to play anything besides blitz usually and even in 15|2 games I often run out of time in winning positions because I can't make the finishing moves fast enough. A lot of time is used making sure you've selected the correct square because it's easy to misclick with butterfingers on a small screen so this really would safe a lot of time to win won games (and also during the opening where you can pre-retake often).

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Ivda

Can we get some answer?

tomatohorse

I've been waiting for this feature for like forever. It seems like it should be an easy enough feature to ad

erik

android has premove for live chess (you must enable it in the settings - it's too weird for new players to have ON by default :D)

Tangotize

Can premove be added to the iPhone App as well please. As detailed above it makes blitz games near impossible without it, especially if your opponent can use premove.

erik

in the works!

MuhammadAreez10

Planned for V3 or what?

And dear Erik, will V3 have a mobile version? I only use mobile.

erik
MuhammadAreez10 wrote:

Planned for V3 or what?

And dear Erik, will V3 have a mobile version? I only use mobile.

yes. android is already on v3. iphone v3 will be released in early january!

MuhammadAreez10

When will v3 be released for all members?

I'm not in any hurry. Take your time and make it the best!

marknhl

It works! Thank you!!! :D

tusharbehera81

I would really love premoves on mobile app, cause i only play on mobile and i feel it would enhance my game a lot. 

Martin_Stahl
tusharbehera81 wrote:

I would really love premoves on mobile app, cause i only play on mobile and i feel it would enhance my game a lot. 

 

Premove exists on the mobile app. You have to turn it on and you're limited to one premove.

letsmateout

Why is it limited to one premove? That is a serious limitation!

KKSharma12

It's not only point of unavailability of pre moves even it is strictly against fair game play. If mobile players being matched with desktop players having high speed LAN how can you call a balanced gaming experience for both players. Need to do something urgently and a small suggestions by making two servers differenting mobile players. Then only chess .com can grow as games with mobile capabilities grew faster even other games.

Cbarbisan

from Chess.com :

How many pre-moves can I make in advance?

You can make up to five pre-moves on your opponent's turn. They will be played in the order you made them, subject to the limitations described above.

For example, if you are playing Black, at the beginning of a game you could pre-move g6, Bg7, b6.  The system will automatically play 1...g6, 2...Bg7, 3...b6 immediately after White plays their first three moves - so long as white does not put your King in check within those three moves (in which case the next pre-move would be rejected and you would have to deal with the threat to your King).

Mobile apps

On the Android and iOS mobile apps, premoves are limited to one premove at a time. This is due to the limitations of controls on a touch screen. Premoves are made in the same way as on the website (simply make the move) However, touching anywhere else on the screen will cancel your current premove, meaning the limit is one premove at a time. 

GBTGBA

Yesterday premoves on app was sharp jarring faster. Please bring that back . I thought it’s a new update ? It’s good update. 

Blubbermoo22

I need permoves