Difficulty Level 9

[byque]

I did a funny experiment but I ended up with a disappointment. My experiment was to put Battle vs Chess Difficulty AI Level 9 against Chessmaster 9000 (an old but good game I still have), but while I can choose the play time in Chessmaster, Battle vs Chess offers no option about time handling in a stantandard match.

The problem here is that it seems that level 9 AI has infinite time to think, and you can end up waiting more than 5 minutes per turn. I didn't have the time to wait more than an hour for a PC vs PC game.

I did finish a level 7 AI vs Chessmaster match (Chesmaster won), but with a 10 min Fischer style, Battle vs Chess AI lost first by time and then by checkmate.

I know this is not a game for learning chess, but rather an animated chess. However, considering the multiplayer is not worth it, and the AI is very slow in higher difficulty, the developers should include a time handler.

Not a necessary nor a revolutionary feature, but once you finish all the extras the game has, you should be able to at least try time handling.

[Ail]

Not a single serious player plays chess without time-controls.

[Cuddletauren]

even serious chessmasters ocassionally have time to not keep time

[finmat92]

At level 9, it takes 4 hours for every move. It's impossibile to play with level 9.

[Blehh.....]

Originally posted by finmat92:

At level 9, it takes 4 hours for every move. It's impossibile to play with level 9.

4 hrs each move.....may as well have a movie or two or three running on a second monitor whilst you wait for the AI to make it's turn in 4 hrs...lol