How do I practice vs computer from the same side as the puzzle?

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I wanted to see if I could convert the position after this puzzle:

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/37322

There is no "practice vs computer" straight away, but one can click "analysis" and practice vs computer in there. The problem is, no matter what I do, it forces me to play the losing side (black). I already tried flipping the board in the analysis and starting the practice on the black/white move.

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krzaq2 wrote:

I wanted to see if I could convert the position after this puzzle:

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/37322

There is no "practice vs computer" straight away, but one can click "analysis" and practice vs computer in there. The problem is, no matter what I do, it forces me to play the losing side (black). I already tried flipping the board in the analysis and starting the practice on the black/white move.

If you click on the analyze button, there is a practice versus computer option on the next page.  The problem with that is that the analysis is set to run automatically.

To avoid that, copy the FEN of the position and paste it into the analysis page after turning off the automatic evaluation, analysis, etc.

Avatar of krzaq2

The problem is that when I click the "practice vs computer" button, I play as black, when I want to play as white - the same as the puzzle. As I stated in the first post.

 

I guess I can export the FEN, but it's very counter-intuitive.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

I'm on mobile right now, so can't verify this, but is Switch Sides no longer there?

Avatar of krzaq2

It is there, thanks!

 

Personally, I always prefer text labels as opposed to icons, but I should've checked anyway (I thought I did, though...)

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justbefair wrote:
krzaq2 wrote:

I wanted to see if I could convert the position after this puzzle:

https://www.chess.com/puzzles/problem/37322

There is no "practice vs computer" straight away, but one can click "analysis" and practice vs computer in there. The problem is, no matter what I do, it forces me to play the losing side (black). I already tried flipping the board in the analysis and starting the practice on the black/white move.

If you click on the analyze button, there is a practice versus computer option on the next page.  The problem with that is that the analysis is set to run automatically.

To avoid that, copy the FEN of the position and paste it into the analysis page after turning off the automatic evaluation, analysis, etc.

Why can't the programmers simply implement this functionality of playing the first move while going from puzzles to practice v/s computer. This is just ridiculous.