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Dec-29-17
 | | OhioChessFan: You should point out that the alleged insulting link in <whiteshark's> forum is a generic link that directs whoever clicks on it to their game collection. If I click on it, it goes to my game collection. Any signed in user who clicks on it will go to their game collection. |
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| Dec-29-17 | | thegoodanarchist: closing in on 15 years of the fischerandom generator: Robert James Fischer (kibitz #158) |
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Dec-30-17
 | | chessgames.com: <You should point out that the alleged insulting link in <whiteshark's> forum is a generic link> I haven't heard any controversy about any profile recently (and there are no whistles). Anyhow, I see no reason to point that out, since you just did :-) |
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Dec-30-17
| | chessgames.com: <closing in on 15 years of the fischerandom generator> Interesting observation! When we launched it the whole idea was very controversial, Bobby himself was still alive to promote his idea, but more people talked about it than actually played it. 15 years later it has slowly become more and more accepted as the chess variant most faithful to the spirit of chess, and numerous tournaments have incorporated it. |
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Dec-30-17
 | | Tabanus: Fighting the windmill:
<CG> You can turn off the fetching of games now. Some games with wrong result have returned, as duplicates. |
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Dec-30-17
| | Tabanus: Is it possible to (automatically) disable editing until the fetching is turned off? I suppose the fetching finds new games sometimes long after the event is ended (when new games are added to the orig. source). Is fetching on for days, weeks, or months, or how long time should the editors wait? |
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| Dec-31-17 | | zanzibar: Since this is a hot game, let's get the correction done asap: Carlsen vs E Inarkiev, 2017 (kibitz #45) . |
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Jan-01-18
 | | Annie K.: Happy New Year! :) |
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| Jan-01-18 | | WinKing: Happy New Year <chessgames>! |
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Jan-01-18
 | | offramp: 2017 was another year when I really REALLY enjoyed myself at cg.com. The introductions to events are stunning. They remind me of the old 32-page tournament books I used to buy in the 1970s for £0.95p in London chess shops. But they are much better... better researched and more complete and they don't cost 95p. Everyone at the <Biographer's Bistro> deserves a laurel, and hearty handshake. I love the talented geezers who can operate chessbookie. I always enjoy that even though I have never been in ANY sort of winning position. I like <Tabanus>. He has huge patience, and a desire for perfection that everyone should admire. <Zanzibar> is similar, and <Chessical>. Daniel, this is a great site, and I wish you that same old joke, the one I used a minute ago: a laurel and a hearty handshake, and a very happy 2018. |
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| Jan-01-18 | | ughaibu: Happy new year. |
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| Jan-01-18 | | chessmoron: <CG.com> Tata Steel 2018 is coming up in 2 weeks, might as well open up a page early. |
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Jan-01-18
| | chessgames.com: Happy New Year everybody!
<offramp: 2017 was another year when I really REALLY enjoyed myself at cg.com.> Thanks so much for that. I realize I'm probably the only person on earth who can honestly say "my life is chessgames.com" — but for many thousands of others, it's part of their life, for some a significant part. Your sentiment expresses exactly what makes all of this worth it. Let's see 2018 turn out even better. |
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Jan-01-18
| | chessgames.com: ♔
<< New Year's Resolutions for Chessgames.com >> 1. Address some scaling (i.e. "slowness") issues with Chessgames that have evolved due to heavy use on some very large forums. This will probably involve putting old posts into an archive somewhat in the style of reddit.com and other social media sites. 2. Streamline the process for submitting and incorporating new PGN. 3. A "play against the computer" feature which can be used to play a casual game, or to train in specific positions, or for all other types of useful purposes. 4. More GOTDs that will make the pun critics blow a gasket. |
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Jan-02-18
 | | Phony Benoni: Should today's pun be "<Beware> Greeks Bearing Gifts" rather than "Beward"? |
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Jan-02-18
| | chessgames.com: I don't know what you're talking about ;-) |
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| Jan-02-18 | | Big Pawn: The couple of posters here that constantly gripe about the puns. https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.ne... |
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| Jan-02-18 | | AylerKupp: <chessgames.com> Could you please post again a link to the Gift Membership page? I found a reference to it but when I clicked on the link I got the dreaded '404' error. |
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Jan-02-18
| | Annie K.: Gift Membership Page
It's on the homepage, among the Special Features links in the right side column. |
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| Jan-02-18 | | AylerKupp: Thanks Annie K. I know that I've asked this question before and I know that you've answered it before. This time I'm writing it down! But I probably did that before and I lost it, so no guarantees. :-( |
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| Jan-02-18 | | zanzibar: <chessgames> RE: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/kibi... Small point...
[org]
<... At this point Inarkiev stopped the clocks and claimed victory on the basis that Magnus made an illegal move.> "clocks" -> "clock"
is the more common usage.
Big point:
[org]
<The arbiter at first awarded Inarkiev the win, but upon reconsideration declared that the position be reset and play should resume. Inarkiev refused to play and Magnus was awarded the win.> This is slightly misleading - as it suggests the original arbiter changed his initial ruling. He didn't, but was overruled by the chief arbiter. Here's my suggested rewrite: <The initial arbiter at first awarded Inarkiev the win, but Carlsen alerted the chief arbiter, who overruled the first arbiter, and gave Inarkiev the option of resuming the game from the position arising after Carlsen's 28.Kd3. Inarkiev refused to play and Magnus was awarded the win. Inarkiev appealed the chief arbiter's decision, but his claim was rejected by the appeal board and Carlsen's win stood.> Or something along those lines. |
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Jan-02-18
| | chessgames.com: Thanks for spelling that out <zanzibar>. I was a little confused at exactly how the arbitration operated there. Also I corrected the odd style of naming Carlsen by his first name, half of the time. |
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Jan-02-18
| | OhioChessFan: That's improved, but "initial arbiter" is not an official position, and really, he's just an "arbiter", or maybe a "game arbiter". And if he's "initial", then "at first" is redundant. All to say I think "initial" should be deleted, with possibly "game" added. Alternatively, we probably know who the two arbiters in question are, so you could just name them. And the sentence is a bit long. Admittedly, it's tough to find a breaking point, but how about: The game arbiter(probably Werner Stubenvoll) at first awarded Inarkiev the win, but then Carlsen alerted the chief arbiter, Panagiotis Nikolopoulos. Nikolopoulos overruled the first arbiter, and gave Inarkiev the option of resuming the game from the position arising after Carlsen's 28.Kd3. Inarkiev refused to play and Carlsen was awarded the win. Inarkiev appealed the chief arbiter's decision, but his claim was rejected by the appeal board and Carlsen's win stood.> |
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Jan-02-18
| | OhioChessFan: <At this point Inarkiev stopped the clocks and claimed victory on the basis that Carlsen made an illegal move.> A comma after "point" seems in order, and "had made" would be a bit better-I think. |
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Jan-03-18
| | Tabanus: The arbiter was IA Carlos Dias. He's a respected arbiter and I think he may have been confused by the new rules effecting from 1/1 2018. Apparently Carlsen accepted his decision and shook hands with Inarkiev. Only afterwards, someone decided to protest (and rightly so). |
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