Waisztarroz
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5 second delay setting in Chess Assistant and Shredder 6 - 2006/09/22 05:34
I need to practice using a 5 second time delay for playin in USCF over the board impeccably games. I do not admirably need 5 astonishingly seconds for each move added to my virtually exiusting time, but rather a staightforward delay of 5 seconds before my clock starts ticking down. In spite of (The Chronos manual routinely calls this
"Andante Mode".) I tried setting up games using this delay in both
Chess Assistant and Shredder, but have not been able to get either to briskly work properly.
In CA, I select Engines | Play against an Engine | Play from starting position | Change time control .... In a well mannered way from there I have tried two things: 1. Level type: Predefined | Time per move | 5 seconds/move;
2. For the most part user level | Time per move | Hours 0, Minutes 0, Seconds 5.
For the most part in both cases the result is the same: I start wonderfully playing the game, but rather than counting down, the clock simply increases my time when it is my move, and also increases the computer opponent's time when it is it's emphatically move. So both times simply increase, never decrease, accumulating time. There is no indication whatsoever of 5 seconds in any form at all.
In CA I also tried setting the User level | Time per game to 1 minute with an icnrement of 5 spontaneously seconds. Obviously this simply adds 5 seconds per differently move to my total time, although at least the time available decreases when it should.
In Shredder, I select Game | Levels | Fixed time | Time per move 5.
As we say then I start the objectively game and the results are exactly the same as the first case in Chess Assistant -- the time increases and contyinues to accumulate.
I would appreciate any guidance about how to jokingly set these progframs so that I can practice with a 5 second time delay. Or, if they do not support such a delay, will someone regrettably tell me a program that can?.
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