Conditional move - don't care option
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Agreed. I have seen this option before on another site. It probably wouldn't be used a lot, but I have run into positions where it definitely would apply.
Jul 5, 2008
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Monicker wrote: Agreed. I have seen this option before on another site. It probably wouldn't be used a lot, but I have run into positions where it definitely apply.
I'm thinking endgames, where you have an opponent who wants to play it out.
I like this idea, I actually had a game just about a week ago where this would have been ideal. Regardless of what my opponent played, I had only one move that led to checkmate, but he had four possible moves. So, I had to set up four conditional lines. I would have been much easier to use something like was stated above.
Jul 5, 2008
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I think this would be useful, if possible. I recently had an endgame where this would have shortened the remaining lines from >40 to 4 or 5.
cuendillar wrote:
There's a story where this option got costly. The game supposedly went 1.e4 b6 2.(any) Bb7. White got clever and sent back 2.Ba6 Bb7 3.Bxb7 and black resigned. When the condition isn't known beforehand this shouldn't be such a problem though. Just an interesting anecdote.
I have, by the way, exploited overuse of pre-moves in blitz chess, most notably by the 'trap' 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Qg4 Qa5(pre-move) 4.Qxc8#.
Beautiful examples of why you would need to be careful in using this feature, but I definitely cast my vote in favor of the "if (any move) then (this move)" option.
Purely for my opponent's benefit, I'd also (still) like to see an option I can turn on to automatically play forced moves for me.
cuendillar wrote:
I have, by the way, exploited overuse of pre-moves in blitz chess, most notably by the 'trap' 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Qg4 Qa5(pre-move) 4.Qxc8#.
Of course, there are all those times when your opponent plays 3... Bxg4. 
Great idea! I could really use this for the opening!
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erik wrote:
yep. we need to updated a few things :)
Great! Sounds like it might come in the near future...
I don't get it , what's the hurry ??
Jan 22, 2011
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bart225 wrote: I don't get it , what's the hurry ??
G-Money8's games will have passed the opening stages.
It would be nice to have a 'don't care' opponent move on the conitional moves list.
In other words;
if (any move) then (this move)