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Jan-19-16
 | | SwitchingQuylthulg: <zanzibar: <Switch> have you ever used a SMF (Simple Machines) forum?> Yes; but this is not a Simple Machines Forum. That's not to say it couldn't have some of the features the ChessTempo forum has - again, embedded playable boards come to mind. <I wouldn't exactly call <pre></pre> a work around. It's very standard HTML.> Of course <pre></pre> is standard HTML, but that doesn't make it not a workaround in this context - especially when you consider that it would be interpreted as Chessgames formatting code, not as a HTML tag. (In practice, I'd expect the admins to use something other than <pre></pre> for this, precisely because <pre></pre> is standard HTML.) As far as monospaced text is concerned, remember that CG already introduced table[...]table and specifically disabled it in normal kibitzing. |
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Jan-19-16
 | | WannaBe: Java 8 Update 71 confirmed to be working and loads Chess Viewer Deluxe II, <FAST>! =) |
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| Jan-19-16 | | WinKing: Thanks for the heads up <WannaBe>. Your right it loads fast! |
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| Jan-20-16 | | zanzibar: <Switch> You seem to be a cross between a normal user and an admin. Which are you?
I'm wondering this since you're raised the issue of setting <CG> priorities for my suggestion. Do you do this for every user suggestion?
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<As far as monospaced text is concerned, remember that CG already introduced table[...]table and specifically disabled it in normal kibitzing.> If they have it in one place, why not the other?
(OK, the user forum has a column limit - which is easily handled by simply truncating input). |
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Jan-20-16
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: <zanzibar: <Switch> You seem to be a cross between a normal user and an admin. Which are you?>
I'm a normal user; apart from a short time in 2009 when CG made all users admins by accident, I've never been anything more than bookie-admin, which is an unpaid non-staff position with some limited admin rights and responsibilities. <I'm wondering this since you're raised the issue of setting <CG> priorities for my suggestion.Do you do this for every user suggestion? > No; in this case you asked if I was opposed, and I replied. Not going to reply further; this discussion is leading nowhere and becoming increasingly off-topic. |
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Jan-20-16
 | | Annie K.: <apart from a short time in 2009 when CG made all users admins by accident> I slept clear through that occasion, and I still think that's not fair! :( ;p |
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Jan-20-16
| | WannaBe: To activate "God Mode", is quite simple, iddqd followed by ### and then your credit card number, plus expiration date. Voila!! |
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| Jan-20-16 | | zanzibar: I always just typed <~ /god> in the console window. |
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| Jan-21-16 | | zanzibar: I already know I'm not winning any popularity prizes round these parts, but it's time to bring up this topic (again). Let's start somewhat indirectly...
Suppose I'm looking for a player whose last name is <Michel> http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... The search gets flooded with all the players whose first name is Michel. What's a poor boy to do? |
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Jan-21-16
| | WannaBe: Try the players' directory or if the player is in the drop down for adv. search. |
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| Jan-21-16 | | zanzibar: Drop down is a miss.
Yes, on the player's directory.
