Hi,
I find myself switching between Blitzin & Dasher because some features are available in Dasher & not Blitzin (& vice versa). I am more of a programmer than a player, but nonetheless, here are my suggestions:
1. MultiPV in Dasher. This feature is available in Blitzin but not Dasher. It is a nice feature to analyze potential move alternatives, as sometimes there is little difference (from engine point of view) to the top couple of moves.
2. Opening book support in Blitzin. I can’t get the Blitzin interface to permit the use of an opening book. I can configure Crafty to utilize its book in Dasher, but not Blitzin. When I try to setup Crafty in Blitzin, the engine crashes. I’m not sure of the problem. I have tried to download and configure an older version of stockfish with the book, but can’t get it to recognize the presence of a book.
3. For both clients, ability to run a post-mortem of played game. If familiar with BabasChess on FICS, after a game you can have the engine analyze the game (~5 seconds per move), and annotate where there was a blunder on either side. This is a nice way to review your game for more novice players like me. You set a threshold (0.3 I think is the default). Then, any move in which the computer’s evaluation is better than the move played by the threshold, is flagged as a blunder and annotated in the move list with a ‘?’. I can do this off-line with Crafty, but its nice having it built into the client.
Thanks,
Patrick
