First of all I am a bit curious about the randomness in the colour assignments when you choose "random". My gut feel is that the lower ranked player gets white most of the time.

In the rare occasions when I am to play Black I have to wait for ever. White simply refuses to make the first move. Does that sound familiar? Is there a fix?

no clue.

does CTRL-F or force move work?

Gottcha!

Is there an easy way to see if a personality has an opening book or not?