PulsarlogsallitsgamesandtheycanbeopenedintheGamemenu.Newestgamesareontopandifthegameisachessgame,Stockfishengineanalysisisavailable.
PulsarincludeslevelsforallitsgamesandtherulesofChessandeachvariantareincludedaswell.It'saddfree.ItdefaultstochessatEasy(whichisabout1200ratingsonotentirelynovice)iftheusersjuststartsplaying,otherwisegotothegamebuttonandchoosenewgametoconfigureamorespecificgame.Lastgametypeplayedissavedonrestartoftheapp.Therearesomechoicesforboardcolorsandchesspiecesaswellastheappsbackgroundcolor.ThisisthesamePulsarchessprogramthatIstartedforcomputersbeginningin1998.
Pulsarstartedasachessprogramandovertimelearnedvariants.ItremainsaninterestingchessonlyprogramiftheusersitnotinterestedinvariantsandItendtojustplaychess.Iranitextensivelyontwochessserverstestingtheappagainststrongplayersandalsotestinghowtohandicapitonhandicappedcomputerbots.Theratingsthatappearontheboardwhenselectingfromthefirst8difficultylevelsareestimatesbasedonwhatIsawrunningitatvariousstrengths.
Ongame/newgameifplayvsthecomputerisuncheckedtheusercanplayintwopersonmodewhichI'vefoundusefulwhenIhaveadeviceandwanttoplayachessgamebutnochessboardwithanotherpersonwhoispresent.
TheAtomicChessvariantinPulsarfollowsICCrulesandhasnoconceptofcheckandkingcancastleincheck.InCrazyhousetheusercanuseaturntodroponboardanyofthepiecestheyhavecapturedandthepiecepalettewiththedroppiecesappearstorightofboard.Soifyoutrytotheapptoplaychess(mainthingIplay)orCrazyhouseorplayAtomicoranyoftheotherchessvariantslikeLoser'sChess,enjoytheappandthegameplayandfeelfreetoletusknowwhatyouthinkifyouwant.
Theenginecodeonallplatforms,mobileandComputersispulsar2009-b.Ifusersfollowthesupportlinkorvisitdeveloperwebsite,theycangetpulsar2009-bbinariesthatworkonallthedifferentcomputeroperatingsystemsinWinboardProtocolsupportedclients.IhavedecidedtonotreleaseanAndroidbinaryatthistime.PartlybecauseweusetheWinboardProtocolandtheUCIofficialprotocoldoesnotsupportallthevariantsPulsarplayssoitwouldnotruninUCIclients.
