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I try to make moves during breaks at work and use IP address to get to the site. Found that the new server has IP address of 208.109.91.43. When I get to the site all I see is "It works" in the upper left corner. Is there a fix for this? Using IE8 with all the patches to access the INTERNET. It see...

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Posted the second round match, half an hour into the 25th (in Norway!

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iamachessstudent wrote:Sure CLiff!!
You do a GREAT job man, totally excellent
I will be sure the round is posted as early as I Can on the 25th!
double round robin, correct?

What's the time limits? 30+2?

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cliff wrote:I was hoping that I could impose on Josh and Nils to post their respective Rounds on the 25th. Let me know if that's okay, guys?

Quite ok. And many thanks for your effort and unflagging enthusiasm!

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Well, after four unsuccessful attempts to post this update, and four crashes, I finally gave up and downloaded Netscape! IE seems to be annoyed with my computer for some reason! I personally use Firefox on Linux, but why don't you try Chrome ? I think you'll be very nicely surprised by the speed, a...

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islanderfan wrote:Nils do I need to bring back the crybaby cornstalk post??

I thought the complaints were about too little activity? Your trash talking helped assure one less voice here, are you sure *that* is the right move?

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The internet is a big place, the world even more so. Many steps to greater mastery of the game of Chess comes from looking at positions as they are and not as you wish them to be. Of course, then you make your moves trying to change everything more to your liking. If this place is such a position, a...

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First, how many of those currently playing in the 2010 Zapper would like to participate again next year? I'm in. As for team play, I like playing on teams when there's a team spirit, something in common that binds the team together. Relatively arbitrary teams playing against each others here on Net...

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Actually Nils, we weren't talking about playing other sites (at least I wasn't!), we were more or less thinking along the lines of a 'house league', so to speak. I hadn't considered the fact that we may have made the proposal a bit too ambiguous. No, sorry about that, it was me being unclear, at le...

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Then there could possibly also be a qualifying tournament first, to decide who's on the Net-Chess team, and in what order.

The team match could be double, one match here, and one on the other site. Or it could be like in weird sports (like hockey

), with 7 matches...

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gmiller wrote:Forgot the anniversary again, now we're past 11 years.

Greg, the http://www.net-chess.com/donate.html page needs an update. I would like to know how much we owe you...

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islanderfan wrote:did some posts get removed?

I zapped them.

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cliff wrote:Does anyone have any opinions as to just when we should hold the, now officially called, "Zapper Memorial Tournament"?

Well, his last game timed out the 4th of March 2008...

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I'm in.

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The deciding game of the 2009 Open: http://www.net-chess.com/game/g1104991622 Black can capture the h3 pawn in 6 moves with his king. White doesn't seem to have time to force the black bishop to move, promote the pawn, take the bishiop, take the h4 pawn, move the bishop and push the pawn to h4 to g...

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islanderfan wrote:Nils about time you got back from your vacation! When we playing again???

I think I could squeeze in a 7+1. Since you're asking so nicely...

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Just like chess?

This place never was very chatty, I doubt you'll change it. But good luck trying.

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I've downloaded all games into one pgn file successfully, but have noticed the 'Date' in the header is the date I downloaded, not a date which relates to the game/match. Based on the assumption that my play is improving :shock: I would like to look be able to review my games over time for any lesso...

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So tell me please, 9 moves into the game after a couple of weeks of play and calculation, I have gained the initiative and probably a winning advantage or due to a blunder have the game in hand. Then my opponent decides to spoil my win by simply aborting. Are you telling me that does NOT happen? Ar...

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gmiller wrote:In general the USCF correspondence rules are in effect here.

Here's a link:
http://main.uschess.org/content/view/7521/393/

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In actual fact the real bug is that your software determined the outcome of a game. It is up to the player to claim the draw. Not my software, in case you thought so. Did that really require a response?? Does this?? The board position appeared for the third time when 39 Kc1 was played. I believe th...

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islanderfan wrote:Hey Nils,
Care to play a game or are we still at war???

I prefer limiting war to the 64 squares, so get ready to rumble!

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gmiller wrote:OK, I missed it on the day by 21 minutes.

Wow! Did I really join that close to the start? (Date Joined: Sun, Apr 04 1999 08:04pm)

I'd like to remind others about a very unassuming link on the front page:
http://www.net-chess.com/donate.html

Thanks, Greg.

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I'll withhold my opinion and just say why not ask both parties before you alter a set time control regardless of the situaton?! I think Greg explained that quite well in that thread, but in case you want to see for yourself what Cornstalk obviously missed, here's the rules: http://www.net-chess.com...

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Some here:
http://www.net-chess.com/stepbystep.shtml

but most are here:
http://www.net-chess.com/faq.html

Some tournaments has additional rules:
http://www.net-chess.com/tournament2009/rules.shtml

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ok correct me cause I am wrong but this rule is if both pawns move 2 squares, happens in the 5th row, and the capture happens by taking the pawn to the left here is the game in question. :?: :?: :?: g1104964552 http://www.fide.com/component/handbook/?id=124&view=article 3.7d) """ A pawn attacking a...

