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by echamberlain
Wed Mar 09, 2005 2:17 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Game 110425854
Replies: 6
Views: 13251

Thank you, but

Dragondude, thank you very much for the explanation. It was clear and concise. I have resigned one of the games in question and found a possible way of recovering in the other. However, I don't care for the interface here, and I'm going to wrap up my current games and go back to Chessworld. That sit...
by echamberlain
Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:51 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Game 110425854
Replies: 6
Views: 13251

Two problems

I don't think threefingers should feel under any obligation to resign. Also, the other game where I had the same problem certainly does not call for a resignation by my opponent, who is very much in the game even if I play the best move.
by echamberlain
Sat Mar 05, 2005 11:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Game 110425854
Replies: 6
Views: 13251

it happened again

In game 1104619620 I did more or less the same thing. I experimented with the move pxp, saw that it lost to NxR, and in my mind if not in the computer circuits, reset the board. I clicked my rook on my second rank and then his rook and then hit confirm. The server registered my original move. The on...
by echamberlain
Sat Mar 05, 2005 7:40 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Game 110425854
Replies: 6
Views: 13251

Game 110425854

In the above referenced game, my last move, Qxp+, was the result of improper manipulation of the site. I did make the above move and its logical response, KxQ. Then I rejected it. When I finally decided on a move, it was Q-h3+, which forces K-g8 and allows Q-h8 ++. My last four actions were to resto...
by echamberlain
Tue Mar 01, 2005 3:18 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Changing a game or tournament
Replies: 1
Views: 5678

Changing a game or tournament

I proposed a tournament in the usual way, and so far there have been no takers. Is there a way for me to change the terms of the offering, or do I have to delete it and start over from scratch?
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 6:44 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Analysis Board
Replies: 4
Views: 14596

The Joke Is On Me

It seems that I missed a nice feature of the boards we have. I assumed that I could move only my pieces and only when it was my turn. That's because that is the way it is on Chessworld.net. I just played with the feature, and it's very nice. I do wonder what happens if I hit "Enter" while I am playi...
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 3:02 pm
Forum: Books, Software, and Websites
Topic: Chess DB SCID
Replies: 2
Views: 17486

SCID

I sent an email to the address he provides on the site and have not heard from him. Perhaps you can answer my questions.

1. If I recall correctly, he provides a database of games. Can that database be loaded into Chess Assistant?

2. Can Chess Assistant databases be loaded into SCID?
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:45 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Time Out Poll
Replies: 12
Views: 23708

Time Out Problem

I fully agree that the time out problem here is no worse than on other sites. This is the only site I know of where anything is done about the problem. Greg will take away some of the time of someone who seems to not be moving or resigning in a clearly lost game. More players should complain so that...
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 11:44 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: A maximum amount of time.
Replies: 7
Views: 20032

Playing Games on the Internet

I was not aware of this site when I checked with my local library but the two sites I did check were both blocked by the software. One was www.chessworld.net (otherwise known as www.letsplaychess.com) and the other was www.itsyourturn.com. I spoke with a Librarian and was told that they viewed Chess...
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:24 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Analysis Board
Replies: 4
Views: 14596

Analysis Board

I suggest that the site provide us with an "Analysis Board" for each game. The "Analysis Board" would start with the current game position but I would be able to move the pieces around as if I had a small magnetic set. Note that "real" correspondence players use pocket or perhaps full size sets to a...
by echamberlain
Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:17 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: A maximum amount of time.
Replies: 7
Views: 20032

Not Voting

I'm not voting in this poll because it is very important to me that this proposed change not occur, so I don't know whether to put one or ten. I don't like the fact that we have no "Vacation" days here but I compensate by playing at 30+2 or 20+3. I absolutely reserve the right to use all my accumula...
by echamberlain
Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:26 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Time Out Poll
Replies: 12
Views: 23708

