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by gcohen
Wed Jun 29, 2022 3:39 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: How do we end a Draw game/which a player refuses to ...
Replies: 10
Views: 2627

Re: How do we end a Draw game/which a player refuses to ...

bocaelmasgrande -- "he with the biggest mouth" -- is a jerk. He obviously has an over-inflated idea of himself. I had a game with him which was an obvious draw and he refused to. After losing time for nothing, I just resigned the game. So what if you lose a few points? No, Greg doesn't allow you to ...
by gcohen
Tue Jan 18, 2022 8:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: new interface
Replies: 8
Views: 4013

Re: new interface

It's working now. Got the standard board back.
Thanks Greg
by gcohen
Mon Jan 17, 2022 6:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: new interface
Replies: 8
Views: 4013

Re: new interface

Thanks Greg--the boards are now right-side up
but I can't get the Standard board back.
I go to my profile, click on what I want, click Save, but no go.
by gcohen
Mon Jan 17, 2022 12:07 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: new interface
Replies: 8
Views: 4013

new interface

Hi Greg,
I'm getting the new interface; it just came up out of nowhere..
I like the Standard, but I just can't seem to get back to it.
Some of the boards come up flipped and I don't see how to reverse them.
What do I do to get the standard interface back. Thanks
by gcohen
Tue Apr 20, 2021 6:38 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Cleaning House
Replies: 0
Views: 3131

Cleaning House

Will somebody, please, in a cruel and horrific manner, put that imbecile out of his misery?
by gcohen
Thu Sep 10, 2020 5:06 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Chess Board Layout
Replies: 8
Views: 8327

Re: New Chess Board Layout

Thanks Maksim...

Go to Profile
Go to Edit
Go to Interface Preference
Choose, and Save
You can change it at any time
It's Default according to your last choice
by gcohen
Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Chess Board Layout
Replies: 8
Views: 8327

Re: New Chess Board Layout

Not a problem.
$100 per hour.
A bargain at any price.
As Black, you will not be allowed to play anything but the Petroff.
by gcohen
Mon Sep 07, 2020 5:26 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: New Chess Board Layout
Replies: 8
Views: 8327

Re: New Chess Board Layout

It's amazing how many people don't know about their profile page and how to edit.... The same thing happened to me; the Experimental board showed up unexpectedly. I seem to recall a post about it some time back (?), but I never investigated. I was thinking about commenting and saw this, so mr. gomdy...
by gcohen
Sat Sep 14, 2019 3:24 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Why One Game/Move At A Time ...?
Replies: 6
Views: 8731

Re: Why One Game/Move At A Time ...?

It has happened to me too.
My answer: It is best not to worry
too much about the murky mental byways of chessplayers.
by gcohen
Sat Jul 13, 2019 1:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Round 2, 2019 Open
Replies: 1
Views: 3744

Round 2, 2019 Open

Not a complaint but curiosity: what happened to Round 2?
by gcohen
Sat Apr 27, 2019 1:11 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Very interesting....
Replies: 2
Views: 4818

Re: Very interesting....

My mistake --a 10-player match..
That means 18 games each.
It would appear that I have time to waste: I did the math --
77 forfeits out of 103 games played is a hair's breadth short of 75%
That means one would expect him to forfeit 13.5 of his 18 games
if he stays true to form.
by gcohen
Fri Apr 26, 2019 11:57 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Very interesting....
Replies: 2
Views: 4818

Very interesting....

Now comes one 'lfcanales' who, out of a total of 103 games played
forfeited 77 of them.
He is now proposing a 10 games, 2 each, match.
How many will be dumb enough to sign on?
by gcohen
Thu Apr 25, 2019 3:22 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Login Problems
Replies: 5
Views: 8051

Re: Login Problems

I have had the same problem about 4 times over the last 10 days to 2 weeks.
I'm logging in from Colombia.
It doesn't last long--15/20 minutes to an hour.
Happened today at about 12 noon EST.
I'm not complaining--I shrug it off---these things happen.
by gcohen
Thu Aug 02, 2018 9:24 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Match requiring a minimum rating
Replies: 2
Views: 5569

Match requiring a minimum rating

I posted a 2-person match a couple of days ago. I required a minimum rating of 2600. Someone signed up for it who has a rating below 2600. (Is that supposed to happen?) Further, this someone is playing something like 262 games at once. He has a default rate of about 31%. He signed up for one of my m...
by gcohen
Tue Jun 05, 2018 5:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Follow tournaments?
Replies: 2
Views: 5321

Re: Follow tournaments?

