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When I say Apollom didn't play to his full potential, I am referring to the fact that he didn't request the extra 15 days, and he didn't request a draw based on insufficient loosing chances. The position on the board in game g1105099637 is a mate in 5, so I think the actual moves he made were winnin...

There are certainly legitimate points open for discussion, and I encourage people who want to discuss them to do so. We just need people to stop making noise by emotionally ridiculing the decision I made rather than making valid discussion points.

What I said: ...one of the players in his match didn't play anywhere near their full potential against the match winner... What you claim I said: " main one is that one of the players in his match didn't play well" Every one of your points in this thread involves twisting my words around. The fact t...

I'm not going to spend 30 minutes of my time restoring a game you're going to spend 10 minutes playing. And, yes, it's true that if you were Magnus Carlsen I would be much more accommodating with my time.

Not unless it was really important.

Greg if I may add a question and statement. If you allowed the player to move on cause his "pairings" didn't play to their potential, then I should be allowed to move on cause the group I had was insane in rankings! So my question is how come myself, or for that matter, someone else from my group w...

Speed is of no consequence, as I pointed out above, appolom had two options to either win or draw against you and he chose to do neither. A truly competitive player would have done one or the other.

That's a different situation. Apollum lost due to his own actions, Munbehend lost due to Apollum's playing stronger against him than he did against you.

The problem I see with idea #1 is that everyone would likely use that feature, and someone with 5% timeouts who really wants to vindicate themselves will not be able to join any matches and get their % to 4% or less. Their only option would be to create a new account. And anyone wanting to abuse the...

I had checked your match out to see if a bye was in order, but looks like you lost fairly. You were the only other finalist from last year playing that didn't make it. From now on, I'll always be giving the finalists a bye in to round 2. I'll also get rid of the second time control and just start wi...

I didn't bother looking too closely at other matches because no on had asked. In the games you pointed out, the scores were the result of the players' own actions, Boeien would not have advanced regardless of the scores in those games. The most important game in my decision was here: http://www.net-...

I allowed Munbehend to move on to round two for several reasons, but the main ones are that one of the players in his match didn't play anywhere near their full potential against the match winner, and he's been a finalist in the tournament for several years in a row and normally received a bye into ...

Pairings are posted on the tournament page.

Two easy recommendations that will make your annotation valid PGN that people can use and store in any chess program 1. Surround your comments with { } like {Introducing the Benoni} 2. Castling is O-O with the letter O, not 0-0 with the number 0 [pgn][Event "m1334597361"] [Site "net-chess.com"] [Dat...

[pgn]1.d4 d5 2.g3 {I dont particuarly like this move order...in this game, we get a King's Indian Attack position, but black could have played more aggressively..but it all works out for him in the end.} 2...c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 {I like this setup for black, the pawn to e6,the Knights at d7 and F6...very fl...

My ID on FICS is gmiller, I'd be up for it. I do think it'd be a logistical nightmare though. Net-chess has people from all over the world, so time zones would be a big issue, and a lot of people only play during the day, and some people only play in the evening. Since FICS already has their own tou...

Spiders aren't all bad, they're some of my favorite things to photograph: http://www.flickr.com/photos/79652823@N00/

I've seen several pictures of spiders eating snakes, so I guess it's fairly common, but never seen it myself.

I do plan on making some of those changes, just haven't had time to.

I'll leave it to the opponents in each game. Use this link to add time to your opponent's clock
http://www.net-chess.com/addtime.cgi

Looks pretty good, though as a UofL fan, I am violent towards the color Blue. I used to do a puzzle of the day, but the main issue with those is having a good supply of non-copyrighted problems, so if anyone has a source I'll happily add it back. The layout could sure use an overhaul like that, and ...

I disabled and renamed the account. Thanks for pointing it out.

What am I unwilling to change?

I have considered this, just wasn't sure how many people would use it. I'd just hate to spend a lot of time on it, and it rarely ever get used.

I wasn't planning to, I've got too many games going as it is.

Says he's actively browsing the forum at the bottom.

It works in OTB games, just remember to say "check" so you get the bishop too.

Just now seeing this post. The system doesn't automatically recognize the 50 move rule, you'd have to ask for it by posting the forum or by e-mail. If it were Rook vs Bishop I could declare it a draw upon request by one of the players (assuming no immediate fork/skewer). For this one, I think the mo...

The simplest way is: total points/total games Factoring in the average rating of opponents is similar to how Elo ratings are computed, so it should be fairly decent. But note the average rating field here is just an integer, so after you've completed a certain number of games, your average will neve...

Maybe you should get a dog.

That's OK IslanderFan, I'm sure David is thinking the same thing about you.

Good luck to all!

As soon as someone reminds me

. It's there now.

Congratulations to David again on his fifth Net-Chess Open win!

FYI: The 2012 tournament will start on Feb 5.

I plan to start it this coming Sunday.

Good idea. I extracted all of the information out into a new post so it's all together.

If you just want to include a board diagram in your post, you can surround the FEN notation with "fen" tags like this: [fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[/fen] The result looks like this: [fen]rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR[/fen] To include an entire game and diagram in yo...

Here's the codes for all of the diagrams you tried to put in: [pgn]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Qe2 d5 8.Bg5+[/pgn] [pgn=7]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 Nxe4 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.Qe2 d5 8.Bg5+[/pgn] [pgn=12]1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7 Kxf7 5.d4 Nxe4 6....

There's a fine line between abandoning a game (or making your opponent think you have) and strategic use of the clock. When a player is low on time with a winning position, there's another rule called "Insufficient loosing chances" that will allow them to draw or even win when low on time when no ad...

The 10 move rule is just here. It's needed because of the large number of people who start games, make a couple of moves and never return to the site. There is a similar rule in the USCF. If a player doesn't make a move in a game at all, then the game won't be rated at all, but it will still count a...

Forgot to address the concept of events in one game affecting a different game. The fact that a player moves in one game and not another does not have an immediate and direct affect on the other game, it is only one piece of evidence used to determine if a player actually intends to continue playing...

... I was unaware that those who time out after making more than 10 moves would suffer a loss in rating and the other player would gain points. A timeout always counts as a loss, even under 10 moves. It's just the winner doesn't get credit if there were less than 10 moves. Other than that, it's jus...

Knightmare, I'm almost tempted to say that's a valid interpretation of the rules. I'll agree the rules here are ambiguous in many instances, but they are also frequently ambiguous in OTB matches played under USCF or FIDE rules. For example, how do you know a player has been gone for 15 minutes? What...

Your name should show up imediatley after you register. You might have to press "refresh" though. I see you on the list cmulligan.

A timeout counts the same as any other loss, ratings will be adjusted just as if it were checkmate.

Images are shown in a frame if they're above a certain size, if you click on it, it will expand so you can view the full image.

The penalty was that his time remaining was reduced to 10 days. The game can continue as normal from there, which might be a time-out loss.

For a player to leave for 15 minutes, it's actually up to the player to notify the TD, not the other way around. Abandonment is also mentioned in other places in the rule book like the section on "Internet Chess" under the heading "Unethical Behavior": "Purposely disconnecting or logging off during ...

I added some diagrams in.

They seem to be getting a lot of views, so I think people are reading them, they probably just don't have a whole lot to add. I think they're great.

He is abiding by the rules set here! The important thing is that he is not abiding by the rules, abandoning a game is not allowed. He is abiding by the time-control rules, but it's all of the rules that matter, not just the ones certain people think are important or know about. And my involvement i...

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