I think the discussion boils down to an old cg.com silent rule:

You cant spam or troll hard on games pages ( or player pages for that matter)

You wanna go trolling around? Fine. You have the Cafe. You wanna go trolling <really hard >? You might go to Rogoff's

The Kibitzer Cafe should be fairly wide open; non-chess topics are just fine there. Of course, something like bomb-making or assignation methods is crossing the line, no?

We Americans desperately prize our Bill of Rights (https://constitutioncenter.org/lear...), the first ten amendments to the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison penned these rights with British transgressions in mind.

Out of curiosity, are there any good B&Bs near this quaint <Gramercy on Stoat>? Could a chap hop across the channel and see Dick Strawbridge's Chateau in France?

In the interest of full disclosure, I'm not really a full-blooded goldy bear. I just play one on screen.

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BTW <MS>, a few of us Americans disapprove of our government's murder of overseas Americans without being brought to justice. Americans are supposed to receive a trial under our Bill of Rights. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/who-we... No, they were not friends nor family of mine, but our citizens are supposed to have rights and protections from the government. There was no uproar over the president committing murder, because our press repeatedly gave the Obamas a free pass in the biggest way, as the press often does for the Bidens.

Filmed on the White House lawn:

<fredthebear>

Thank for the fulsome elaboration on <s he>:

<fredthebear: <<<jfq>>> Tis true that I pondered the proper way to address h er, or should we say he r, in the most respectful way. Does s he still work for free?! For some reason, I thought s he was recently being compensated now.>

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In addition, I found your comment here to be a welcome, and spicy, revelation:

<fredthebear: posts with malice is an important distinction <<<Diademas>>>. Glad you brought that up. Bantering back-and-forth on topic must be allowed; it generates discussion. We must be free to disagree. The Kibitzer Cafe should be fairly wide open; non-chess topics are just fine there. Of course, something like bomb-making or <<<assignation>>> methods is crossing the line, no?>

<fredthebear>

<MissScarlett> continues to work like a champ.

I can't think of a man who works as hard without getting paid, except maybe for this gentleman:

$ $ $ It's incredible the amount of effort put into this site w/no financial compensation. Our members are so fortunate to have such dedicated contributors. Many, many thanks to those who help make this site better!! $ $ $

<MS> I'm not sure if we want Joe to keep practicing or not.

<Seabiscuit> - A GREAT horse, an everlasting Depression-era story, a fine movie w/outstanding thespians:

Trailer: https://peoplecentred.medium.com/se...

The only way I can do the renewal is by credit card, so I am asking for help about this situation.

As far as possible, all events should uploaded from TWIC. The top GM's take their games from there, and have done so for over 20 years. This is because TWIC (Mark Crowther) is checking the games first before publishing them.

Chess24 is fine but there is one problem. Sometimes, and especially in the big Swisses, the players change tables just before play begins, and the relay is not always updated. This can cause (right pairings but) wrong game scores and game results. Sometimes the problem is "fixed" by changing the game result only, but the game score is still wrong - it was played by two other players.

In the World Rapid 2021 it was especially bad in round 3. I suspect it was because Carlsen, who as the WC was supposed to always play on board 1, was put on board 11. The organizers tried to move him to board 1 but he refused and said it could wait till round 4. The ones supposed to play on board 11 played on another board, etc., and it ended in a mess.

https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... says, <After a rough start to the rapid event - really only the first 4 rounds - the broadcast worked out really well. I have produced nice versions of the rapid games based on corrected files from the official site - along with my own corrections and tidying up.>

Example: A Kozak vs P Teclaf, 2021, where <Cheapo by the Dozen> kibitzed on the right game score + game result but wrong players. The organizers used Chess-Results (https://chess-results.com/tnr600852...), and Chess-Results should always be consulted for pairings and game results. In this case the organizers did not send the games to Chess-Results (yet) but provided a zip file (https://worldrapidandblitz.fide.com...) which formed the basis for TWIC's games.

Any feedback would be welcome.

Just for the record, this site is my grandchild of sorts.

I take no salary. Not one cent.

I try to contract the best. I will not let it fail. That is not an option. Many thanks to all the volunteers. That is what gives CG strength. Diversity is welcome.

He has been around since CG was born.

True. I don't mind creative tension within a team, in fact, I encourage it, but <Tab> and <Stonehenge> presume too much.

<I try to contract the best.>