What's more, the actual substance of your complaint was very difficult to discern: just a vague reference to two "screw ups" which you failed to identify, plus talk about our "lazy attitude" and "amateurism".

<Karpova> Daniel Abraham Yanofsky, of course. The records are combined now. <Btw., to me it appears as if you made the "recent kibitzing" part smaller?> No we haven't, it's just that yesterday so many people were kibitzing on the same two pages (the live game, and the tournament page) that it naturally shrunk itself.

<just a kid> We could archive that information, at least for the Player of Day. In the case of the Opening of the Day it's not important, because there is just a relatively short list that rotates endlessly. If you go back a few months you would see the exact same openings in the rotation as in this week's lineup.

<Benzol> <Why did you feel you had to change the name of the forum?> That's phrased a little oddly, I suppose you mean: why did we want to allow users to change the names of their forums?

Well first of all, it's just an unannounced beta-feature that might be changed or even revoked. So everybody should feel free to help us test it out but don't count on it existing in its current form.

Its motivations should be self-evident: it helps people organize chessforums for specific purposes. E.g. now the forum dedicated to analyzing 14.Bg5 in the Nickel game can actually be labeled "Analysis of 14.Bg5", or if somebody wanted to debate the pros and cons of the Sofia Rule their forum could become "Sofia Rule Discussion". On top of that, it also enhances pride of ownership.

1.Andrew John Whiteley - Vladimir Raicevic 1976 London vs Belgrade Telex Match

<Benzol> Both of those games were skipped for the same reason: they didn't have results. Not that there is a rule against that (it is possible to have games in the database without results, and we have several) but it's an exceptional situation that requires an admin to approve it. When we processed your batch of games we must have overlooked that.

Now that we've looked them up we see your notes you left in the PGN, {The game went to adjudication at this point.} Do you happen to know what the adjudicated results were?

Because if I just select accept draw, it says illegal move...>

As previously given: Some of the team leaders are (Board #1): URAL team - Radjabov, MIKA team - Aronian (Carlsen is playing board #2!), Bosnia team - Morozevich, Baden-Baden team - Svidler, Kiev team - Karjakin, Economist team - Alekseev, Ashdod team - Gashimov, Saransk team - Ivanchuk, Linex Magic team - Adams and Alkaloid team - Mamedyarov! The official website: http://ecc2008.chessdom.com/

Also featured in this Swiss system team event is all the results, pairings and standings being powered by 'Swiss Manager' (are you listening <ChessBookie>?). So, it's really easy to get all the results and pairings for the next round. :) Besides, it will give us something to do when the WCC games turn into Petroff's! ~lol~ Regards, - Mal

PS: Re: Chessforum Configuration Page -- I. Name your Chessforum -- Brilliant! I took advantage of this immediately! <grin>

PPS: <CG.com <We also have a special surprise in store... not one, but TWO local (South Florida) grandmasters have been invited to stop by and discuss the games while they are in progress. [...] This could really be the best live broadcast we've ever done.>>