user7592: I just download the arena chess program which is a chess playing GUI.  Frankly, I'm kind of lost.  I am trying to play chess games with the engines that come with it.  How can I set it so that the computer has a time limit for moves, but I don't?  It seems to default to "tournament" play mode.  I've tried just setting the time limit high, but then the software also takes a long time to move, which I don't want.  I would assume that many people would want to do this, but I cannot find the answer.

user7954: Version 3.5: I simply use from the menu: Levels/Adjust and from the dialog box select "Time per move". Whatever time you put in limits the computer's analysis time but of course you take as much time as you need to respond. :)
Of course same goes for "Fixed search depth".


7592: <p>I just download the arena chess program which is a chess playing GUI.  Frankly, I'm kind of lost.  I am trying to play chess games with the engines that come with it.  How can I set it so that the computer has a time limit for moves, but I don't?  It seems to default to "tournament" play mode.  I've tried just setting the time limit high, but then the software also takes a long time to move, which I don't want.  I would assume that many people would want to do this, but I cannot find the answer.</p>
 7954: <p>Version 3.5: I simply use from the menu: Levels/Adjust and from the dialog box select "Time per move". Whatever time you put in limits the computer's analysis time but of course you take as much time as you need to respond. :)</p>

<p>Of course same goes for "Fixed search depth".</p>

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