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by ventoux
Fri Dec 05, 2003 3:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Question: try to win a dead drawn game on time?
Replies: 20
Views: 42758

problem solved :) I've just seen, that _black_ offered a draw. So white can accept now.
by ventoux
Thu Dec 04, 2003 10:05 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2003 Feature request thread.
Replies: 12
Views: 31187

Re: draws

It would be nice if the system would report the offer of a draw is an invalid move if it is still the offering player's move after the draw is offered. A couple of times I've had opponents offer draws when it was still their move. That's a failure in the system! It should be ONLY possible, to offer...
by ventoux
Thu Dec 04, 2003 4:01 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Question: try to win a dead drawn game on time?
Replies: 20
Views: 42758

it's not legal - and bad sportsmanship!! http://www.fide.com/official/handbook.asp?level=EE101 says: 9.6 The game is drawn when a position is reached from which a checkmate cannot occur by any possible series of legal moves, even with the most unskilled play. This immediately ends the game. So Greg ...
by ventoux
Wed Oct 08, 2003 3:26 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Floor removal
Replies: 15
Views: 33542

rating floor

what is the rating floor good for? Are there more cases, where it should be skipped? The following looks starnge to me: username: beammeupscotty rating: 2200 .. gamesplayed: 1999 gameslost: 1079 .. averating: 1456 .. ratingfloor: 2200 i guess the 'real rating' should be in the range of 1400-1500 her...