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by joelag
Thu Apr 25, 2019 4:30 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Login Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 8053

Re: Login Problems

We have had some recent issues with the database going down, but that should not result in the error you're seeing below. If you can get to the forum to post a message, you shouldn't be getting network errors on other parts of the site. Employers usually block this site since it's a gaming site, so...
by joelag
Wed Apr 24, 2019 4:10 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Login Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 8053

Login Problems

Currently I have login issues. Network Error (tcp_error) A communication error occurred: "" The Web Server may be down, too busy, or experiencing other problems preventing it from responding to requests. You may wish to try again at a later time. For assistance, contact your network support team. As...
by joelag
Thu Jun 09, 2016 4:14 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Changes for mobile devices
Replies: 9
Views: 24046

Re: Changes for mobile devices

I see - it has been intended by you this way. Ok - on a second thought it seems reasonable to consider mobile devices. Great work :wink: . Dinosaurs like me just have to adapt or become extinct. (Ah, I'm not sooo dinosaur, you know? I'm even using my smart phone excessively ... but never to play che...
by joelag
Tue Jun 07, 2016 2:56 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Changes for mobile devices
Replies: 9
Views: 24046

Re: Changes for mobile devices

Well ... I can't scold Greg because he gives us this great chess site for free - and he upholds this service since ages (in today's short-lived times). But I have to second cborri . On my Windows 7 / Firefox 46.01 the home page doesn't look pretty anymore. All content is squeezed into the middle. Bu...
by joelag
Mon Nov 30, 2015 3:02 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Problems Loading Net-Chess
Replies: 2
Views: 8495

Problems Loading Net-Chess

Well - I see nothing posted here. So I guess I've been the only one experiencing this problem: I wasn't able to reach the site - neither net-chess.com nor slowchess.com in the time from Thursday to Sunday. Since I tried it from 3 different devices the fault has to be with my provider. Or did anyone ...
by joelag
Mon Nov 02, 2015 4:28 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2015 tournament
Replies: 47
Views: 84009

Re: 2015 tournament

I definitely check the forum too seldom. I nearly missed this very funny thread.

My guess would be that dontcare is Greg's new account with which he tries to create some entertaining value in the forum. Well done! I can't wait to see carealot enter the discussion.
by joelag
Wed Sep 10, 2014 7:00 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2014 Site Championship
Replies: 6
Views: 17289

Re: 2014 Site Championship

Oh! I didn't check the forum for some time.

David, play it easy and relax. I hope you see better days soon!
by joelag
Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:29 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2014 Tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 10815

Re: 2014 Tournament

It's decided now. Greg, let's start round 2! I'm in dire need of some games.
by joelag
Wed Jun 25, 2014 2:37 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2014 Tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 10815

Re: 2014 Tournament

Yeah Greg. Of course you're right. The given game really seems to imply that Bonaparte doesn't want to play in round 2 anyway.
by joelag
Tue Jun 24, 2014 7:21 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2014 Tournament
Replies: 3
Views: 10815

2014 Tournament

I'm eager for the 2nd round to start so I'm checking the ongoing matches from time to time. It can't have escaped your attention that there's only one relevant match left: http://www.slowchess.com/viewgame.cgi?p1=g1105181555 After analysing this game for some seconds it's obvious that this is an eas...
by joelag
Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:44 am
Forum: Chess Ladder
Topic: cheating
Replies: 4
Views: 39823

Re: cheating

1. Why do you care?
2. Rating is based on probabilities. So you are right: It's more probable for him to win. But the impact of a loss is higher, too. If the rating system is sound that doesn't matter at all.
by joelag
Wed Feb 05, 2014 2:44 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Donations
Replies: 1
Views: 6051

Donations

After 7 years and nearly 300 games on this site I was thinking that it would be time to show my support for Greg with a small donation. But after seeing the somewhat desolated *Donations* page I'm not sure if this page has been updated in the last 10 years. And so I'm either not sure if donations vi...
by joelag
Mon Feb 03, 2014 3:41 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: What have happen with Net-Chess?
Replies: 12
Views: 32284

Re: What have happen with Net-Chess?

