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Apr-28-17
 | | chessgames.com: <wouldn't it have been simpler to keep the old lines and evaluations and implement the move-shift?> Forgive my indulgence but that reminds me of a joke I heard in the 'deep south': A man is walking along and notices a farmer holding a pig in the air, under an apple tree, so the pig could eat the apples. The guy stops and says "You know you could save a lot of time if you just shook the tree at let some apples fall!" The farmer says, "Time?! What's time to a pig?" The point being, my crude approach made the computer do a lot more work, but it didn't cost ME a drop of sweat. And that won't be the last time I suspect. I'm thinking of a storage format resembling this: (1) +37 33/41 #...f5 #.exf5 Nxf5 #.Kb1 Rd8 #.Nde3 Nxg3 #.Nxg3 Rfd7 #.Be2 Bf6 #.Rxd7 Rxd7 #.Bxg4 Bxg4 So that the # signs can be substituted for the real numbers as needed. While I'm at it, I can offer the preference feature of whether or not you like English notation or figurine notation. (Maybe one day we could support other languages as well.) One little wrinkle in my example: of course I shouldn't really use the # symbol because that already means "checkmate", but no worries—maybe I'll use ~ or @ instead. Eventually we'll be able to go to any game in the database and say "What happens if Black plays 35...Nxb5?" or what have you, and get a virtually irrefutable answer. Blunder-searching, histograms, it's all coming. |
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| Apr-28-17 | | zanzibar: <It's also handy in cases like the "Kentucky Gambit", "Halloween Attack", etc., — which are generally believed to be total rubbish — but are statistically successful, probably just due to the shock value.> Agreed.
It might be interesting to know exactly what moves theory view as best where the engines have a definite preference over another move. I come across many such cases in my opening studies, although I generally don't trust the engine when the eval diffs are <= 0.30. Some of this is due to Stockfish's adaptive narrowing - where AK has almost convinced me that depths of < 34-ply are untrustworthy. But I really then have to wonder - how many GM's are truly calculating lines out to 17-moves in the opening? (Yes, maybe even deeper in endgame studies, but those trees can be fairly narrow.) But you're <CG>, and you have the possibility to keep *everybody* happy! So, you can do some timesharing - and give opening study an allotment of the CPU time - hopefully not an allotment of 100% is all I'm wishing for. . |
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| Apr-28-17 | | zanzibar: I really like <Fusilli>'s suggestion: < <CG> Here's a request. Would you consider including an option to restrict the opening explorer to the user's chosen years? > . |
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Apr-29-17
| | chessgames.com: <an option to restrict the opening explorer to the user's chosen years?> That's always been a frequent request. It's never been implemented because of technical considerations. Not that it can't be done, but the solution has never been obvious to me. One compromise that I've considered is to segregate the data into chunks of years. For example, what's been played from 2000 to date, or even from 2015 to date. Not as ideal as a "start-year / end-year" interface, but it would satisfy the main desire to see what openings are popular today without being distracted by theory that reigned supreme in bygone eras. |
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Apr-29-17
 | | kingscrusher: Hi Chessgames.com
Regarding the Iphone and checking the Kibitzing at a player homepage - I see just about the kibitzing button on top right. It seems like a blur to me last time I checked. But my eyesight isn't that great especially in CafeNero where the lighting isn't always great. I think somehow that kibitzing button should be much larger for the Iphone and maybe slapped in the center of the page - even in the middle of the profile picture if they have one. I just think it is very easy to miss as it is. I thought I should let you know honestly about it, just in case there is a possibility of making it much larger. The bio is just such a total pain to get past on the Iphone and it would be a shame if the player homepage kibitzing was skipped by some on the Iphone if they missed that top right button. Cheers, K |
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Apr-29-17
 | | Fusilli: <CG> Being no techie, I can neither complain nor contribute, so I'll be happy to take whatever can be offered. If you could segment the opening explorer in the way you describe, that'd be a great step. If it is easy to program it this way, maybe it could be "last 5 years", "last 15 years", and so on in some kind of "mobile" way, so that when we move into 2018 the system automatically shifts all these selections one year? Thanks! |
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Apr-30-17
 | | offramp: The Mamedyarov-Topalov game ended over 5 hours ago so I think you can safely take the green LIVE CHESS banner from the front page. |
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| Apr-30-17 | | morfishine: Whatever <Fusilli> suggests, I would go with. His character is perfect and beyond attack ***** |
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May-01-17
 | | WannaBe: Since the server for CG is located in S. Florida and I can't think of another place to post this, so I'll do it here. "I'm too sexy for this tournament, I'm too sexy for you." -- Right Said Fred http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nat... |
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May-01-17
| | chessgames.com: Yes, the "Chess News" column on the homepage is jam packed with that story now. I've noticed the media has gone out of its way to keep her name and face out of the story, which is good. She probably has a page here already, but it's good that we don't flood her page with opinions on the topic. Imagine as a young adult Googling yourself and realizing that your claim to internet fame was an allegedly low-cut dress at a chess tournament? |
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| May-01-17 | | zanzibar: <chessgames> Is Advanced Search available for mobile? Also - doesn't EZ-Search handle two pid's?
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May-01-17
| | WannaBe: <Z> Yes, disable the mobile feature. |
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| May-01-17 | | zanzibar: <Yes, disable the mobile feature.> How?
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May-01-17
| | WannaBe: <Z> Throw your mobile device into the toilet. =))) |
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| May-02-17 | | zanzibar: Ah, very helpful <WannaBe> When just dropping it on the floor isn't enough. |
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May-02-17
| | chessgames.com: We're working on a mobile advanced search; but to temporarily disable the mobile homepage scroll to the very bottom and look for a link that says something like >You are viewing the mobile version of our homepage. Click here for the regular version.> A purple link above the Advanced Search is your shortcut back to mobile mode. All of this can be done at Preferences Page as well but these shortcuts were made specifically because we knew people would want to toggle back and forth until all of the major features are ported over. |
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May-02-17
| | chessgames.com: The tournament pages are (beta) mobile-friendly. To accommodate small screens I had to made a mobile game-list that omits the event column, the sacrifice column, and the opening column. The same output appears on Player Page now when viewed in mobile mode. The prominence of a link that skips to the kibitzing is become more imperative. |
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May-02-17
| | chessgames.com: < doesn't EZ-Search handle two pid's?> I don't think it handles PIDs at all. Do you mean Advanced Search? I'm pretty sure you can type a PID into the "name" field of either or both players. |
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| May-03-17 | | zanzibar: Thanks for the mobile - regular info <chessgames>. I think EZ-Search should recognize two pid's typed into the input textbox. Why not? . |
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| May-03-17 | | Mr. President: I love you <chessgames.com>. Good job. I'm very proud of you. And thank you for your amazing support!
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May-05-17
 | | Domdaniel: Is a "movelist" someone who writes movels? |
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| May-05-17 | | crawfb5: I thought a "novelist" was someone who came up with novelties, just like a "royalist" is responsible for royalties. |
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May-05-17
| | Domdaniel: <crawfb5>: <I thought a "novelist" was someone who came up with novelties, just like a "royalist" is responsible for royalties.> And a 'craw-thumper' is one who punches craws? |
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May-05-17
| | WannaBe: <Dom> Yep, same thing with cowpunchers! =) |
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| May-05-17 | | crawfb5: <And a 'craw-thumper' is one who punches craws?> Not if I punch them first. They hit the ground with a most satisfying thump. |
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