The seek command allows you to post an advertisement for a chess game of the specified type. The various parameters of the seek command are as follows:
PARAMETER | COMMENTS |
time | minutes to start with for each player [default: your Time variable setting] |
inc | seconds added to each clock per move [default: your Inc variable setting] |
rated/unrated | type of match; may be abbreviated by r and u [default: your Rated variable setting] |
white/black | designated color you will have; may be abbreviated by w and b [default: no color specified] |
wild # | wild chess variant, if any, such as wild 1, wild 2, wild fr, etc.; a shortcut for wild # is w#, but wild fr has no shortcut [default: regular chess] |
atomic | atomic chess variant [default: regular chess] |
auto/manual | indicates whether a game will start automatically when the ad is responded to, or if the person who placed the ad has the option to decline responses; may be abbreviated by a and m [default: auto start] |
formula | indicates whether your formula will used to screen responses to your ad; may be abbreviated by f [default: formula is not checked] |
Note: If settings for time, inc or rated/unrated are not given, your
variables settings will be used.
Example A: if your variables settings have
Time = 5, Inc = 0, and rated = 0 then typing seek would be the same as
typing seek 5 0 u.
Example B: if your variables settings have Time = 5, Inc = 12, then typing
seek 2 would be the same as typing seek 2 12.
When you place an ad, it will be displayed to users in this general format:
Hawk(2700) seeking 5 0 rated blitz [white] m ("play 2" to respond)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
See also: formula, limits, match, play, sought, unseek, variables, wild