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ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 580 OF 1118 ·  Later Kibitzing> Jan-11-13    jessicafischerqueen: <Annie> yes, tests reveal that Chrome is giving me the same results as Safari and Opera, so you're right about that. I'm so stupid! At any rate, this still should be fixed for the <not quite so main> search box at the top of the page. If it can be of course. Jan-11-13    OhioChessFan: <Your browser is not supposed to have anything whatsoever to do with your results, AFAIK. > I will note that using AOL is a disaster on this site. I have to use IE. Jan-11-13    jessicafischerqueen: <Ohio> AOL is a disaster for so many other reasons as well. Years back it let all kinds of spyware onto my computer. I'm convinced Google Chrome is actually evil. However, I have 75,000 bookmarks on it so it's kind of too late to switch? Jan-11-13    Annie K.: <Jess> you're welcome! <Ohio> I recommend any browser *but* IE. ;s Opera and Firefox, mainly. :) Jan-11-13    Annie K.: <Jess> most decent browsers allow exporting bookmarks to other browsers. Just looked at Chrome: If you press the 'Customize etc.' button on the top right, it has a 'Bookmarks' line. Then if you choose 'Bookmark manager', in the Organize tab you have an 'Export bookmarks to HTML file' option. That way lies freedom, I guess. ;) Jan-11-13    Alien Math: <jessicafischerqueen> Thought send how to export bookmarks prior, must have thought of not sent, sorry Most browsers have export also import bookmarks to/from HTML files as <Annie K.> shows Jan-12-13    chessgames.com: <JFQ> We just changed the "Petrov rules" in the E-Z search. For people who are looking for the opening, please either spell it with two ff's ("Petroff") or use the word "Defense" ("Petrov Defense"), otherwise searches like "Keres, Petrov" will be Keres vs Petrov, not Keres playing the Petroff Defense. If you want Vladimir Petrov just search for "Vladimir Petrov". It's E-Z! (™) About your posting guideline complaints, I'm sure you have a valid point but please use the Whistle function and not post about such things openly here. Jan-12-13    Phony Benoni: Won't the "Petrov" problem keep occurring with, say, the Evans Gambit or the Torre Attack? Not to mention all those weird Benonis floating around. Jan-12-13    jessicafischerqueen: Thanks very much, it will help punters from outside the website find the ill-starred <Vladimirs Petrovs>. As you likely know, the USSR enforced the notion that he never existed, until his "rehabilitation" at the end of communism. Now he is free. Jan-12-13    YouRang: *sigh* I know this isn't a big priority, but I wish someone would fix the <phantom checkmate> bug in the Playing Zone computer. Below is the PGN for the second game I've lost to this bug: [Event "play.chessgames.com"] [Site "play.chessgames.com"] [Date "2013.1.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Computer 1"] [Black "YouRang"] [Result "1-0"] 1. Nf3 Nc6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bb5 f5 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. O-O Bd7 10. d4 Be7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Rxe5 Bd6 15. Re3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Kh8 17. Rd1 Bf4 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Re8+ Rxe8 20. Qxe8+ Kh7 21. Qb8 Bg4 22. Ne1 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qe5+ 24. f4 Qxe1 25. Qxc7 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Bf5 28. Qxa7 Bxc2 29. Qb8 Be4 30. Qe5 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Bg6 34. f5 Bf7 35. a3 Qd8 36. Qe3 Qa5 37. f6 gxf6 38. Qe4+ Kg7 39. Qxc6 Qa7+ 40. Kh1 Qf2 41. Qb7 h5 42. Kh2 h4 43. Qb8 Bh5 44. Ne4 Qe3 45. Qc7+ Kg6 46. Qc6 Qf4+ 47. Kg1 Qe5 48. Qc4 Qxb2 49. Qg8+ Kf5 50. Nd6+ Kf4 51. Qc4+ Kg5 52. Qg8+ Kf4 53. Qd5 Qa1+ 54. Kh2 Bg6 55. Qd2+ Ke5 56. Nc4+ Kf5 57. Qd5+ Kf4 