

Timeseal (FICS) and Timestamp (ICC): avoids lag problems.Console to see server output and to send commands, also for chatting with other users.Game History: you can examine or send by email all your played games.Messages: read and send messages to other users.Observe current played games in the chess server or follow highest rated games.Play, Finger and Observe, can also observe LectureBot on FICS or play ProblemBot/TrainingBot on ICC.Takeback, draw, abort, resign and rematch options while playing.Can sort seek list by username, rating or game time On closing, saves the current game and it is loaded when the application is restarted.Graphical setup board, also can edit position’s FEN notation (*).Send PGN by email: This way, you can analyze later your games on your PC.Opening book with more than 30.000 positions: ensures variated funny games.Selectable time per move: changing the ELO and the time per move, lots of difficulty levels can be selected.Selectable ELO Levels to adjust playing strength, from 500 to 2100, on 50 ELO points steps.To save battery the game does not ponder (think on opponent’s time).The best app for chess lovers, with Android and HTML5 interfaces, and with lots of possibilities.

The move time is different to ELO, it’s only the time that the engine will be thinking for each move. We made some statistic analysis to determine the relationship between the errors introduced and the ELO level, so it should be something aproximated. If you select on the settings ELO 2100, the engine will be playing at his maximun strength selecting lower ELO levels, the chess engine lowers its playing strength, introducing errors and reducing game knowledge.


But in other (slower) mobiles may be lower. On a Nexus one (with 1GHz processor) with Froyo (Android 2.2) this sould be something similar. Our Carballo Chess Engine has an estimated ELO of 2100 on a PC, playing against other chess engines. Some people is asking us about the “ELO” and “Move Time” options on Mobialia Chess. ELO is an statistical chess rating based on games results playing against other persons: Arpad ELO, creator of the ELO Rating System