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Cornstalk was a USCF Senior Master playing here for a long time. Unfortunately he forgot the golden rule; We're here as guests of Greg Miller, and we can follow his rules or go somewhere else. Cornstalk choose to go somewhere else, but not very gracefully: http://www.net-chess.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.p...

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I agree, it's a bug. The posistions after 34...h5, 37. Qc3 and 39. Kc1 are identical except for one thing; Who it is to move. In actual fact the real bug is that your software determined the outcome of a game. It is up to the player to claim the draw. Not my software, in case you thought so. The bo...

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I agree, it's a bug. The posistions after 34...h5, 37. Qc3 and 39. Kc1 are identical except for one thing; Who it is to move.

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mic wrote:what's an emotican?

An American with feelings?

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Hi, I lost my internet connection at home for two weeks. Now that I have it back I find that I am timed out although I still have like ten days left. This has happened in like ten games that had not started yet. Any idea about what is going on? Thanks a lot. Yes. I know! (This bit me once too, it's...

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In the profiles, you can have a link to your FIDE rating card.

This link used to look like this:
http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.phtml?event=1500317

But now FIDE expects this:
http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=1500317

So now the links in the profiles doesn't work any more.

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Hi Greg. I wonder if your bank allows the use of the wire transfer system called SWIFT? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_transfer http://www.swift.com/biconline/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_aboutbic If you can get a BIC number for your bank, my bank tells me I can send money to the US in this way. ...

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is there someplace that gives a list of the top ranked players here? Ratings don't mean much here, unfortunately. There's many with 3000 in rating, and had it been possible to get more than that I'm sure we'd have had a race for the first to a million... once you've gone from provisional to an esta...

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One of the most important areas of chess to improve is also one of the easiest. Chess tactical abilities can be trained simply by solving lots of tactical problems. One simple and good way is to have a pocketbook with problems, and solve them from the diagrams without using a chessboard. I just foun...

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Nils,when I 1st came on this site in 1999,you and Mark(cornstalk)were the guys all the rest of us looked up to as the strongest players we had.In those days the ratings still had relevance...as opposed to today.We followed your games against each other with reverence. Really? I never had an inkling...

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Fantastic. Great find! Thank you for posting this.

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On the opposite side we can use the example of islanderfan, who likes to call people he disagrees with "flaming homo". That is so lacking of class he probably doesn't even recognize it Wow bro you haven't a clue. Look at the pasts post that that flamming homo left. He cried over someone getting ext...

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I agree with kcollins. It's a matter of showing class. Or unfortunately sometimes the lack of it... For an example, look at how Carlsen makes sure everyone knows Kramnik was playing below his normal strength because of illness. That is class. http://www.chessvibes.com/videos/corus-2008-press-confere...

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I didn't know he played. Was he close to being a GM? Does anybody know how many living GMs there are? According to this page: http://www.fide.com/ratings/topfed.phtml it's currently 1109 active grandmasters. And Heath Ledger was no GM, nor close to be one. For example, he had no FIDE rating: http:/...

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I seem to recall this being asked a long time ago, but searching didn't bring anything up. So the question is, why can't we use avatars here in the forum, when we're allowed to put a much bigger picture in our profile?

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Hi Mike! I got this message today: """ You are receiving this message because you have been inactive on the pyramid for 9 months or more. You must issue a challenge on the pyramid soon to avoid being removed. """ But my last ladder game ended at 2007.06.01, which is less than three months ago! ( htt...

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I only knew him from our little messages during the games here, but I always felt like we'd be great friends if we ever got together. Now, that will never be. I'm proud of him that he fought on so well, in life just as in his games. Thank you Greg for telling us, and Jeff for thinking of us. I will ...

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Hi Greg. I just lost on time with 20 days left. At the bottom of the FAQ, I read: "You must make your first move within 10 days after the start of the game." How long has that been there? I feel so cheated... :-( It's not the rule I complain about, it's the surprise of not knowing about it before it...

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http://wiki.debian.org/TimeZoneChanges

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Hi Greg. Is it possible for you to freeze the time in some games, say per match or something. I have four games going against jjones that I don't want to win on time forfeit. (I'd prefer them to be frozen as a symbol of hope that he eventually will return to continue them.) Maybe this could be a use...

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jjones wrote:Hello to all my freinds here at Net Chess!!

Thanks for the games!

You played some great chess and taught me a lot, about the game as well as life.

Good luck, maybe we'll meet again.

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ilegalec wrote:Do anyone know how to play chiness chess? Looks interesting, but i cant find the rules for it.

Sigh...

How on Earth are you going to learn to play a board game, when you can't even learn to use Google?

http://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=68

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Tsk, tsk!

pe wrote:you say you 'only intervene when people disturb others'.

gmiller wrote: I only automatically intervene when the players' behaviour begins to disturb players in other games,

automatically being the point.

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xmate wrote: Greg thankyou. The game number is g1104635031 from match m1115289393. Thanks

Greg,

I suspect the match id was right, xmate probably meant g1104635*9*31:
http://www.net-chess.com/viewgame.cgi?p1=g1104635931

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