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Unfortunatly you only get time added

I expect it is possible to have a set time per move instead or total times but as you mentioned already vacations would be a problem

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I'll giv eyou a game set up a 2 game match with what ever time limits you prefer provided you get at least 1 day extra per move i'll be happy

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Just finished updating the standing so far

Still around 25 or so matches with no clear victor but i am pretty certain of several match winners in amongst that lot

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I am nicely second in my group, I thought I would go through to.. apperantly not. To bad, I would have liked to go through to the second round.. :( grtz themuppeteer you are in the same situation as me with 8 out of 10 but don't worry greg still has to find the additional players to go through to m...

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I will leave this open another two days until Wednesday evening British Time for any last minute entries

In the mean time i am opewn to suggestions of specfic french defence openings to play

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thanks for that i cna have a play with a few games of mine now

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as for whether or not end game tables are allowed you'll have to wait until i get my printer fixed/repaced later today as i am not reading the rules via adobe on the pc screen buggers my eyes up after a while with lots of scrolling text

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hmm a damn fine link tellymetwise

shame i know sod all about FEN formats i can follow the setting up of the board bit but the last bit is baffling i can follow that b or w represents whose move is next but the rest is totally unknown

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Personally i have no idea what specific rules exist but i would say the use of books and any other source of opening material would be perfectly acceptable i use two opening books myself more for reference purposes than anything else as for websites having rules for correspondance chess well i would...

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looking like a french defence so far i'll give it another few days just to confirm the result

in the mean time if you have any suggestions for a french defence opening feel free to leav a message

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Thats an excellent link which i edited to make it clickable

for future reference just before you type the link in click on the URL button or type and use to close the link at the end

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How about just making sure that the Rating represents the quality of your chess games? At least that's what it is supposed to show. There already is an average rating listed of all your opponents to date and this is normally quite a bit below your rating mine certainly is as i tend to play newcomer...

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dont forget to vote folks and if you want leave a suggestion for a specific opening

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Hi I think it is time for another thematic event here at Net-Chess and for a change i think you lot can pick an opening for a change You'll be picking from general openings to start with and then i will select 3 or 4 specific openings from the winning general opening Polling will close next weekend ...

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I would like to add if the ratings were ever reset using the average rating of all your opponents would make a sensible new starting rating Now for a question If all new players atart with a rating of 800 (or what ever FIDE use) and after each game the total ratings of the two players remains the sa...

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works fine for me

hav you scrolled down the page a bit as it looks like a new post if you reply but says post a reply at the top and includes a scollable box further down of all of the thread to date

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for me personally i generally log in several times a day normally now whn i get home from work smetimes in the morning and commonly a few more times each evening Weekends i log in quite often don't know why as people seem to move less in my games over the weekend As for using it in true correspondan...

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if you play at IECG you automatically start on 800 unless you can provide proof of a higher rating certified by either FIDE or the USCF and possibly the BCF too allthough the BCF use different rating systems

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eraymond wrote:what are the rules to get into the second round?

don't know Greg changed page on posting the list of players and groups

the winner of each group goes through and the additional players are being picked by performance ie score i think

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Another link for you this time to the Week in Chess site http://www.chesscenter.com/twic/twic.html Also a link to the Pitt University Archives an amazing source for games by opening of even by player or era http://www.pitt.edu/~schach/Archives/ best of all the Pitt Uni files are downloadable in whic...

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hello am new to netchess, have completed 4 matches why has my rating not changed after 2 losses and 2 wins great site, thanks andrew :?: Your rating stays the same until you have finsihed 10 or 20 games and you switch from provisional to full time player 1500 is the highest rating new players can s...

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eraymond wrote:oh yeah !! it's a tv program in UK "eureka tv" ??

it is a kids 'science' program on when i get home from work at 4pm

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eraymond wrote:cool, very cool

been looking at the rest of my site have we??

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The question was not "how many combinations of moves" but how many differennt positions there could be - imagine taking a photograph after move 2. How many different photos could you have. I think the answer is less than 900 must be more than 900 postitions white can make 16 different pawn movs for...

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Right thats that sorted only 3 players who i can see are definatly through to the next round but there are several others who i would say should qualify too There seem to be a bunch of matches due to time out soon so i will have another look in a week the link to the page is http://www.keithstuart.c...

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Right just finished a page will a list of all players and matches with links just got to go through each match to make sure it is corretly linked and see if any players are already through to Round Two as i know ther is one through already from my group I'll post a link in here once i am finished so...