Hello everyone.What have happen With net-chess?nothing?For me it seems so dead and almost the same layout like when i use to be here ten years ago.I dont want to be negative but just remember how mutch life there was on forum before With guys like jjones and mluka and so on.I know about jjones,real...
by joelag
Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:35 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Apologies from Canada
Replies: 3
Views: 9803

Re: Apologies from Canada

BTW: The only Canadians that matter to me are Dan Beehler and Murray Acton (aka "The Cretin"). Ah ... and perhaps Steve Nash.
by joelag
Fri Jan 31, 2014 5:32 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Apologies from Canada
Replies: 3
Views: 9803

Re: Apologies from Canada

... Just watching the news, and it finally made me think that on behalf of all sane Canadians, I feel obligated to apologize for the existence of Justin Bieber and Rob Ford. Believe me, they are certainly NOT a true representation of Canada! ... Hmm ... who are Justin Bieber and Rob Ford? I guess s...
by joelag
Tue Jan 14, 2014 3:40 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Domain slowchess.com expired
Replies: 2
Views: 7637

Re: Domain slowchess.com expired

It's the hyphen! At least on German keyboard layout this hyphen is in a remote corner.
by joelag
Mon Jan 13, 2014 8:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Domain slowchess.com expired
Replies: 2
Views: 7637

Domain slowchess.com expired

Hi Greg,

I suppose you are aware that the domain has expired?

(Imagine me being shocked when seeing this:)
NOTICE: This domain name expired on 1/12/2014 and is pending renewal or deletion.
by joelag
Sun Sep 09, 2012 4:52 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unergonomic Behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 13666

Re: Unergonomic Behaviour

Well - of course: You can be sure that this won't happen to me ever again. But I always think: If I behave awkwardly in any situation this could happen to anybody else as well. Hence my proposal to change the behaviour. The castle thing is already explained in the text. But well - it was only a sugg...
by joelag
Sat Sep 08, 2012 6:30 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Unergonomic Behaviour
Replies: 6
Views: 13666

Unergonomic Behaviour

You could say: Your own mistake ... but indeed I think you could improve the user interface: In g1105115149 I was thinking about my 22. move. After some considering I had the idea of 22...Rf8f4 - so I entered the move but I did not press the move button. I was thinking: Let's do a double check. So I...
by joelag
Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:15 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 30d+5d Match
Replies: 0
Views: 4799

30d+5d Match

Dear net-chessers, in the course of the last months I had somewhat to fight to make my moves in time in a 30d+2d match. Job, family and other obligations stole a lot of my spare time. So I started an open 30d+5d match for 10 players some days ago. Obviously it doesn't fill as fast as I thought. So: ...
by joelag
Thu Jan 26, 2012 3:08 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: The new forum
Replies: 13
Views: 17644

Sticky!

Since some of the new functions of the new board are explained here: Couldn't you make this very thread sticky?
by joelag
Sat May 14, 2011 3:07 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Problem with Removing Games from Game List
Replies: 4
Views: 9537

Again :-(

g1105057333 ended on 2011-05-02 and is still in the list.
by joelag
Tue May 03, 2011 8:13 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Problem with Removing Games from Game List
Replies: 4
Views: 9537

Problem with Removing Games from Game List

If I'm not completely mistaken finished games used to get removed daily from the games list (command.cgi?command=mygames).

But it seems that the script doing this is broken. I've got a finished game that ended on 2011-04-20 that is still listed there.
by joelag
Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:14 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: DB broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 11566

Thanks Greg!

You reacted quickly as ever!

Thanks Greg!
by joelag
Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: DB broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 11566

Chess Tactics Server

In the meantime I'm wasting my time on the Chess Tactics Server.
by joelag
Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:54 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: DB broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 11566

Re: same here

capacuba wrote:your not alone Joelag...same here. can not connect to net-chess site :cry:
I'm so glad that I'm not alone in my misery :wink:
by joelag
Fri Feb 18, 2011 2:56 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: DB broken?
Replies: 6
Views: 11566

DB broken?