Time Out Poll

Several players have complained about what they perceive as inappropriate time outs, so I'd like to see what the general attitudes of the community are on time outs.
by echamberlain
Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:13 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Allowing "clock" to run
Replies: 4
Views: 10121

Slow Players

I have had three players time out games against me on this site. Only one did so in positions where I felt he might have resigned. I have had similar experiences on other sites where I have played correspondence chess. I have noted that if players complain about slow movement in positions where the ...
by echamberlain
Sat Feb 05, 2005 2:55 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Suspending games for a week????
Replies: 4
Views: 10566

Out of Town

The policy is certainly clear, but it is one of the few things I dislike about the site. One can avoid your predicament by using generous time limits. I personally don't play here faster than 20 + 2. (On sites where I can take vacation days, I will commit to moving as quickly as every five days.) Th...
by echamberlain
Sat Jan 15, 2005 6:59 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Sumdeus is playing well
Replies: 10
Views: 19968

It is Possible

It is possible for a correspondence Chess site to allow players to change their handles. A paid site on which I play will be happy to let you change your handle as often as you like. I really do not understand why people are offended by this handle. My thought was that it was an attempt at selfdepre...
by echamberlain
Sat Jan 15, 2005 1:46 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Discussing Ratings

I don't see why discussing the rating system cannot be fun, but if anyone does not like doing so, they should at the very least not interfere with those of us who do. I have heard that there are even people who do not play chess seriously.
by echamberlain
Thu Jan 13, 2005 9:31 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Question and Comment

Cornstalk has a good point when he points out that the minor complaint with which I began this thread can happen in USCF Chess too. I am hearing Cornstalk say that it takes more games to raise your rating 100 points than it does under the USCF rating system. I would like to know whether that's true....
by echamberlain
Wed Jan 12, 2005 2:12 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Thank You for the Explanation

That was a good explanation Greg. Thank you. I persist in my belief that changes in my opponent's rating that occur while my game with him is going on should not be allowed to hurt my rating. I should be able to calculate before I begin the game the worst case changes in my rating that would result ...
by echamberlain
Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: thematics
Replies: 2
Views: 7307

kieth overlooks

I feel constrained to point out to keith that openings occasionally and middlegames frequently lead directly to resignable positions without the necessity of playing an endgame. An endgame that could go either way happens in only about half of my games. I treat such positions as rewards, particularl...
by echamberlain
Wed Jan 12, 2005 12:18 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Enjoying this Thread

Thanks to all who have posted or will post in this thread, whether you agree with me or not. I particularly appreciate the comment that what we're talking about is only a rating on a web page. We will indeed all survive. :D
by echamberlain
Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:27 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Reply to G Miller

1. I suspect that almost every player here cares about rating and even thinks more or less highly of other players based on their ratings. Note that players are allowed to make open challenges only to certain people based on their ratings. If I remember correctly, that's the only basis on which I ca...
by echamberlain
Tue Jan 11, 2005 6:10 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Ratings
Replies: 22
Views: 36895

Ratings

I believe I have read in another thread that your rating can go down when you defeat a player if that player is rated sufficiently below you. I have just had it happen to me, and I really dislike that feature. However, I particularly think it is ridiculous when it happens due to changes in our ratin...
by echamberlain
Tue Jan 04, 2005 1:44 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Replies: 16
Views: 27241

Sportsmanship

I think the TD made the wrong decision in Cornstalk's tale. How did White, or anyone except Black, know that "Black Won" was circled before White signed? Relying on a document not attested by anyone except the involved parties was just plain nutty on the part of either the TD or the Rules Committee ...
by echamberlain
Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:43 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Replies: 16
Views: 27241

Further Thoughts

Cornstalk gave me food for reflection. His piece is well thought out and well written, but I must still disagree. Certainly, without rules, everything is chaos. However, I thought that in Chess, and particullarly under FIDE and ICCF rules, we had people called Arbiters who would enforce upon competi...
by echamberlain
Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:43 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Replies: 16
Views: 27241

Which is more unsportsmanlike?

