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Jul-27-25
 | | MissScarlett: Can’t find that site again. Try email to darrien93@racovor.com |
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| Jul-27-25 | | stone free or die: <<OCF> Sure, firmly established by two cranks. Get over yourself> Et toi, Brutus.
You've obviously long thought I fully endorsed the change-over, incorrectly. I was involved in the discussions, sure, but afaik the switch was entirely a one-man operation. We don't vote on things anymore.
I did support the idea that <CG> should adopt a uniform policy, and Rogoff now sticks out like a sore thumb. |
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| Jul-27-25 | | stone free or die: IPQS's opinion on AllFreeMail.net
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IPQS
https://www.ipqualityscore.com › domain-reputation IPQS has high confidence this domain is used for conducting abusive behavior including scams. All users from this domain should be treated with caution.> Just as well it got lost in the sauce. |
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Jul-28-25
 | | offramp: Avoine Open (2000) The Avoine Open is held every year since 1984.
I was interested and went to
Tournament Index
but
<"Sorry, no tournaments found for that search.">.
For a laugh I used that comical search box on the home page:
<SEARCH OVER 1,876,000 CHESS GAMES
Try typing a player's last name, followed by a year or range of years, e.g. "Morphy 58-59".
(more info)>
Of course, that search box is as useful as a McDonald's ice cream machine. Has "Avoine" not been indexed? |
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| Jul-28-25 | | Modragus: <Susan Freeman: I'm here!
I think Rogoff should remain as is.
(Ken knows, and he thinks it's funny) I am open to discussion, if anyone thinks they can change my mind. <MissS> I see nothing wrong with any pun you choose. :)>That's fine. The discussion can remain there if they want. But that shouldn't stop you from making a Chessgames - Politics page that is visible to all. The engagement of kibitzers will increase the visits to your sites. The number one winner will be you.
The increase visits will increase the income from google ads. |
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Jul-28-25
 | | Susan Freeman: <Modragus>
<But that shouldn't stop you from making a Chessgames - Politics page that is visible to all. The engagement of kibitzers will increase the visits to your sites.>
I see your point.
It could be a moderator's nightmare though. |
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| Jul-28-25 | | stone free or die: I doubt that people would be coming to <CG> specifically for the political(*) - the internet is full of far better places for that. (*) - Well, in the old days there were armies of sock puppets who did, but that's in the past. If <Rogoff> were to be renamed under the new <CG> regime, I would recommend the name <Chessgames - Rogoff> for nostalgia's sake. Assuming we're all caught up finally at this point... The treatment of <Rogoff> is incongruent with the other off-topic Easter eggs forum's treatment. The original reason for that was given as simply the fear of the reaction if changed. So the easier forums were targeted first (i.e. the ones with fewer contributors who might complain). That rationale doesn't really work for me. I like uniformity and consistent treatment. I actually said so at the time, and I still say so now. |
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Jul-28-25
| | Susan Freeman: <SFoD> That makes sense. This is a chess site, first and foremost.
The fact that Rogoff took off in an aberrancy is best self contained, in my opinion. |
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Jul-28-25
| | MissScarlett: An email has been sent but not attended to. |
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| Jul-29-25 | | stone free or die: Cries in the dark... |
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| Aug-01-25 | | stone free or die: Speaking of cries in the dark...
Silvio Eduardo Camargo de Oliveira (kibitz #1) |
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Aug-10-25
| | MissScarlett: Missed the deadline again....