What's up? I can't login to Net-Chess. Message: Invalid username or password! Forgot your password? Click here. Most funny thing: When I try just for testing to click here and enter my user name I'm getting told that joelag does not exist . Bad luck! Just this evening I was about to make some moves ...
by joelag
Sun Oct 03, 2010 4:00 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Vacation
Replies: 24
Views: 27478

No Need for Vacations

First let me admit that I've been confused after my first exploring of this site when I detected that there wouldn't be a rule or option for vacations. But the solution is quite easy. Indeed you can have vacations as long as you want by using the proper time control: Let it be that x days + y days p...
by joelag
Wed Aug 11, 2010 1:16 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Missing Matches
Replies: 5
Views: 9687

Tournament has been restarted

Obviously we lost more than the last day before the crash. The tournament I mentioned earlier has started now (again). Obviously the tournament was restored to a state when not all participants had entered. So, when the last participant entered it started (again). But all ok for me - as I stated bef...
by joelag
Tue Aug 10, 2010 2:37 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Missing Matches
Replies: 5
Views: 9687

No Email

I fixed the slowchess.com URL, it should work for everyone in the next hour. Joelag, do you have the e-mail showing the match started? Or can you get me some game IDs and/or the match ID. They should have been restored if they were active as of Jul 30. Hey Greg, nice try :wink: But as stated in the...
by joelag
Tue Aug 10, 2010 5:15 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Missing Matches
Replies: 5
Views: 9687

Missing Matches

First of all: Great work Greg ! I know the crash hasn't been your fault and I knew, too, that you'll bring the site up again as good and fast as possible. This is the most stable CC site I know and it's even for free. Thank you, Greg! But there is an issue which alters from what you announced. I pla...
by joelag
Thu Jul 29, 2010 4:12 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: not receiving email notifications
Replies: 7
Views: 12805

No Changing of E-Mail Adress either

I've not been able to change the e-mail adress for the forum, either. But I'm not sure if this ever has worked at all.

And I didn't see new topics marked as new.

Poor Greg! Seems there's some work to do at the moment.
by joelag
Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:50 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Real Rankings instead of the "All Ratings" list
Replies: 8
Views: 33989

That thought has crossed my mind several times, but in the end I always come to the conclusion that you really shouldn't care that much about your rating. That's why I like Net-Chess the most! Greg is so relaxed with so silly issues like rating (and computer cheating) and time outs. You can complic...
by joelag
Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:35 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Support for XFCC
Replies: 6
Views: 28509

PGN is a Fine Standard!

As far as I'm concerned I haven't any need for it at all. I was thinking the hype about converting anything into XML would already be abating. Since Net-Chess perfectly supports PGN (at least after I hinted Greg to avoid the zeroes for castling about 2 years ago :D ) which is a standard which is und...
by joelag
Sun Mar 15, 2009 7:32 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 10 years and still running
Replies: 11
Views: 18072

Congratulations!

Net-Chess is the best. No-frills, just chess!

Greg, keep up with the fantastic work!

CU, Joe
by joelag
Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:45 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Repeat & Continual time-out offenders poll: Penalization
Replies: 2
Views: 6803

Great Poll!

Great poll! :D

Well, I've voted: It's not really that important.

As I stated before there are too few players for which those suggestions really would matter anyway. So I advise: Don't fuss about those games. Just play the games in which it's your turn.

CU, Joe
by joelag
Fri Mar 13, 2009 6:14 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Penalize Repeat Time Out Offenders?
Replies: 4
Views: 9481

The Art of Creating a Poll

Well, maybe I am a bit old fashioned. But I always have been thinking in a poll you have to give one question ( condition 1 ) and a number of n possible answers - let's say a1 ... an ( condition 2 ). Further - I'd even say ideally - the intersection of a1 ... an should be empty ( condition 3 ) and t...
by joelag
Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:47 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: reward timeouts
Replies: 9
Views: 39185

Yahoo has it so that there are two timers, one for the game and one per move. Let's say the timer is 30 minutes + 10 seconds per move, with a maximum timer of 10 minutes per move. We could implement something similar, such as if you do not move in 10 days, you automatically forfeit regardless of ho...
by joelag
Tue Mar 03, 2009 8:25 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: players profiles
Replies: 6
Views: 10721

langelli wrote:I tried clicking on the upper and lower corner of the chesss board, but nothing. Please explain how to do that again. :?
Ahh! Indeed there's a trick involved. It only works with the Old Display - (which is my default). Sorry, I didn't consider this.
by joelag
Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:33 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: players profiles
Replies: 6
Views: 10721