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Where is JohnRussell when you need him He'd give us percentage wins after each move for white and black as he has done in my games with him in the past If i could afford chess assistant and know how to use it properly i could do the same Actually I suppose John is about to eat his mushroomsoup unde...

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Where is JohnRussell when you need him

He'd give us percentage wins after each move for white and black as he has done in my games with him in the past

If i could afford chess assistant and know how to use it properly i could do the same

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That's why I started the game with 10d per move. I don't mind if you examine positions tactically and strategically. The 2 daily newspaper chess puzzles are quite easy as they already outline what must be achieved (and in how many moves). Here, it's me who has to determine the goals and playability...

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isn't always a single misplaced piece that leads to the lose

i know it is true for me along with errors it is my usual way of losing

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the FIDE list is the most accurate chart of the best player in the world and if i remember rightly changings in ratings occur after the players expected performance at the tournament is predicted ie Kasporav should win but probably not with a perfect 100% win record thus he'll gain a afew more points

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ops i swapped queens in our game oh well

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Hi all Just posted a French Defence Richter Attack thematic 4 player 2 games each pairing 30d+2d White has it easy really as it can be very dangerous for Black There is another variation of the French were black is at a bigger disadvantage called the Burn Variation if anyone in interested in trying ...

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tellymetwise wrote:Is it normal that I get the message that it's not my move in any games while a dozen games are waiting for my move?

not usually no but it does occur if there are problems on the site usually due to to many people being logged in

i have had it myself and i just log back in later on

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Hi all As i have not alot on this weekend i'll go through all the matches and first of make a page so all the matches are linked too and if there are any obvious people going through to the next round i may highlight there names as i know of one person from my group definatly going through Hopefully...

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Hi Keith, You emailed me a while ago telling me to challenge mikre, for my 2nd round chess-teams game. I can't find that user ID, and the fixtures page says " ? v bishopbriggs ". Please help bishopbriggs PS. I've tried using the chess-teams bullitin board (but it displays an error message), and the...

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the reason my company dont like it is the fact that there is 10000 people at our power plant alone let alone the rest of the sites around the world

i was tld the weekly space required for new emails was 6Gb which seems enormous

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because at job it be difficult to play 40 minutes in a game :) thats my main reason too i cant play at work unless it is via email and those are frowned upon er well not even meant to be done work email is for work purposes only allegedly still many people like me can end up with lots of games on t...

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thanks for that i'll have a proper read tonight

i edited your match link by the way so people can click on it

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Switching to the subject of Infinity and currency now

it is possible to pay into the bank one pound take out a million pounds and the bank loses nothing

there is even a way to take out an infintie number of punds and the bank still loses nothing

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tellymetwise wrote:At what time settings will you post your thematic?

the standard 30 days plus two days per move as per most thematics me or Jeff post

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Hi Folks

anyone interested in a Leningrad Variation of the Dutch Defence sign up in this here thread

moves will be set as 1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 g6

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cleenders wrote: I recommend www.chesscafe.com I enjoyed Bareev's analysis of his game against Lautier Quickest and easiest way to move it i think Looks like a very nice source for analysis I'll try and remember the Week in Chess URL later this weekend i know itis written down somewhere from last t...

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i would think you should win it from that position and with a perfect win record too

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There won't be an automatic time increment, I'll just add more time if it looks like it's going to need it. I decide how much on a game by game basis. E.g. If your time is at 1 day left, but your opponent has 20 days left, don't expect much time to be added. Just for completeness, please view game ...

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Challenge me to a game and i'll play you over a 2 game match just the two of us as i am trying to keep the number of games down for a while

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Thanks for the info. I was just wondering because in one of my games I have a 20+ day advantage and in another I have a 10+ day advantage. I'm not concerned, but time advantage is part of the strategy so it is helpful to know these things. Thanks! Time advantages are always usefull :wink: Most game...

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Hi all Here I will list links to sites offering chess game analysis If you know of any others not listed that are not to hard to register for in the case of Newspaper sites please send me a message via the messaging system on the main site http://www.telegraph.co.uk one of the UK's main Daily Papers...

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I think you're asking if you can view what the board would look like when opening moves are specified on the "Start A Game" page. In which case, no, there's isn't away. Do you have any graphical boards that i could set up to display opening positions for thematics Greg? If so i can organise themati...

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In regards to the tournament, has there been any definite say about what the time increment will be once we've hit 60 moves? Not that i am aware of Do you have a game reaching 60 moves yet?? If so list the game number and i'll have a look as adding time woud proably be easier done on a game by game...

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The First Thematic is the Dutch Defence Leningrad Variation

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