Reset the <GOTD> list except for the last: <1067967|Karpov|Kupreichik|Bird of Prei (Honza Cervenka)> |
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Aug-10-25
 | | FSR: I submitted a game about half an hour ago that has a typo: I wrote 10.bxc6, an illegal move, rather than the correct 10.dxc6. I just resubmitted the game with the correct notation. Please delete the first game and upload the second, correct, one instead. Thank you. |
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Aug-10-25
 | | Stonehenge: No problem, here's the right one:
F Rhine vs NN, 2025. |
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Aug-10-25
| | FSR: Thanks, <Stonehenge>. |
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Aug-11-25
| | MissScarlett: Has the Olga viewer game moves' font changed? |
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Aug-12-25
| | FSR: ICCF's 33rd World Championship Final has resulted in an unbroken ten-way tie for first. The co-champions are: Acevedo Villalba, Angel (PER)
Turgut, Tansel (TUR)
Hesse, Olaf (GER)
Aleksandrov, Valery Konstantinovich (CFR)
Sváček, Pavel (CZE)
Panitevsky, Ivan Anatolevich (CFR)
Churkin, Mikhail Mikhailovich (CFR)
Mosconi, Tiziano (ITA)
Fleetwood, Daniel M. (USA)
Those ten players all won by forfeit against three-time world champion Aleksandr Surenovich Dronov because he died before completing his games against them. Before his death, he had drawn six other players, who therefore did not tie for first. All games in the tournament other than Dronov's were drawn. The cross-table is at https://www.iccf.com/event?id=100104. I'm not sure if you'll be able to see it if you're not an ICCF member. (It is free to join.) The ratings of the players ranged from 2380 (Arild Haugen) to 2684 (Roman Chytilek). The fact that all of the games other than the Dronov forfeits were drawn despite this huge range of ratings shows how meaningless ICCF ratings are these days. Anyone who is able to use an engine competently can draw anyone in the world. |
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Aug-19-25
 | | kingscrusher: Hi CG
I am currently studying past british chess champion games from this list: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/br... And I noticed that some British champions e.g. Wade don't have any notable games: Robert Wade I think if it is established there is a notable tournament -e.g. this one: British Championship (1952) Then wouldn't it be good if some Admin could just press a button and for all of Wade's win in that particular tournament to be set up as entries in the "Notable games" section. This process could also of course be applied to any other country chess champions where there are no "notable games". Find where they may have won their country championship - that gets listed as their one "notable tournament" - and just use the wins from that to fill out the notable games. I think this would make it more convenient to direct kibitzers to their games. Just a thought anyway in passing - maybe a future thing for Admins behind the scenes to make use of. "Accelerated notable game utility". |
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Aug-19-25
| | Stonehenge: I've updated the page. But it's time that <notable games> and <notable tournaments> were arranged chronologically. |
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| Aug-20-25 | | stone free or die: <<Stonehenge> ... But it's time that <notable games> and <notable tournaments> were arranged chronologically.> Yes, I agree that there could be an argument made for that. But one could also argue that the games should be ranked according to the <CG> user base's estimation of the game's notability. I believe <Daniel> originally used the mentions of games in user collections for the notability metric. This might be one reason why <Wade> didn't have any notable games - he missed the <CG> user collection cutoff (sorry, but I don't know the actual algorithm involved, so my statements are sort-of "hand wavy"). (I was working with <Daniel> at the time he "invented" the notable game idea. In fact, he abandoned the "bulk tournament game submission" idea we were developing to go off and do the "notable" games idea. I realized it had the larger appeal to the typical <CG> user, but always regretted the bulk submission idea never got implemented) |
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Aug-20-25
| | kingscrusher: <stonehenge>
Premium Chessgames Member Stonehenge: I've updated the page. But it's time that <notable games> and <notable tournaments> were arranged chronologically.Thanks for the Bob Wade page update - looks great now. Maybe it is possible to have different sort orders available on user selection- the current one by algorithm maybe as default, and chronological or reverse chronological as options for sort on notable games. E.g. just another query string for sort order to sort both notable games and the notable tournaments. |
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Aug-20-25
| | MissScarlett: The Live Game feature needs to be disabled post-game for the tournament standings to be fully updated: Sinquefield Cup (2025) |
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| Aug-20-25 | | stone free or die: <<KC> Maybe it is possible to have different sort orders available on user selection- the current one by algorithm maybe as default, and chronological or reverse chronological as options for sort on notable games. E.g. just another query string for sort order to sort both notable games and the notable tournaments.> Good request. But <CG> resources and priorities might intervene. (I wonder if <Daniel> kept a little notebook with a list of intended improvements for the site?) |
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Aug-20-25
| | Stonehenge: In live games the current player photos should be used, not some archived ones. |
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Aug-21-25
| | kingscrusher: Hi CG
Please feel free to ignore any of these suggestions but I thought maybe I should mention them : Please would it be possible at some point to have the PGN downloaded for the 1954 British championship from John Saunders excellent site : https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... Also it seems that the notable games of Leonard Barden are not that interesting (subjective I know) : Leonard Barden Is there such a thing as recalculating them... (and add 1954 British championship as a notable tournament). Also the Joint British champion with Barden in 1954 Allan Phillips doesn't have any notable games: Alan Phillips It would be great if he could have some.
For some strange reason both Barden and Phillips share the British championship 1954 winner spot: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/br... |
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