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Play the bots with a clock - possible?

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Ishmai

I’m new to chess and started with puzzles and playing bots and was doing alright. I have begun playing 10 minute games against real people and am finding playing with the time constraints creates a wholly different game stress and leads to blunders I’d not have made against a bot.  I’m sure this is normal.  

Is there a way to play against the bots with a pseudo clock timer showing?  This would allow me to practice with the time constraints imposed by the clock and I believe this would help my game progress. I want the clock on both the bot and me. I realize the bot clock would be artificial but so are the “mistakes” made by the bot so AI could add a clock to the bots play to make it more realistically human.  Or maybe not…

Martin_Stahl
Ishmai wrote:

I’m new to chess and started with puzzles and playing bots and was doing alright. I have begun playing 10 minute games against real people and am finding playing with the time constraints creates a wholly different game stress and leads to blunders I’d not have made against a bot. I’m sure this is normal.

Is there a way to play against the bots with a pseudo clock timer showing? This would allow me to practice with the time constraints imposed by the clock and I believe this would help my game progress. I want the clock on both the bot and me. I realize the bot clock would be artificial but so are the “mistakes” made by the bot so AI could add a clock to the bots play to make it more realistically human. Or maybe not…

Yes, under the Custom option you can add a time control, from a list of available ones. Though, I don't think the bots actually use much time.

Ishmai

Perfect! I didn’t know those options were there. Thank You .

onBoard64

Stahl: ”Though, I don't think the bots actually use much time.”

True, they don't. It’s like playing with time control against someone who isn’t using it; a wholly unrealistic experience.

For that reason, I some time ago suggested a reprogramming of the bots to allow for variation in spent time dependent on the type of moves (although, I guess that could be quite difficult to accomplish).

Astroboy1230

Where is custom options

kris081
On the Custom setting to play the bots, although you'd beat the bot and get 2 crowns instead of three i can't seem to find another way to play with a clock and still get 3, it should be there if you scroll to the bottom
MariasWhiteKnight

Why would you ? With clock just use humans ?

Astroboy1230

kris thanks