But we do have that feature -
we can write in the name of the Opening/Variation, and then the initial defining moves.
by gcohen
Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:18 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: MY ONE WISH
Replies: 25
Views: 43612

Re: MY ONE WISH

Good grief~~le mieux est l'enemi du bon~~if it ain't broke don't fix it.
A tempest in a teapot.
I would suggest that internet chess sites are not responsible
for chessplayers' refusal to set up a real board with real pieces.
Use the zoom.
by gcohen
Sat Jun 17, 2017 4:03 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Is This a Net-Chess First ???.....
Replies: 4
Views: 11598

Re: Is This a Net-Chess First ???.....

ketchup: we arranged everything so as not to lose any rating points...
abiodum: looking forward to it!
by gcohen
Sat Jun 17, 2017 1:44 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Is This a Net-Chess First ???.....
Replies: 4
Views: 11598

Re: Is This a Net-Chess First ???.....

It wasn't my fault...
by gcohen
Thu May 18, 2017 10:07 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: MY ONE WISH
Replies: 25
Views: 43612

Re: MY ONE WISH

Playing Chess by burning-out your eyeballs looking at a computer screen is not the proper way.
Set up the position on a real chessboard, in order to study the position.
This allows for analysis and fewer mistakes.
by gcohen
Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:12 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Site newcomer or potential danger...?
Replies: 4
Views: 11085

Re: Site newcomer or potential danger...?

It's now "wapedkef".
Websites charge for advertising.
Why not charge him $100 per month, or kick him off the site?
Once this starts, Greg, there will be no stopping it.
by gcohen
Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:10 pm
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Having an "Abort" feature
Replies: 2
Views: 9537

Having an "Abort" feature

When I went to investigate 2 other sites, chess.com and chess24.com, I discovered they incorporate this feature. Namely: if you do not want to play with the person you are matched up with, for whatever reason: too weak, too strong, you've played that person before and didn't like his/her attitude, y...
by gcohen
Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:13 am
Forum: Suggestions
Topic: Subscription
Replies: 9
Views: 28488

Re: Subscription

chess.com has a lot of good stuff. I played a little, there, for a while, and was willing to pay $7.99 a month at a time, for 2 or 3 months, in order to look at their instruction videos. Then I discovered I could get all I wanted for free on youtube. I gave it up because the people there are mostly ...
by gcohen
Tue Nov 15, 2016 12:08 am
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Donald and Hillary walk into a bar
Replies: 2
Views: 18662

Re: Donald and Hillary walk into a bar

Very good, Greg!
by gcohen
Mon Nov 14, 2016 12:15 pm
Forum: Miscellaneous
Topic: Donald and Hillary walk into a bar
Replies: 2
Views: 18662

Donald and Hillary walk into a bar

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton walk in to a bar. Donald leans over, and with a smile on his face, says, “The media is really tearing you apart for that Scandal.” Hillary: “You mean my lying about Benghazi?” Trump: “No, the other one.” Hillary: “You mean the massive voter fraud?” Trump: “No, the ot...
by gcohen
Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:38 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Same Old Beef
Replies: 31
Views: 46229

Re: Same Old Beef

knightmare:

you've said this before and it's a total crock.
your attitude is sophomoric, and the only person your are "psyching"
is yourself, into having delusions of grandeur.
by gcohen
Tue Jul 05, 2016 5:16 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Same Old Beef
Replies: 31
Views: 46229

Re: Same Old Beef

If everyone adopts #2 then new players will never get any games going I detect a lack of logic in your statement, mr. ketchup. It is not my responsibility to engage with new players. There will always be enough people who will do it. It ought to be clear that my statements were directed to those of ...
by gcohen
Tue Jul 05, 2016 7:41 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Same Old Beef
Replies: 31
Views: 46229

Re: Same Old Beef

The solution is very simple: 1) Always check out the profile. I discovered that many people don't, and some don't even know how. 2) Never sign up for a match with a new player, whether 1-on-1 or including others whom you know. 3) Never play 30+2 matches unless you REALLY need the time. 4) Best: neve...
by gcohen
Wed May 04, 2016 9:42 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: How To Send a Message To a Fellow Net-Chess Member ?
Replies: 3
Views: 10059

Re: How To Send a Message To a Fellow Net-Chess Member ?

and I need to learn how to type...
by gcohen
Mon Mar 07, 2016 10:09 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chess.com vs I.C.C.
Replies: 5
Views: 13148

Re: Chess.com vs I.C.C.

I agree with you Greg. I never did sign on for anything with ICCF, both because of the long time controls and also because my contact told me there was a certain drop-out rate. You put in a lot of time on a game and it ends up being wasted. What I like about net-chess is you can set your own time co...
by gcohen
Sun Mar 06, 2016 11:48 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chess.com vs I.C.C.
Replies: 5
Views: 13148

Re: Chess.com vs I.C.C.

P.S. it occurred to me that I automatically read ICC as meaning ICCF.
I don't know if there is an ICC.
My comments referred to the ICCF.
by gcohen
Sat Mar 05, 2016 8:59 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Chess.com vs I.C.C.
Replies: 5
Views: 13148

Re: Chess.com vs I.C.C.

