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stevemcd87
Member since Jun-06-20 · Last seen Oct-12-25
<Updated October 28, 2024>

Hello,
I am a web developer contracted by Chessgames.com<CG> to help maintain the website.
<Feel free to report any bugs here.>

Lichess profile: https://lichess.org/@/stevemcd87

Current tasks:
- Update Endgame and Sacrifice Explorer
- Update Engine Server
- Stonehenge: After uploading games via <Upload a PGN file>, <Update Event Name> doesn't work. Also, it says <No Processed Submissions> even after the games are actually processed.

Bugs:
-<jnpop>,<z>: Purge voting queue Game Collection Voting && stevemcd87 chessforum

- <Stonehenge>: ...Take for example <last FIDE rating>. This should update automatically but it doesn't. chessgames.com chessforum .

- <kingscrusher>: ... on a big TV with Silk browser, the font size seems to be huge as if the TV is being treated like a big mobile phone. stevemcd87 chessforum

- <Messiah> Random Game Feature: Feature leads to bad links chessgames.com chessforum

Enhancements:
-<MissS>: update accepted tags for gameloader
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- <z>: update the auto-magic linking to Winter's articles, Add <Event/Site> searching, And adding round number to game listings,
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- <Stonehenge>: Remove annotation symbol for games that only have a comment at the end of the score Biographer Bistro
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- <YoungEd>: Ability to like comments chessgames.com chessforum

- <Chessical>: Update Advanced Search feature to only filter surnames stevemcd87 chessforum

- <Email requests>: Adding filters to the Refine Search section (ECO, Gametypes)

- <kingscrusher>: Extra filter for Advanced Search chessgames.com chessforum

- <Chess Bookie>: We will need to reach out to someone that can better explain this to me. I'd love to try to get this up and running, if there's still a "fan base".

- <Willber>: A page where someone can post a position he/she finds interesting and ask for opinions chessgames.com chessforum

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   stevemcd87 has kibitzed 568 times to chessgames   [more...]
   Oct-12-25 stevemcd87 chessforum
 
stevemcd87: <Chess.com> seems to have an API that may work for us( https://www.chess.com/news/view/pub... ). It'll take some time to implement but can be extremely useful for future events if it works. I'll keep you posted.
 
   Oct-11-25 chessgames.com chessforum (replies)
 
stevemcd87: <Tab> You can now edit the Elos on the game page. Let us know if you run into any issue. <z> Thanks for the confirmation
 
   Dec-27-24 Susan Freeman chessforum (replies)
 
stevemcd87: <fredthebear: What is the reason for the Analysis function to remain disabled? Did an operator get fired? What is the prognosis?> Sorry for the delay. It seems we're in the home stretch now. stevemcd87 chessforum
 
   Nov-26-24 Ding Liren vs D Gukesh, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: Ding pushed his a-pawn into enemy territory before move 10 again. It seemed to have worked well for him yesterday.
 
   Sep-16-24 Rapport vs D Gukesh, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: Here's a similar game where white wins: N Abasov vs R Sadhwani, 2022
 
   Sep-12-24 V Stefansson vs D Gukesh, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: Lichess is down
 
   Apr-22-24 R Shcherbakov vs V Isupov, 1990 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: White to play 48. ? [DIAGRAM] My original thought: 48. Qh7+ Rg7 49. dxe6+ Kf8 50. Qh8+ Rg8 51. Qxf6+ Ke8 52. Rd8# Another variation if 49... Kxe6 instead of 49... Kf8: 48. Qh7+ Rg7 49. dxe6+ Kxe6 50. Qxg7 g4 51. Qd7+ Ke5 52. Qd6+ Kf5 53. Rd5+ Kg6 54. Rg5+ Kf7 55. Qd5+ Ke8 56.
 
   Apr-20-24 Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: <whiteshark: What about the other boards?> Praggnanandhaa vs Caruana?
 
   Apr-17-24 D Gukesh vs Caruana, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: At move 28, Gukesh has about 1 minute per move to make it to time control. Can he make it without any mistakes? [DIAGRAM]
 
   Apr-15-24 Nakamura vs N Abasov, 2024 (replies)
 
stevemcd87: At move 29, I'm somewhat surprised to see SF prefers for white to exchange rooks rather than Bh7 to get a rook for a bishop. [DIAGRAM]
 
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Apr-19-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  PawnSac: I posted a corrected move list for the following game:

O Akinola vs B Dekic, 2010

I left a comment there. Thanks!

Apr-19-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: It's fixed. Please, next time use a correction slip.
Apr-19-22  Z free or die: I think it would be nice to have correction slips submitted via the kibitzing comments. Some kind of automated notice to the standard stream would be easy to do with a backlink.

This would have the benefit of more transparency, especially for us non-editor users - i.e. showing who's actually digging out the corrections, and exposing both the what and when for the correction. It would also allow notice in case an interdiction might be needed.

Generally, I think corrections to games should be injected into the comment stream - otherwise there's lots of examples where earlier kibitzing becomes almost nonsensical and there's no notice as to why.

.

Apr-20-22  diceman: <MissScarlett:

Visitors to the site are being warned that its not secure, proceed at own risk, etc. Did somebody forget something again?>

Yes, I received the same.
That Firefox detects an error on this site.

Apr-20-22  diceman: It also looks like the Laboratory isn't working. (Don't know if it's related to the above)

6-second analysis keeps running, and says you have pending requests.

Apr-21-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  stevemcd87: <<Number of games in database: 416> Evgeny Gleizerov.

There are actually more than 2,000 games.>

<Stone> Editors now have the ability to update a player's page. At the bottom of the page there is an "Update Player Page" button. Robert Byrne

<A search feature that also searches for aliases would be excellent.>
We could add the ability to search aliases in the "Player Search" feature located at Player Directory (Beta) . Doing it for the search features, on the home page, will be more difficult.

