Some Special Features of Online Chess

Playing online chess have a lot of advantages. For one, we enjoy the use of special features that help us with play conveniences and monitor our play and progress. Here are some special online chess features.

One is the automatic board setup. We don't have to manually setup the board every now and then when we want a fresh round of the game. W simply choose the "new game" or "play now" options, click, and presto! We have a new set up board right on the screen. We also do the same when choosing a player to play against—whether a site member or the computer. When playing against the computer we also choose names, as if playing against persons.

For instance, we play against "robo-knight." We may choose what skill level robo-knight plays on. It (Robo-knight) also has a player profile like we do. We see how it plays, how many wins and losses, and what mode of play it has so far played in. If we choose to play against site members, we can also access their profiles to see how they play, their wins and losses, and their skill levels.

When playing all our moves and the opponent's moves are automatically recorded. We can always go back to a certain game and review the moves we made or the opponent's. Thus, we can easily monitor our moves and check on the kind of progress we or the opponent has been making so far.

When we opt to review a game, the software will not only show word descriptions of the moves but also the moves themselves graphically. We would see how the moves were actually done. With these amazing online chess features we could easily size up an opponent before we dare challenge the same to a match.

There is also an automatic timer we do not need to activate each time we start a new game. Or, we may opt to do away with timers and just play leisurely. We may want to limit a game and set the timer to the length of time we desire. The software also records the time we spent on a move and the total minutes a game lasted. This can help a lot in improving the time gap between the moves we make.

These special online chess features are things we will never enjoy from a traditional or non-online chess game. It will be a wonderful experience to play chess differently from a modern point of view.