I investigated ICC. Someone got back to me, gave me the low-down, was very friendly and helpful. There are several types of matches; long time controls. It is for players who take their CC seriously. If one joins, one has to be patient---this assumes you really play and study your games seriously an...
by gcohen
Sun Dec 27, 2015 12:06 am
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: Game, 1883
Replies: 2
Views: 14527

Re: Game, 1883

Thanks Greg!
I am not at all knowledgeable about these apps and terminology:
PGN, GUI, etc...I have no idea what they mean.
This is a great discovery!
by gcohen
Mon Dec 21, 2015 10:39 pm
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: Game, 1883
Replies: 2
Views: 14527

Game, 1883

[On Winawer v Englisch, London, 1883, W E Napier stated that ‘it was a revelation when first I studied its deliberate beauty while a boy enthusiast; and it never seems to stale.’]: ‘The most important single game ever played, I think." 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc6 dc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 Bf3 7....
by gcohen
Thu Dec 03, 2015 6:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.
Replies: 16
Views: 38550

Re: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.

You mean you didn't get it?
That's serious..
Here's a clue:

'whocares'
by gcohen
Tue Dec 01, 2015 10:36 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.
Replies: 16
Views: 38550

Re: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.

Yes it's too bad. Most of the people seem to be quite all knotted-up into themselves. Incapable of sending a greeting or responding to one. No one seems interested in discussing anything or exchanging ideas. I will say, though, that I HAVE met several nice, civilized people. As for our friend, the l...
by gcohen
Tue Dec 01, 2015 4:23 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.
Replies: 16
Views: 38550

Re: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.

I do so believe, Cliff.
If he is so unhappy here--and he is--
why doesn't he just f-f-f-f-fade away?
by gcohen
Tue Dec 01, 2015 1:51 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.
Replies: 16
Views: 38550

Re: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.

He has a persecution complex but he's not phlegmatic:

Cool was his kitchen, but his brains were hot.
John Dryden
by gcohen
Mon Nov 30, 2015 2:07 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.
Replies: 16
Views: 38550

Re: Losing on time when site would not allow me on.

Yeah..pull yourself together and take it like a man.
Stop your whining and sniveling.
You're getting old.
Somebody put this schmuck out of his misery.
by gcohen
Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:06 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Your Favorite Chess Quote ... ?
Replies: 6
Views: 19073

Re: Your Favorite Chess Quote ... ?

More Tartakower:

"Dubious, therefore playable."
"Obvious, therefore dubious."
by gcohen
Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:57 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: problem in match m1443337989
Replies: 1
Views: 6572

Re: problem in match m1443337989

this is the number of the game that is showing: g1105232911
so the missing one, which I have not been able to find,
will end in either -910 or -912
by gcohen
Mon Sep 28, 2015 10:49 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: problem in match m1443337989
Replies: 1
Views: 6572

problem in match m1443337989

I am having (+/-) the same type of problem as outlined in a previous post
by gambitqueen.
This is a 2-game match with kaloev:
my game as Black has disappeared and in its place,
a game between 2 other players.
by gcohen
Sat Sep 26, 2015 12:23 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Adding Time
Replies: 2
Views: 8216

Re: Adding Time

Thanks; I was able to do it.
by gcohen
Thu Sep 24, 2015 1:47 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2015 tournament
Replies: 47
Views: 84006

Re: 2015 tournament

to jpost;

Danke well
by gcohen
Tue Sep 22, 2015 9:45 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Adding Time
Replies: 2
Views: 8216

Adding Time

I want to add time to a couple of games.
The link I was given--

net-chess.com/addtime.cgi

is not working: I get a blank page which says
"location: login.cgi"

How am I supposed to do this?
Thanks
by gcohen
Mon Sep 21, 2015 7:48 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2015 tournament
Replies: 47
Views: 84006

Re: 2015 tournament

post-scriptum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9FBQ1O5F8k do the walls close in to suffocate ya you ain't got no friends, and all the others they hate ya the life you been leadin' gotta go well let me straighten you out about a place I know... *******************************************************...
by gcohen
Sun Sep 20, 2015 6:55 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 2015 tournament
Replies: 47
Views: 84006

Re: 2015 tournament

But far more numerous was the herd of such,
Who think too little and who talk too much.

John Dryden
by gcohen
Fri Aug 28, 2015 10:25 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: opening books
Replies: 4
Views: 12020

Re: opening books

I do it all the time!
by gcohen
Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:11 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: exhanges
Replies: 1
Views: 7047

Re: exhanges

My understanding is:

Assuming everything else on the board is equal:

-Rook and Pawn for 2 pieces is equal
-2 pieces are better than a Rook
-2 Rooks are better than a Queen

-if you gain a Pawn, you're ahead.
by gcohen
Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:40 pm
Forum: Puzzles and Game Comentary
Topic: chess
Replies: 1
Views: 12122

Re: chess

Welcome! it's nice to see such enthusiasm.