online chess: analyze bug

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bert_raccoon

Today, I noticed the analyze option in the online chess section so I tried it out in one of my games. It seemed to allow me to test out lines by playing both sides. So I checked out a few possibilities and then logged out. 

Now I have gone back to the game and one of lines I checked out has been played with out my doing anything. I'm baffled and I assume my opponent is also confused or didnt remember the position so didnt notice that the game had been moved on by 4 moves.

This seems to be a pretty major bug or if it is a property of the analyze board part of online chess it should be made much clearer that this happens. I was really enjoying that game and doing quite well against a higher rated player and now my position is ruined since I was just testing out the function and not really thinking about the best moves.

I hope somebody can explain this.

Cheers

B. R.

jaclyn

Hi! Unfortunately it sounds like you may have entered the moves on the conditional moves board rather than the analysis board. 

http://support.chess.com/Knowledgebase/Article/View/87/0/what-are-conditional-moves

bert_raccoon

Thanks Jac1yn,

I think that must be the reason. It is unfortunate that the conditional moves board does not have any explanation or indication of what it does on the page.

Is there any way to reset our game?

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