58. Qd2+ Kf5 59. Qe3 Qd1 60. Qf2+ Kg5 61. Nd2 Kg4 62. Qxf6 Bc2 63. Nf3 Qc1 64. Ne5+ Kh5 65. g4# 1-0 Notice the final move: click for larger view Here, the computer (playing white) uncorked "checkmate" with <65.g4+>, and abruptly ended the game with me as the loser. Of course, the problem is that it's not really checkmate because I (black) should have been allowed to play 65...hxg3+ e.p. with a drawish game. Grrr. Jan-12-13    Benzol: <Chessgames> Thanks for posting up the 120th New Zealand Championship (2012) The tournament is finished now and the 2012 - 2013 New Zealand Champion is Scott Wastney. :) Jan-12-13    chessgames.com: More Java headaches: http://www.zdnet.com/homeland-secur... Meanwhile I've heard a rumor that Apple is rolling out an update that effectively disables Java whether you like it or not. We're going to have to make web4pgn the default viewer very soon and leave Java to the expert users. Jan-12-13    OhioChessFan: web4pgn is awful. You can only replay the game, not try alternate moves or work out the ending. Jan-13-13    magnifico: hey...do you have a permit for your illegal logging activities in the Wesley So forest? Cut it out or there will be flood soon..ok? Jan-13-13    SamAtoms1980: <magnifico> A permit? LOL, he WROTE THE LAW, brother. Hope you like your kibitzes extra crispy. Jan-13-13    twinlark: Hi <ceegee>! FYI: Biographer Bistro Jan-13-13    hms123: <chessgames> Re-post <playground player: Advice, please--anybody! I was notified by Pogo yesterday that there is some kind of major security problem with Java. Pogo shut down all its games that use Java. Knowing that CG.com uses Java, I must ask--is it safe to use this site? I'm especially concerned about opening games and moving the men, Little Chess Partner, etc. I'm presuming the Chessforums are safe: hope I'm right.> Any wisdom for us? Jan-13-13    Pulo y Gata: <CG> Pray, where a man may seek his answers if even asking questions is prohibited here? Would you enlighten me and tell me why two of my recent posts, which I believe did not violate any posting guidelines, were deleted from here and the Tata Steel A thread? I fear that the kid holding the scissors might cut himself... Jan-13-13    DrNyet: I suggest a button on the live game page to copy PGN so one could paste it in the program of his choice. Unless it's already there and I'm missing it... Jan-13-13    hms123: <DrNyet> One choice is to highlight and copy the game moves under the game and then paste them into your engine. A second choice is to click on <review game> (upper right corner) and then on <view> (below the board where it says <PGN: download | view>). That takes you to the pgn with headers. You can then copy and paste that to your engine. The first way is quicker and easier. Jan-13-13    Annie K.: <cg> Help, help, HEEEEELP! Um, sorry. The Pick-3 (Bookie) is not working again. ;s Jan-13-13    Chessgames Bookie: So sorry Annie, here's the replacement bet Tata Steel Rd 3: PICK THREE. Jan-13-13    Annie K.: Thanks! =) Jan-14-13    Stonehenge: < web4pgn is awful. You can only replay the game, not try alternate moves or work out the ending. > Perhaps CG can try Adobe Flash Player? For example NicBase and ChessTempo work with it. I have had the Java Blacole Virus a couple of times BTW. Jan-14-13    Robed.Bishop: <chessgames.com: Meanwhile I've heard a rumor that Apple is rolling out an update that effectively disables Java whether you like it or not.> I use an Apple most of the time when accessing this site and my Java board went down last week. So far I haven't found a fix. I'm down to the dreaded <<web4pgn>>. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 1118) search thread:    ARCHIVED POSTS < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 580 OF 1118 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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