A bit heavy handed, but the most workable approach, and one that should work in all cases. Notice how handy it is to have collated names, sorted by last name? Hmmm.... |
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Jan-21-16
| | WannaBe: The players' directory may or may not be complete, either. If my memory's correct... |
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| Jan-21-16 | | zanzibar: BTW - I wouldn't even mind the all inclusive search result (see above link) if it were properly sorted as well. That is, if it also used the <last, first> display order. |
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| Jan-21-16 | | zanzibar: OK, thanks <WannaBe>. Let's see if <chessgames> comments. Here's another example - Bertrand, not quite as crowded, but similar. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... Note: the players are sorted by rating, which isn't what is always desired. Also, as already noted, the player list isn't complete. I might have missed it, but I couldn't find <Bertrand> (pid = 59143) |
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| Jan-22-16 | | zanzibar: <chessgames> you might be interested: Erwin L'Ami (kibitz #41) Jorden van Foreest (kibitz #12) Mikhail Antipov (kibitz #10) Eltaj Safarli (kibitz #61) |
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Jan-22-16
| | SwitchingQuylthulg: The player list (http://www.chessgames.com/playerlis...) is complete. The player directory is far from complete; only players with at least 21 games in the database are in it. (The precise criteria for inclusion in the player directory have changed gradually over the years.) The advanced search accepts player IDs as input, with the same effect as using the dropdown menu; if you want search results for a particular Michel (say, Walter Michel), you can look up his pid (12995) in the player list and search for 12995 instead of Michel. Yes, the player list as provided by CG is sorted by pid, not last name. |
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Jan-23-16
 | | MissScarlett: In case you're not aware, round 5 of the Tata Steel Masters' event (i.e. not the Challengers) was played in Amsterdam, so the site tag for those games should be changed to [Site "Amsterdam NED"] or [Site "Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam NED"] if you want to be extra. Round 10 is due for the Spoorwegmuseum in Utrecht. |
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Jan-23-16
 | | FSR: <The Caissars: ... By a hair, the winner of the 2015 BEST/WORST PUN OF THE YEAR award is <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming> Botvinnik vs W Winter, 1936.> The actual result is a tie:
<Mr. Georgiev, Wear Down this Tal!>: 1.FSR 2.TheFocus 3.SwitchingQuylthulg 4.Keyser Soze 5.YouRang 6.WinKing 7.zanzibar 8.Check It Out <Brace Yourself, Winter is Coming>: 1.offramp 2.Annie K. 3.jessicafischerqueen 4.hms123 5.Solomon2003 6.Karposian 7.gauer 8.FairyPromotion <Karposian> and <OhioChessFan> have come to the same conclusion as I. Please correct your miscount du jour. |
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Jan-23-16
 | | Stonehenge: <CG>
Please attend to the games that are in the queue. Chop chop* *[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chop_... ] |
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| Jan-23-16 | | zanzibar: RE: <MissScarlett> <... so the site tag for those games should be changed to [Site "Amsterdam NED"] or [Site "Science Center NEMO, Amsterdam NED"]> No, it shouldn't(!!).
The PGN Site tag must be the same for all games belonging to the same tournament. If multiple locations are used then the Site tag can be altered to show each of them, or to indicate that various locations were used. Individual games can easily have a comment to indicate the actual location - or to provide additional details (e.g. Site=<London ENG>, and a comment showing <St. Georges' Hall> as specific location). * * * * *
Sorry to be so emphatic, but this is a very important point. I usually refer to it as PGN Normalization. |
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| Jan-23-16 | | zanzibar: Another important question, for <chessgames>... Let's start with a simple yes/no question:
<Is <CG> ever going to make the ID's available in the PGN?> If the answer is yes, as hoped, then when am I going to be able to download <CG> games with a PGN tag giving the CG id's? I need this as of yesterday.
It's very important, as has been discussed at length before. . |
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Jan-23-16
| | MissScarlett: <The PGN Site tag must be the same for all games belonging to the same tournament.> Why? It's the Event tag that should be the same.
<Individual games can easily have a comment to indicate the actual location - or to provide additional details (e.g. Site=<London ENG>, and a comment showing <St. Georges' Hall> as specific location).> How can the PGN Site tags all be the same in that case? <I usually refer to it as PGN Normalization.> I, PGN normalisation. |
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| Jan-23-16 | | zanzibar: Oh, <MissS> can't you just trust me on this?
I can dig out the old links if need be.
The idea is simple - the details complicated. The simplification goes like this... The software makes a tournament from three tags:
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(1) Event
(2) Site
(3) EventDate (or Date)
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That way, two different cities with the same tournament name can be distinguished (by Site), or the same continuing tournament in the city can be distinguished (by Date), or two simultaneous tournaments in the same city can be distinguished (by Event). Capisce?
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You'd probably like to spell it quanisation too, I presume? Check out the very last word of the article (before the refs) by a fellow subject of the Queen. http://www.sciencedirect.com/scienc... (Sorry, there was little normal about this fellow) |
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Jan-23-16
| | Annie K.: And then there was this too: chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #22833) :) z's all the way! ;) |
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| Jan-23-16 | | Alien Math: normalization (or normalisation, appears as both spellings) |
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