Apr-21-22  Z free or die: <Steve> - I still have this problem:

<<Z> Can you provide a link to <player's <Bang> forum>, please?

The more examples I have, the better.>

Bang (kibitz #495)

A comment on the forum where I see a blank diagram.

Cutting straight to the chase.

Apr-21-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  stevemcd87: <Z> I'm not sure why the images didn't work initially but there is a workaround when you see it.
- Click the <click for larger view>
- Copy & paste the fen to the kibitz form
- Click <Kibitz!>
- <It should work once at the "Preview Page", we don't have to post the comment>
- You can return to previous page and see the fen diagram.
Apr-21-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: <Update Player Page>

Thank you very much :)

Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: This game gets rejected:

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "Glasgow SCO"]
[Date "1911.08.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Yates, Fred Dewhirst"]
[Black "McKee, James Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[EventDate "1911.08.14"]
[Source "BritBase 2022.04.26"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 Bg4 9. cxd5 f5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Qd3 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Kh8 16. Bd2 Qf6 17. Kg2 Rae8 18. Qg4 Qf7 19. Rae1 Qxd5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rf8 22. a3 Qb5 23. Bc3 Rf4 24. Qc8+ Rf8 25. Qe6 Qh5 26. Qh3 Qxh3+ 27. Kxh3 Rxf3+ 28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Re4 Kg8 30. f3 Rf5 31. h3 Kf7 32. Kf2 Bf4 33. Kg2 Rg5+ 34. Kf2 Bd6 35. Rg4 Rh5 36. Kg2 g6 37. Re4 Rg5+ 38. Rg4 Kf6 39. Kf2 Rxg4 40. fxg4 Ke6 41. Ke3 Kd5 42. Kd3 b5 43. Bd2 Be7 44. Bc3 Bf6 45. b3 a6 46. Ba5 1/2-1/2

Apr-26-22  Z free or die: <Tab> it's good on SCID. Can you try resubmitting with the CG pid's?

(I can't remember the format, WhiteChessGamesPID or ??? -- did <Daniel> document it some place other than the forums?)

Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: I don't know the pid format either. I first submitted this game with wrong moves, probably creating a ghost game again blocking it.
Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: I've found the naughty GID (2269086), deleted it and resubmitted:

Yates vs James Alexander McKee, 1911.

Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Thanks. I have to learn how to do that.
Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: The GID isn't hard to find, it has to be close to the other games from the same tournament. It was located just after R Lean vs W C Palmer, 1911.

Then go to your Editor page and find <get GID>.

Apr-26-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<z>

You wrote <(I can't remember the format, WhiteChessGamesPID or ??? -- did <Daniel> document it some place other than the forums?)>

He did not.

===

But I did: <Player Page ID tag instructions>

chessgames.com chessforum (kibitz #19896)

Precise syntax follows- I know it works, because I have used the function regularly over the past few years. You just need to find the player pid and then enter it between the quotation marks:

[WhiteChessgamesID "00000"]

[BlackChessgamesID "00000"]

Apr-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: It's been raised before, but - as highlighted again here P Papp vs M Lomineishvili, 2010 (kibitz #17) - is there a way to remove the page showing Stockfish's game annotations? On the game editors' page, removing Stockfish's pid from the annotation box doesn't have the desired effect.
Apr-27-22  Z free or die: <JFQ> thank you SO MUCH for that link - exactly what I was looking fer.

(And so long ago - hard to believe - I was working forward from 2015)

Apr-27-22  Z free or die: Also, a side note I've been saving for a long time about <Engine Annotations>...

The SF annotations usually get inserted when a blunder has been made, showing the better move in a variation ending with an eval.

But how bad is any given blunder? One doesn't know.

In other words - where is the eval for the position after the actual blunder????

Apr-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

<z> It is my pleasure to be able to help you on anything, given the prodigious amount of help you have offered to me over the years.

You know the only reason I had that <pid> post bookmarked was because <Annie K> fed it to me years ago. I needed it for the ability to publish games by different players with identical names.

I don't think the information was ever published on a page where editors could easily see and find it eh. Indeed, it seemed strange to me at the time why that information was never posted publicly for all members to consult.

Perhaps it was, but the array of links we get at cg.com are so scattered about that good luck finding them arranged in a single directory.

Apr-27-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  MissScarlett: A template to generate crosstables for tournament/match collections would be nice!
Apr-30-22
Premium Chessgames Member
  jessicafischerqueen:

Hello Stephen:

I want to publish the following game that has the same moves as an already published game:

T. Marrero v F. Melgarejo 1-0

[Event "?"]
[Site "Placetas CUB"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "T Marrero"]
[Black "F Melgarejo"]
[Source "Palacio, 'Ajedrez en Cuba' p.276
// Winter 'Chess Explorations' (1996) p.59"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. dxe5 O-O 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 11. Ng5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bxe5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Qxf7+ Kh8 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Re1 1-0

Identical moves to Steinitz v Devide (1890):

Steinitz vs C Devide, 1890

Is there a method I can use from the Editor's page to do this myself? That would be optimal, but if not might you please "parachute" the Marrero-Melgarejo game into the database?

Best regards,

Jess

Apr-30-22  Z free or die: Given the preponderance of GM draws isn't this check for duplicate games basically obsolete?

Perhaps a warning to the submitting editor, with at most a confirmation, is warranted, but certainly not an outright rejection.

True duplicates would require the same set of header tags anyways.

.

Apr-30-22  Z free or die: The British invented dups.
Apr-30-22  Z free or die: (Or should that be dupes?!)
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