How much do you use conditional moves?

Wondering how much/how often other players use conditional moves in C chess.

I don't seem to encounter it very often in the games I've played here and only use it to speed up the game when there is a forced move.

I never use them, although I have nothing against an opponent doing so. I personally prefer to make each of my moves by myself rather than have them done automatically.

I do the samething as you tom.

I only do them when I have spotted a force mate, and I want to show of my skill as to tell the opponent; Yes! I'm that good! With the help of an analysis board and 3 days on my move, I can spot a mate in 2!

Be amazed!

I never use them. All of my moves are unconditional.

I use them when I remember, which is not often enough. Also, my settings automatically go to the next game after submitting my move, and I just can't be bothered to go back. But, I am trying to use it more often

I once got burned by conditional moves, in an unrated game. It was against Dr Doc Md, and it was a fun game. I was ahead in material, and underpromoted all my remaining pawns to knights, so I think I had 9 knights on the board. After he was restricted to 2 squares, entering in a long string of conditionals was possible. I constructed what looked to me like a nice checkmate pattern with the knights.

But then when I logged in the next day, for some reason chess.com messed it up and stalemated him.

Here is the game.

http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=19617389

NM ozzie_c_cobblepot

Nice game; thanks for posting. I would have probably resigned after 21. Kxe6 rather than face-off against an army of Knights!

tomjoad

I use them for a couple of reasons:

1. To speed up the game, especially during the opening and endgame.

2. To reduce my time/move statistic, as I think a staff member in another thread mentioned that a conditional move counts as a 0-seconds move.

3. To just end the game when there's a mating net or a longer, but obvious path to victory, i.e. King and Queen vs. King. That way I just don't have to think about the game anymore.

ModernCalvin, I think most people would have, but he was actually continuing to taunt me in the game conversation... but it was all in good fun.

I just looked at the game again. We kept calling them horsies. I think I was trying to force him into playing a move such as "rook eats horsie". But he refused. So clearly I had to do the reverse, "horsie eats rook".

That's quite a herd of horsies!