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Subject: Re: A feature I liked

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 12:42:54 05/07/04

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On May 07, 2004 at 15:35:57, Alan Grotier wrote:

>
>  I once owned a Fidelity Mach-3.When playing on the longer time levels the
>  machine,if desired,could give you an estimated time it would take to
>  complete the move under consideration.
>  It gave one the time to go and do something else if so desired.
>   (Eg.Go out and buy a bottle of wine!)
>
>  I would like to see this feature incorporated into current chess software.
>
>  Alan


Crafty, for one, does this.  It gives you the target time limit when it starts a
search, and continually updates the time used so far.  I do this for personal
sanity as when I play in real tournaments, I always play in "console mode"...
And there I can see everything that is going on without having to guess or
wonder...



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