A neglected app

This app is so miserable and poorly supported that I put it in the Top Ten of the worst apps I have used. Its so bad, in fact, that I sought out a better one and discovered Chess.com, my favorite chess site now. Magnus Carlson has an account and kibitzes on Chess.com.

What makes it so bad? Let me count the ways, but Ill spare you from all of them. I have lost games on time when the app showed that I still had time on my clock. Even more frustrating is that if I seek a game, I am locked into waiting for a player to respond; I cant seek another game with a different time control, nor can I see other seeks. My only option is to cancel my seek to get back to the challenges section.

I thought that I had a workaround by pulling up the 90s-style console (that requires learning its arcane Unix type commands to navigate it), but "seek 3 0" is good enough to seek a 3-minute game with no increments. I can even issue other seeks with different time controls from the console--sometimes.

The problem is that if this app finds another seek that matches mine, a screen pops up saying Im challenging so-and-so. And if the player doesnt accept the challenge, Im locked again from doing anything else.

The International Chess Club is showing its age, and its interface even more. When my membership comes up, I will finally let it expire after 20 years.

Cozmot about Chess at ICC, play & learn, v5.0.25