Running the engine on the final position yields:

<ERROR: Analysis of this position is already in process; started 2024-01-27 17:19:54.

Please check again in about a minute.>

It's not really an <ERROR> is it?

Say, for example, if you wanted to check someone else's statement that there's a forced mate or draw and you don't see it.>

Over on <CT> I always use an engine when posting analysis. It's a training site, and the accuracy of the play in a comment is tantamount.

Here, the philosophy is different, and I approve of people posting incorrect analysis. In fact, most analysis on <CG> should be treated as circumspect. There's an opportunity from others to learn by trail and error - that is, if the other users adopt a constructive attitude.

Still, I hesitate to post analysis off the top of my head, partly because there are stronger players here who have the interest and are better at it than me, but also because it's my nature to strive for accuracy. So my insights, such as they are, are almost always engine-checked.

Aside - I've always liked <Phony>'s take on this, see his profile page.

But besides my own proclivity for accuracy, there's another reason for me to be cautious when posting analysis. There are certain unpleasant posters who are simply roving the site, scrutinizing various member's posts, looking for the slightest error to gun down.

Hans Niemann (kibitz #1371)
Hans Niemann (kibitz #1372)

< fredthebear: Typical error.>

There's nothing humorous, insightful, education or constructive in such a comment.

Who needs this kind of treatment I ask?

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<<Messiah> ... All I see is a sockpuppet spamming all day without being censored or restricted.>

chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #41358)

Even when the error is committed by an acrimonious member.

Case in point - my now deleted posts in the <Diren--Pragg> game where a member claimed Carlsen didn't play <Tata Steel (2024)> because he didn't want to <"tarnish his legacy">.

My posts had actual content - listing information by both the official site and Carlsen himself, explaining his absence from this year's tournament.

The copyright notice says 2019.

Reykjavik Rapid (2004) (kibitz #42)

[Do we have to constantly struggle to get xtabs lined up, or use HTML entries to fix up PGN copies?]

For all the improvements I got <Daniel> to implement, I think asking for this one from <Susan> is both doable, and overdue.

Please <Susan>, could you ask <steve> to make this one implementation / improvement just for me (and all the other <CG> users)?

As is yours.

The content of mine belies the context of experience - it should serve as a precautionary note for whoever is tasked with the assignment of resolving Winter's complaint.

Yours, on the other hand, is simple-minded, trying-to-settle-old-scores, trolling.

Rather predictable.

Well, there's this guideline:

<4. Nothing in violation of United States law.>

As you're surely aware, copyright law applies as law, even if it's usually handled as a civil offense rather than a criminal offense.

(US law largely following British common law to begin)

My question is whether Winter can legitimately claim copyright over Napier's original material which is now in PD. There are questions.

Despite these question - which I'd be happy to discuss - there's always the unwritten rule of attribution in the civilized world. Of course, that's an unwritten guideline, I suppose.

Tell us, oh do tell us, when was the last time somebody punished the off-topic Z free for being an absolute polluter of all things non-chess? Once in a blue moon if that, and it usually comes from Susan. (Well, Peter tried to be an honest man back in 2022 before he got sucked.) If CGs would have taken care of its litterbug problem all along, FTB would not be here defending myself.

Let's recall the summer of 2023 when the sock puppet master Z was missing. So peaceful.

Let's recall October 2023 when Z free returned and started spreading the same old scree. Instant problems, just what Z wanted for negative attention. And on it goez.

So <STOP the pretentious righteousness ! !> We all know better. Troll master and management can unjustly harass FTB's account all it wants, but that does not change the truth about the corruption of this scratch-your-back racket.

<Let's recall the summer of 2023 when the sock puppet master Z was missing. So peaceful.>

Oh sweet nostalgia, one forever yearns for the soft focus of the days of youth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTU...

OTOH, I was actually still checking in from time to time, and distinctly remember <Fred> involved in a few imbroglios with other members - need I bother to mention them? Nah.

But let's note that all the sock discussion, and era of peace, is as stale as the last baked loaf of Wonder Bread.

I'm not sure if <Fred> understands this yet.

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And, in passing, let's also note that it wasn't me saying this:

<I think he's [i.e. Messiah] calling for sanctions against <fredthebear>.>