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Feb-15-21 chessgames.com chessforum    chessgames.com: Dear Chessgames.com members: We've recently become aware of a technical difficulty with the "engine" server, which is used for game/move analysis. It appears that a hardware failure may be responsible for making the analysis engine unavailable. We're actively ...      Jan-22-21 Santa Claus    chessgames.com: Dear chessgames members: Santa Claus <finally> got around to sending us his list of lucky winners for this year's "Dear Santa" contest! We thank Santa for his diligence, and have learned that his tardiness in providing his list was <unavoidable> due to ...      May-31-20 Chessgames Bookie chessforum    chessgames.com: <♕♔♕ Bettors and Worse ♕♔♕> As we start this year's ChessBookie cycle with the Summer Leg, I would first like to thank our fearless new Bookie <jingohanson>, who made it possible to continue the game. Next, I hereby announce in ...      Mar-14-20 World Championship Candidates (2020/21)    chessgames.com: Everybody please keep the political bickering off this page.      Feb-22-20 Kibitzer's Café    chessgames.com: May I humbly request a change from REM, <Hazz> You decide. :)      Mar-12-19 Spring Chess Classic (A) (2019)    chessgames.com: We've added the games through Round 9 for the St. Louis Spring Chess Classic (Group A).      Mar-08-19 Prague Chess Festival (Challengers) (2019)    chessgames.com: Games have now been added for the Prague Chess Festival Masters and Challengers sections, and we'll include the Open section results as they become available. For news & details, see the official site at http://praguechessfestival.com/      Mar-08-19 Prague Chess Festival (Masters) (2019)    chessgames.com: Games have now been added for the Prague Chess Festival Masters and Challengers sections, and we'll include the Open section results as they become available. For news & details, see the official site at http://praguechessfestival.com/      Mar-08-19 World Team Chess Championship (Women) (2019)    chessgames.com: Games have now been added for Rounds 1-3 of both the Open and Women's sections of the 2019 FIDE World Team Chess Championship. For news & details, see the official site at http://wteams.astana2019.fide.com/e...      Mar-08-19 World Team Chess Championship (2019)    chessgames.com: Games have now been added for Rounds 1-3 of both the Open and Women's sections of the 2019 FIDE World Team Chess Championship. For news & details, see the official site at http://wteams.astana2019.fide.com/e...

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 155 OF 453 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-25-20    cameosis: the jazz soundtrack for google’s santa claus app is really good. Dec-25-20    Penguincw: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all the users on this site! Dec-25-20    Sokrates: Hi again, <cameosis>. That's what sometimes happens in this awkward form of communication. <if i were a paying member, i’d share your sentiment.> clarifies your viewpoint to me, and now we are in agreement! :-) Dec-25-20    MissScarlett: Tomorrow is the first day of the <Airthings Masters>: https://chess24.com/en/read/news/ca... Surprise everyone - not least, <Sargon> - by getting a tournament page up before kick-off. Dec-26-20    Phony Benoni: We've been experience some duplication in the daily puzzle of ate, but today's has be to noted. The game is E Gulden vs Andrei Macovei, 2018), which was also used at White's 22nd move on Friday, October 22. On Tuesday, December 15, the position after White's 231st move was used. In addition, it was also Game of the Day on October 30. No game is that good. But, seriously, we seem to be stuck in another of those cycles of duplicate Puzzles of the Day which come up now and then. Dec-26-20    MissScarlett: I’m tempted to blame <Sargon> again. Dec-26-20    Sokrates: <MissScarlett> <I’m tempted to blame <Sargon> again.> <I, for one, am right behind you. Anyone seeking to attack you, will have to come past me first.> :-) Dec-26-20    MissScarlett: In other words, join the queue. Dec-26-20    stevemcd87: <Phony Benoni>, thanks for bringing the duplicate puzzles to our attention. It has been updated. Dec-26-20    Z4all: <<Missy> In other words, join the queue.> I miss the allure of mysterious and enigmatic Missy. The one who made us wonder... Dec-26-20    STYNTZ: I have been a full member for several years,but will NOT be renewing. all i am getting is ads top and bottom of my screen. this is DISTRACTING making it impossible to study any game or opening. since i PAY membership dues i dont think i should be bombarded with advertisements STYNTZ Dec-26-20    Sokrates: Hi STYNTZ, Click on "Prefs" on the heading line (next to "Member"). Set a cross in the first line of your preferences "Do not display 3rd party ads.". Next time you log in, the ads are gone. Dec-26-20    Check It Out: <<<Sargon: <Tabanus: [...] they will sneak in ads whenever they can [...]