Agreed, it has definitely been made worse
Play against the computer has been changed for the worse?
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Yes, this is a terrible change! Why?!?!?
Oct 24, 2020
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#4
I was told yesterday that they are working on all the features mentioned here...coming soon!
If this is a permanent change; this website will lose many long term members like me who will be demanding complete refunds.
Oct 25, 2020
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#6
Please enable the Play Computer 'Choose' with 'Custom' options (like 'Enable Hints' & 'Allow Takebacks') to be available during 'Finish vs Computer'. Those previously available functions should not have been removed.
Oct 25, 2020
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#7
Can you please add the 'Flip Board' capability back to 'Finish vs Computer'. It enabled the user to switch sides during the game.
Oct 25, 2020
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#9
BurtonC123 wrote:
"Stuff like this should be reported in the beta club"
How does one find 'the beta club'?
My Girl did figure out how to vary the strength of the engine, but I can't recall how. It used to be so easy. I was displayed all the time. And worse. I just realized today that I can't play against the computer as black anymore, only white. This is a big loss to me. I beg the webmasters to go back to how it was .
is that ur gf
Oct 25, 2020
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#13
jvsteiner wrote:
It seems that the "finish against the computer" feature has been changed. It is no longer possible to:
- Adjust the strength of the computer
- Turn off the evaluation bar
- Prevent the website from telling you about mistakes, etc.
This has made it impossible to use this feature for real practice, for example in endagmes, where you need to hold against the max strength computer, but do not want the evaluation bar to give you a "hint" when you go wrong. It's not very good training, if the evaluation bar just tells you the answers.
This used to work great, but as it is, has become useless to me. Why has it been changed, and is there any way to make it work as before?
1. Possible to adjust the computer strength.
2. You can turn off the eval bar, go to "custom" once you select "choose"
3. Also in "custom" (or you can turn it on max difficulty)
i have a hot girlfriend.
This is a disaster. It used to be programed at the senior adult Stockfish 11 level with lots of features and options. NOW - It is the baby child 600 level. What a cruel joke to the many members who have supported Chess.com for so many years.
SNUDOO wrote:
jvsteiner wrote:
It seems that the "finish against the computer" feature has been changed. It is no longer possible to:
- Adjust the strength of the computer
- Turn off the evaluation bar
- Prevent the website from telling you about mistakes, etc.
This has made it impossible to use this feature for real practice, for example in endagmes, where you need to hold against the max strength computer, but do not want the evaluation bar to give you a "hint" when you go wrong. It's not very good training, if the evaluation bar just tells you the answers.
This used to work great, but as it is, has become useless to me. Why has it been changed, and is there any way to make it work as before?
1. Possible to adjust the computer strength.
2. You can turn off the eval bar, go to "custom" once you select "choose"
3. Also in "custom" (or you can turn it on max difficulty)
Sure, if you want to play a whole game from the starting position. What if you want to play a specific position, like this: https://www.chess.com/play/computer?fen=8%2F8%2F7k%2FR6P%2FP7%2F3K4%2F7r%2F8%20b%20-%20-%200%201
Black to draw
Oct 25, 2020
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#17
jvsteiner wrote:
SNUDOO wrote:
jvsteiner wrote:
It seems that the "finish against the computer" feature has been changed. It is no longer possible to:
- Adjust the strength of the computer
- Turn off the evaluation bar
- Prevent the website from telling you about mistakes, etc.
This has made it impossible to use this feature for real practice, for example in endagmes, where you need to hold against the max strength computer, but do not want the evaluation bar to give you a "hint" when you go wrong. It's not very good training, if the evaluation bar just tells you the answers.
This used to work great, but as it is, has become useless to me. Why has it been changed, and is there any way to make it work as before?
1. Possible to adjust the computer strength.
2. You can turn off the eval bar, go to "custom" once you select "choose"
3. Also in "custom" (or you can turn it on max difficulty)
Sure, if you want to play a whole game from the starting position. What if you want to play a specific position, like this: https://www.chess.com/play/computer?fen=8%2F8%2F7k%2FR6P%2FP7%2F3K4%2F7r%2F8%20b%20-%20-%200%201
Black to draw
Interesting position. Even sf at low depth thinks it’s winning!
Interesting position. Even sf at low depth thinks it’s winning!
https://syzygy-tables.info/?fen=8/8/7k/R6P/P7/3K4/7r/8_b_-_-_0_1
it's a draw, you can't trust engines in rook endgames - which is exactly why my son uses (or used to use, that is) this now-broken feature to practice his endgame technique.
Oct 25, 2020
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#19
lolu56 wrote:
i have a hot girlfriend.
I will bet she even has half her teeth still- right? 🤣
Oct 25, 2020
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#20
jvsteiner wrote:
SNUDOO wrote:
jvsteiner wrote:
It seems that the "finish against the computer" feature has been changed. It is no longer possible to:
- Adjust the strength of the computer
- Turn off the evaluation bar
- Prevent the website from telling you about mistakes, etc.
This has made it impossible to use this feature for real practice, for example in endagmes, where you need to hold against the max strength computer, but do not want the evaluation bar to give you a "hint" when you go wrong. It's not very good training, if the evaluation bar just tells you the answers.
This used to work great, but as it is, has become useless to me. Why has it been changed, and is there any way to make it work as before?
1. Possible to adjust the computer strength.
2. You can turn off the eval bar, go to "custom" once you select "choose"
3. Also in "custom" (or you can turn it on max difficulty)
Sure, if you want to play a whole game from the starting position. What if you want to play a specific position, like this: https://www.chess.com/play/computer?fen=8%2F8%2F7k%2FR6P%2FP7%2F3K4%2F7r%2F8%20b%20-%20-%200%201
Black to draw
I don't know how to do that, I never even tried to play positions against comps before. It might be there, it might not. I don't know.
But you can do the other things you said wasn't possible, that I do know.
It seems that the "finish against the computer" feature has been changed. It is no longer possible to:
This has made it impossible to use this feature for real practice, for example in endagmes, where you need to hold against the max strength computer, but do not want the evaluation bar to give you a "hint" when you go wrong. It's not very good training, if the evaluation bar just tells you the answers.
This used to work great, but as it is, has become useless to me. Why has it been changed, and is there any way to make it work as before?