Greg, I think that if the logs back up what awacs claims at the beginning of this thread, you should take one of the actions he requests. One player violated ettiquette by repeated draw offers. He may not have known any better. One player offered and one player accepted, an offer to draw both games....
by echamberlain
Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:50 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: resigned game
Replies: 1
Views: 6299

resigned game

I resigned a game because I was lost. The game shows up in my list of completed games on my home page. But it also shows up on my "All My Games" page as a game in which it is my move. I resigned by entering the word "resign" in the move field and clicking on whatever it is you click on to make your ...
by echamberlain
Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:56 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Time Outs
Replies: 3
Views: 8645

Thank You

Thank you for getting back to me.
by echamberlain
Mon Dec 27, 2004 11:24 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Time Outs
Replies: 3
Views: 8645

Time Outs

When a game times out, what happens? In particular, do I have to do anything to claim the win, and do I have the option of granting my opponent more time? The reason I ask is that an opponent with whom I am playing five games, of which one times out today and one tomorrow, has not moved on the site ...
by echamberlain
Sun Dec 26, 2004 9:37 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Pawns Only Tournament!
Replies: 5
Views: 12382

Thank You

Thank you for the reply and please keep the community informed as the tournament progresses.
by echamberlain
Sat Dec 25, 2004 10:24 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Pawns Only Tournament!
Replies: 5
Views: 12382

is this rated?

Is the tournament rated? If so, I am not intererested. Also, what is the time limit?
by echamberlain
Fri Dec 10, 2004 3:07 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: We need an arbiter!
Replies: 21
Views: 34258

Alternatives

We all have options about where and with whom to play. I play both here and on Chessworld.net. That site has time controls where a player has a given number of days for each move. On these controls, time unused on one move does not carry forward to the next, and one does not start with a pool of day...
by echamberlain
Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:49 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: OTB Chess Time Limits
Replies: 0
Views: 5445

OTB Chess Time Limits

This question is for those of you who play in OTB Chess Tournaments. A bit of history: When I started playing in OTB Chess tournaments in the 1970s, all play rated by the USCF or FIDE had infinite time controls. (I do not know about the rules of other local Federations.) A typical time control was 4...
by echamberlain
Fri Dec 10, 2004 2:37 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: OTB Chess
Replies: 0
Views: 5162

OTB Chess

I hope this and my next post are ok. Greg, if not, just remove them and tell me the relevant rule so I don't break it in the future. I simply want to know what percentage of players here played in one or more rated over the board chess tournaments in 2004. Include events you will start before 1/1/05.
by echamberlain
Fri Dec 03, 2004 12:54 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: I E Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 12287

Interesting

That's interesting. I have my home page currently set to ATT but when the problem started, I had the home page set to Earthlink. I also have an MSN account, but I access it with a special IE by MSN browser and I do NOT have the problems I mentioned when I use that browser. I also don't get the messa...
by echamberlain
Thu Dec 02, 2004 2:57 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: I E Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 12287

Answers

Thank you for the vote of confidence. I use Windows XP (home). I keep Windows updated automatically, although I did decide to get SP 2 on a cd. I didn't notice the problems until after I had SP 2, but that was also after I got Spybot S & D so the problem could be older than my awareness of the probl...
by echamberlain
Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:54 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: I E Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 12287

I E Problems

There seem to be a lot of people here who know a lot more about computers than I do, so I think I will ask. I would appreciate any help anyone can offer. When I am loading Internet Exploerer, I get error messages from Windows. I used to get them when changing web pages, but now I get them only when ...
by echamberlain
Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:12 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: so which browser r u using
Replies: 15
Views: 26780

