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Probably the first or second week of January.

IIRC, it's not automaticly a draw. The player with an advantage has to ask for it to be ruled a draw, at which point the TD may make it a draw, add some time to the clock(s), or make them play as is. If the game continues on the act of requesting a draw from the TD is interpreted to be an extended d...

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The rules also said I may add time for long games. The USCF also has a similar rule which allows a player to claim a draw (or have time added) if his opponent has little or no chance of producing checkmate. Which is in line with the idea that the clock's priamary goal is to keep the game moving.

You can check out the web server statistics at:
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I just started playing OTB chess last week at a local deli. The time control was 30min/game. I was really impressed by this guy, he's only seven years old, and has only been playing for a year. He played two other games which he won, and he gets extra points for winning the last one because it was p...

I tried that, but that also stopped making the sound to indicate the computer made a move. I just found the "tick.wav" in the "sounds/board" directory and renamed it.

All but two matches have been decided, and all of them should be decided within the next couple of days. So I'll start getting things set up for the next round, which I'll probably start the first week of January. The final results will be posted on the tourny page Here (note the link from the home ...

That game was 60d+0d, so no time was supposed to be added.

How do I turn off the ticking sound of the clock? Is it just me that finds it odd it still ticks even if you're using a digital clock?

You can't (yet).

I split off all of the Archive output references to a new thread. Accidently split this one off too, so I'm reposting it here. There is something I do all the time: I click on all my games, go to a game, click on the match link. It would be really nice if the match link were available from "All my g...

Do these just appear on older games, or are there some newer ones (e.g. past couple months) that have them too? This may be a problem I've already corrected as I don't see how these errors could occurr with the current source code. The old games can't be fixed (easily).

You may have received an error "SAN Syntax Error" when trying to castle, the problem has been fixed now. But you may need to hold down SHIFT and press your browser's RELOAD (or REFRESH) button while viewing a game in order to get the update.

Changed the ordering, but put Round below Date as specified Here.

The archvie search (both advanced and normal) should now conform as to the PGN standard. Let me know if I missed anything.

You can download the entire archive of all completed games as of 11/29/2003. The file is 30Mb compressed, and over 120Mb uncompressed, so you'll probably want to make sure you really want it before clicking the URL. It's in GZip format, which WinZip, and almost any other compression program, can han...

Ok, here's a hint:

Qc3 attacks both the knight and threatens to trap the rook with Qxg7. White can come out a knight for a rook ahead after it's all said and done.

There shouldn't have been a knight on b1, but actually I don't think either knight matters.

Moves to get here: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 Bc5 6.Bc4 d6 7.Qb3 Qd7 8.Nd5 Na5?

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The archive is stored in a table just like the active games are, but regurgitated in PGN format (the end date/time and ratings are in the table but not the ouput, but that can be changed). But rather than adding a search for certain openings, etc, I'd rather just allow a complete download of all gam...

It's getting close to the end of the year, and that means I have to take all of my vacation time I never used. So, if you've got a feature you've been wanting, post it here. Because it's either program, or (gasp) go visit the family.

There is, check your e-mail where it says "Game xxxxx has ended ....". There is a delay of about a day when you can't get to a finished game in the archives.

Most of them are simple enough not to need discussion. But I agree that it is a pain when there's one that actually warrants discussion.

bobbybellona wrote:Do you (greg) have statistics on nationality of net-chess players?
Guess the majority of them are from USA?

50% in the US, 50% for the rest of the world.

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Those are some of the busiest times. I haven't analyzed the logs in quite some time (at least at year), but IIRC: traffic starts building around 7am EST, and continues to build up until about 11am EST, then drops quickly in the afternoon, remaining steady until after midnight.

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According to the access logs, it appears most people play from work. Monday morning is always the busiest time.

I've updated the images so that they're a higher contrast. Most of them show up fairly well now.

I could, but here's a better link (with comentary):
http://www.x3dchess.com/news/analysis/k ... itzall.htm

Kieth is right. Microsoft will never e-mail a patch to you.

Ok, thanks, I believe I know what the problem is.

Made a few changes, hold down shift and click reload to make sure all of the images/source code is refreshed. Still a ways to go though.

The whole thing isn't done yet, I haven't figured out where I'm going to put the comments and draw offer messages.

The commentators on ESPN and Chess.FM were actually laughing at the computer's move. But by about move 30 or so were more annoid that the computer hadn't resigned.

Yes, please do. I plan to have several different boards to choose from, as well as a "design your own" so you can choose from any solid colors you your browser is capable of displaying. You'll also be able to change the size of the board. And now I'm thinking of allowing several different chess sets...

I think the primary problem is that the "black" in the pieces is really just a dark grey, and they're anti-aliased so they get lighter near the edges. I need to redesign them so they're darker and have harder edges. BTW: I've changed the board image since I originally posted it here's the old and th...

I'm not going to force this new interface on anyone. When I initially roll it out you'll have a new option under user preferences so you can choose between the old layout and the new one. By default everyone will be set to "Auto Detect", which means if your browser is known to support the new layout...

Chalk one up for the mortals! [Event ""] [Site ""] [Date "11-16-2003"] [Round ""] [White "Kasparov"] [Black "X3D Fritz"] [Result "1-0"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 a6 6.c5 Nbd7 7.b4 a5 8.b5 e5 9.Qa4 Qc7 10.Ba3 e4 11.Nd2 Be7 12.b6 Qd8 13.h3 O-O 14.Nb3 Bd6 15.Rb1 Be7 16.Nxa5 Nb8 17.Bb4 Qd7...

Note the fact that the background color alternates for every other reply.

Yes, White to move.

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I've modified it so that by default it will always have a link back to view the board on the board viewer page. The images will appear better there, and it's always a big board.

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It splits at 50 replys.

Answer for #6: Be4

(It probably would have been easier had you posted these in their own threads, it's taking a while to load the pages now).

I watched the ESPN show, but they only covered the first two hours, so I missed all of the interesting stuff.

That's just plain mean!

[White "X3D Fritz"] [Black "Kasparov"] [Date "2003-11-13"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.c3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.Nbd2 0-0 8.Re1 Re8 9.d4 Bd7 10.d5 Ne7 11.Bxd7 Nxd7 12.a4 h6 13.a5 a6 14.b4 f5 15.c4 Nf6 16.Bb2 Qd7 17.Rb1 g5 18.exf5 !xf5 19.Nf1 Qh7 20.N3d2 Nf5 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 h5 2...

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Me vs. a 7 year old.

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Fritz 8 question

Castling bug fixed.

Complete archive download - as of 11/29/2003

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2003 Feature request thread.

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