> Nonsense. Any premium member who—having set the preference to suppress 3rd-party ad display—thereafter sees <any> 3rd-party ad on <any> page needs to <report it immediately, because that's a software error!>> OhioChessFan: Mobile, Chrome browser. I get ads on the bottom of every page in the alphabetical player directory.> Check It Out: <Sargon> Similar to <OCF>, I use mobile, Chrome browser. I get ads just below the pgn and above the kibitzing on all game pages. Obviously a premium member, and "do not display 3rd party ads" is checked in preferences.> <Sargon> Any word on the software error causing this? Dec-26-20    cameosis: btw, the one thing that i find really off-putting about chess24 is that they want to charge you for pgns that are freely available elsewhere. you can’t download games unless you buy a premium membership. even chessbase offers the entire current year on its website for free, not to mention twic and messaggero scacchi … no, thanks. XD Dec-26-20    jessicafischerqueen: Might be time for admins to set the preference toggle to "Do not display 3rd party ads" as the default position. Or we could keep posting and re-posting the instructions on how to toggle the switch in response to furious paying members. What about the furious paying members who don't know about kvetching in this forum? I guess they just never buy another membership. Seems like a poor business model. Dec-26-20    OhioChessFan: <JessicaToggleQueen: Might be time for admins to set the preference toggle to "Do not display 3rd party ads" as the default position. Or we could keep posting and re-posting the instructions on how to toggle the switch in response to furious paying members. What about the furious paying members who don't know about kvetching in this forum? I guess they just never buy another membership. Seems like a poor business model.> Yes, probably, but how do the grouches always manage to know a premie needn't get ads but don't know how to achieve said adless Nirvana? Dec-26-20    cameosis: XD … Dec-27-20    Sokrates: <jessicafischerqueen> Exactly, and my point also. Thanks! <OhioChessFan> So, according to you a rightful, reasonable complaint about intrusive ads, that shouldn't be visible to members, makes you one of <the grouches>? It's okay to constantly test the forbearance of the members by sneaking in ads and be silent about how to remove them? That's a great businees model to you? Dec-27-20    MissScarlett: Talking of business models, how good has the pandemic been for <cg.com>? May we have a ballpark figure for how much site traffic has risen over 2019? Dec-27-20    Susan Freeman: <MissScarlett> Not so much the pandemia as The Queen's Gambit effect. Dec-27-20    Sargon: <STYNTZ: I have been a full member for several years,but will NOT be renewing. all i am getting is ads top and bottom of my screen. this is DISTRACTING making it impossible to study any game or opening. since i PAY membership dues i dont think i should be bombarded with advertisements STYNTZ> I'm going to change the premium member preference for "Do not dsiplay 3rd party ads" to be selected by default right now. Also, personally <I totally agree with you regarding the placement of ads being too distracting in some cases>, and I can assure you that this was thankfully—thankfully, for once—not my doing. We'll take steps to promptly mitigate the issue. Best regards, Sargon Dec-27-20    Sargon: OK I just set the "Do not display 3rd party ads" preference to be selected for ALL premium members, and new premium signups will also have that set as the default when they're activated. Best regards, Sargon Dec-27-20    jessicafischerqueen: Main database search for <S Kogan> Result: <Sorry, we have no names that exactly match 'S KOGAN' in our database.> However, if you actually look at the list, you will see that 6/7 of the top games listed are in fact played by... <S Kogan> S Kogan Dec-27-20    moronovich: Thanks <Sargon> ! Dec-28-20    Chessical: The "Do not display 3rd party ads" preference does not apply to the 'Server Overload' page. Reported only for the sake of completeness. Jump to page #   (enter # from 1 to 453) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 155 OF 453 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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