Mozilla

I just installed Firefox a few minutes ago and so far I like it very much.
by echamberlain
Wed Dec 01, 2004 1:15 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: so which browser r u using
Replies: 15
Views: 26780

browsers

In regard to my complaint in another thread, I never intended to suggest that the problem of signing in was major. It was a very minor annoyance, and people were able to help me, which was very nice. I had my firewall not allowing cookies. When I signed in with the relevant box checked and cookies a...
by echamberlain
Wed Dec 01, 2004 2:12 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: A Gentle Reminder About Donations
Replies: 11
Views: 21327

Tax Matters

David, I agree with you that at present the donations are NOT tax deductible. There is also nothing immoral or fraudulent about what Greg is doing, but he may be setting himself up for tax problems anyway. Greg should report the donations as hobby income on the last income line of his 1040. (I don't...
by echamberlain
Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:23 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Why have two logins?
Replies: 1
Views: 5668

Why have two logins?

I am fairly new here, so there may be few people who do not know the answer to this question. Why do I have to sign in twice if I want to both make moves in my games and make posts on this board? Is there any plan to eventually have one sign in for the whole site?
by echamberlain
Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:20 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: so which browser r u using
Replies: 15
Views: 26780

I use IE

I use IE for two reasons. 1. I have yet to meet a site I cannot view with ie. 2. Because IE is built into Windows, I would have to keep it updated anyway. I use Windows at home and in my home based business because it is compatible with just about any program I might need to use. For example, in my ...
by echamberlain
Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:37 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: A Gentle Reminder About Donations
Replies: 11
Views: 21327

Tax Matters

I wonder if donations to the site are charitable deductions for US and State income tax purposes. If they're not, I wonder if we have among our membership a tax lawyer who would be willing to donate the service of filing the necessary paperwork with the IRS and the relevant offices (usually the Secr...
by echamberlain
Tue Nov 30, 2004 1:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Password E-mail
Replies: 4
Views: 10684

noneofyour business

I think the gentleman should not have put his password out here, and having put it out here, he should change it. Some unscrupulous person might try to hijack his account and make moves for him. :wink:
by echamberlain
Sat Nov 27, 2004 3:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: board adjustments
Replies: 10
Views: 17787

Thank You!!!!!

Thank you for getting back to me about paint and about the features not working yet. I think you have an amazing site for the price, and I thank you. I also think that you could improve the site faster if you charged for use and thereby generated some revenue. "A laborer is worthy of his pay." (St. ...
by echamberlain
Fri Nov 26, 2004 9:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: board adjustments
Replies: 10
Views: 17787

Thank You!!!!!

I will try this forest green. I will post further if I want to ask for another color, or when I have more questions about something else.
by echamberlain
Fri Nov 26, 2004 5:21 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: board adjustments
Replies: 10
Views: 17787

copying colors

I don't know how to access "paint". If it is part of Office, I have it but may not have it installed. If it is part of Windows XP, I may not have gotten that part with my computer. I do not have a CD of Windows. I did get a restore disk, but I am pretty sure all I can do with it is restore the compu...
by echamberlain
Fri Nov 26, 2004 12:45 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: board adjustments
Replies: 10
Views: 17787

board adjustments

Thank you tellywise. I have grasped the general idea of how to control square colors and set up a color scheme I can live with. However, I have two more questions. 1. Does anyone know the color code for the forest green of a normal vinyl chessboard? I'd really like to have that but all I have been a...
by echamberlain
Fri Nov 26, 2004 1:48 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: board adjustments
Replies: 10
Views: 17787

board adjustments

I am very confused. It seems to me that I have found several screens on which I may adjust various aspects of my playing screen. Every time I try, I make the playing screen less pleasing to me. In particular, at the moment my board has no squares. I would like the squares white and dark green or per...
by echamberlain
Mon Nov 22, 2004 11:05 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Profile Help
Replies: 2
Views: 6425

Thank You!!!!!

That should be quite sufficient. Many Thanks!!!!!!
by echamberlain
Mon Nov 22, 2004 9:04 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Profile Help
Replies: 2
Views: 6425

Profile Help

I have seen in the profiles of people who post more information than I have been able to put about myself. Can anyone help me?