Re: players profiles

yraba wrote:How can I see the profile of the people I am playing with already?
Thank you in advance for your assistance
Or you just click them on the upper or lower left corner of the chess board. (Click the one which doesn't read yraba) :wink:

CU, Joe
by joelag
Sat Feb 28, 2009 4:28 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: PGN DOWNLOAD
Replies: 2
Views: 13708

No problem (Re: PGN DOWNLOAD)

Is it possible to download a game to the computer to be analyzed? Today the only way to do so is by coping move by move, or am I wrong? Yes. I think so. That is: yes for your first question, I think so for the second. :wink: There's a link called View PGN Move List . i.e. http://www.slowchess.com/c...
by joelag
Thu Feb 26, 2009 5:42 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: "My Pet Peeve"
Replies: 14
Views: 20477

King against 5 Queens

Maybe we should just start posting regular offenders' names in the forum...? :?: Generelly I'd say you shouldn't do this. But at the moment I'm really quite tempted to pillory 2 chess masters :? One of them is continueing with his King against my queen and 4 pawns on a board without any stalemate p...
by joelag
Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:20 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Should you ever resign?
Replies: 41
Views: 43552

I agree!

... Personally I don´t mind that behaviour because won positions aren´t too interesting for me. It doesn´t matter if I must play them or not. BLACKBARON doesn´t steal my time or my effort, he only shows bad losership (and that´s not my problem). It´s him who has a lost position for weeks and ...
by joelag
Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:09 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Limited tourney exclusions for forfeit abusers/new accounts
Replies: 2
Views: 6998

Wise policy

It's just something I've learned to accept as something that's unavoidable. That's so wise! I'm glad that Greg follows such a wise policy! If you can't prevent something effectively just ignore it. Why care at all? Let's say you start a tournament with 10 participants. 2 time out before move # 10 -...
by joelag
Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:18 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: ELO rating in Net-Chess
Replies: 4
Views: 9348

Playing against myself?

gmiller wrote:I don't like to publish the list very often, because it encourages people to manipulate their rating by playing games against themselves...
Playing against myself? I'd never dare! I would feel so vexed if I'd lose against such a poor player as myself! :wink:
by joelag
Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:17 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Should you ever resign?
Replies: 41
Views: 43552

Senseless Poll

Should you ever resign? This is the most senseless poll I've ever seen on Net-Chess.Com . What is this poll about? There are 2 options. Both options are questions (btw I'd have to answer both with yes ). Am I supposed to vote for the question with the most vowels? But since I'm a polite man I still...
by joelag
Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:06 am
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: Promotion to bishop
Replies: 7
Views: 34494

Underpromotion in Games

When I read gregorgysi's question I recalled that I once stumbled over an appropriate web site.

I've found it again:

Underpromotion in Games by Tim Krabbé
http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/minor.htm

CU, Joe
by joelag
Wed Aug 08, 2007 3:30 pm
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: "Going for Mate" an unusual original puzzle
Replies: 2
Views: 17936

Re: Going for Mate

Hmm Amir,

the first part has been an easy one:
Image
But the 2nd part? A forced mate? That has been a tricky one:
1. Rh8 Kd5 2. Rh5 Ke4 3. Rh1 Kd5 4. Rd1+ Ke4 5. Re1 Kd5 6. e4#

CU, Joe
by joelag
Sun Jul 01, 2007 12:32 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Minor Drawbacks in My-Games-Table
Replies: 3
Views: 17177

It seems Greg just inserted leading zeroes for the hours (at least if < 10). Good solution! Thanks, Greg.
by joelag
Wed Jun 27, 2007 11:43 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Minor Drawbacks in My-Games-Table
Replies: 3
Views: 17177

Re: Minor Drawbacks in My-Games-Table

Lexicographically: 1. the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries. 2. the principles and procedures involved in writing, editing, or compiling dictionaries. You sure that's the way you wanted to use the word?! П Sorry, maybe that's been a Germanism :?: . But at least it's described in the E...