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Nov-01-24
 | | Sally Simpson: I see what I have done.
I was trying delete all those stupid chess960 games because this is not a Database for stupid variants of the game and I've wiped out a load of genuine chess games instead. (I've also managed, somehow, to place the Tarrasch v Lasker 1908 games in with Fischer v Spassky, Reykjavik 1972! I'm hoping nobody will notice.) |
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| Nov-01-24 | | stone free or die: <Calm down Tabanus, ...> Hmm, was <tab> overreacting, or was there some cause for alarm? <I was trying delete all those stupid chess960 games because this is not a Database for stupid variants of the game and I've wiped out a load of genuine chess games instead.> We'll let the reader decide.
<... this is my first day as a games editor.> If I can be a tad facetious, we're off to a cracking start. * * * * *
If <CG> has the proper rollback tools this should be fixed by lunch. Let's see. |
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Nov-01-24
 | | Retireborn: Oh, Geoff. Geoffy Geoff Geoff.
Has you have been playing the Scotch Opening again? (laughs heartily) I'm sure these games can be easily recovered from somewhere. I don't even know what chess960 is. It sounds nasty! |
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| Nov-01-24 | | Granny O Doul: I admit, there were moments when I doubted that C Yoo would win the title. |
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| Nov-02-24 | | stone free or die: Funny (and accurate, given those 5 games). |
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Nov-02-24
| | Sally Simpson: Sigh...
I'm never going to get hang of this games editor lark. I'm following the instructions the best I can but who ever wrote them has a degree in gobbledygook. Apparently I've deleted all of Alekhine's games and sent them to a communication satellite orbiting earth. BBC News at 10 are reporting people are receiving chess moves instead of text messages and... A police car has just pulled up outside my house. |
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| Nov-02-24 | | Bobby Fiske: LOL - funny! |
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Nov-02-24
 | | MissScarlett: I think what <Tab> is getting at is questioning whether this tid should have an elevated collection status (with clickable link), that might cause confusion with the tournament collection proper. If I withdraw that status, all the kibitzing here will disappear, which may be no bad thing. An alternative solution would be to amend the collection name, e.g. <United States Championship (void rage)>. |
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Nov-02-24
 | | Tabanus: Standard procedure would be to merge the two (with losing the kibbitzes here) and make it into something like Stockholm (1963/64). Playoffs can be on a separate page but not cancelled games of an event. |
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| Nov-02-24 | | fabelhaft: <I admit, there were moments when I doubted that C Yoo would win the title> And with a -2 score! |
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Nov-02-24
 | | perfidious: Yaas, booking the title while finishing minus would have been truly impressive. |
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Nov-02-24
| | Sally Simpson: <"Chessgames.com will be unavailable November 2, 2024 from 1:50PM through 2:00PM(UTC/GMT) for maintenance.
We apologize for this inconvenience."> They are blaming me for this. For 'maintenance' read hasty and expensive repairs. And it will take them longer than 10 minutes. In the strongly worded FULL CAPS email I received this morning my term as a Games Editor have been terminated. Can I do Bio's instead? |
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| Nov-02-24 | | stone free or die: <In the strongly worded FULL CAPS email I received this morning my term as a Games Editor have been terminated.> With <Sally> you never know what to take seriously. Oh wait - I know, I know! None of it! |
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Nov-02-24
| | Sally Simpson: <With Sally you never know what to take seriously.> When discussing an actual game, serious or semi-serious. Other than that... |
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| Nov-02-24 | | stone free or die: Suspected as much, good to know. |
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| Nov-02-24 | | Bobby Fiske: < In the strongly worded FULL CAPS email I received this morning my term as a Games Editor have been terminated.>
YOU´RE FIRED!!!
On a positive note, with only a few games and posts on the first tournament page, the free space is crowded with Google ad pictures of half naked women. |
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| Nov-03-24 | | fabelhaft: <They are blaming me for this. For 'maintenance' read hasty and expensive repairs. And it will take them longer than 10 minutes> So, Sally can wait.
<Can I do Bio's instead?> Just wipe the overlong Carlsen bio and write <He won bronze on board 1> |
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Nov-03-24
| | Sally Simpson: Sally Simpson: Hi fablehaft.
Magnus has won a bronze medal on board 1 twice!. it is being kept a well known secret because his friend, David Howell has an Olympiad gold medal and Magnus is jealous. (apparently) David's board 3 gold was won at the 2022 Olympiad. Though of course you won't read that in his bio on here you will just have to take my word for it. I'd delete all bio's and just have; "Played chess, won some , lost some' and remove all the games ending in a draw. |
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Nov-11-24
| | Tabanus: I added the Yoo games here, expecting that the joyful kibitzing on them would be lost in the process. |
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Nov-11-24
 | | Check It Out: Similar to what happened to Rogoff, it could have been an accident on purpose. Didn't work, nor should it. Blow the whistle if you want to complain about a post. For broader complaints about moderating standards, take it up with the owner. |
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Nov-11-24
| | Sally Simpson: Somebody is playing Hokey-Cokey with Chris Yoo's games. "They put his games in, they take his games out.
In, out, in, out, and shake them all about.
You do the chessgames Hokey-Cokey and you turn around.
What is this all about?"
I can now picture the judge when summing up at Chris Yoo's hearing. "...and your actions have also resulted in creating chaos and confusion at chessgames.com. They do not know what to do with your expunged games." |
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Nov-11-24
 | | HeMateMe: That's the first time I've heard the words 'chess' and 'half naked women' used in the same sentence. |
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Feb-04-25
 | | FSR: Caruana won the championship by 1.5 points, just as he had the previous year. He didn't even need his win against Christopher Yoo, which was annulled. |
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Feb-04-25
| | perfidious: Nice result by Caruana, the more so from a player who has been proclaimed by some 'cognoscenti' here as being a hasbeenusetawas before his 33rd birthday. |
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Feb-04-25
| | FSR: Mishra tied for second last year, winning five games. United States Championship (2023). He had a terrible event this year, drawing five, losing five, and winning none. |
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