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Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-08 13:10:47)
Things to be implemented...
Hello to all... and thank you for your confidence in this very new server (when no game started yet ! maybe today...)
I expected a high average rating, but not so much :)
The last update provoked the first bug -> in this forum. Sorry to all who tried to post here. It should work now.
Here are things to be implemented in the future :
- Vacations (until, time limit by move is 2 months)
- Conditional moves
- A better interface for the forum...
Don't hesitate if you have ideas to improve the website !
Best wishes.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-08 17:02:06)
First tournament started !
A small bug delayed (1 hour) the start of the first FICGS tournament (class A) ! Sorry to the players. It's fixed now.
Have good games :)
Sebastien Marez (2006-04-10 07:52:51)
BUG
On two of my games in progress, one posts illegaux moves. Whereas they are valid. Best Regards Sebastien MAREZ
Sebastien Marez (2006-04-10 08:26:01)
BUG
No the problem, It is necessary to make it possible the site to improve together. Sebastien MAREZ
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-11 18:33:13)
Bug fixed...
Many improvements in the send move process... It should not be possible anymore to make a wrong move. Stalemate detection is implemented. In checkmate case, nothing else should be possible than resigning. Thanks for your feedback.
Per Lea (2006-04-15 00:01:42)
Minor notational bug...
In game 8, I had Rooks on f8 and b8. I played 18...Ra8 on the screen, but when I list the game, the move is recorded as Rba8. The "b" is superfluous, the f8 Rook can't move to a8. In game 13, I had Rooks on d6 and d1 and played 18.Rxd8. This came out as R6xd8. The "6" is superfluous. These are not serious errors, but it is a bit irritating....
Elmer Valderrama (2006-04-22 15:44:16)
bug?
Dear Thibault On-going game 49 has "6.Nb5" although both knights (from c3 and d4) could move to b5 (correct is either 6.Ncb5 or 6.Ndb5)
Anyway, the interface (or the player Ghisi) moved the knight from c3 (more obvious was to move the knight from d4, according to theory at least) and, as a result, the move 7...e5 won a piece..(can't see a post from the concerned players so it could have been played as intended, but the "Nb5" needs correction for sure)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-24 11:21:14)
Bug...
About vacation, an error has occured with the backoffice. Vacation turned back to 30 days for all. Fortunately not heavy consequences, as just one or two players took days already. It won't happen again as the sub-admin backoffice will be installed today.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-24 15:59:32)
Checkmate
I considered that there wasn't so much difference : Generally players resign before being checkmated. Whoever playing until checkmate "quickly" will probably resign quickly... A player who wants to last a game will do it before checkmate... I really think it's only more friendly (and original).
Anyway, if too much players or council think otherwise, I'll change it. Thanks for your feedback.
About checkmate, I just fixed a bug that prevented players to resign if they were checkmated. (hum :)) That's why 2 players called the referee.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-24 18:43:59)
It was precisely one...
... of these two games ! The player wanted to resign but he couldn't "because" he was checkmated. The bug has been fixed today.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-04-24 21:07:06)
e7-e5
This bug is fixed and shouldn't happen once more.
Michael Höppenstein (2006-04-25 17:15:18)
Opponent does not resign after checkmate
The bug might be fixed but my opponent won't resign. Do I really have to wait 48 days - I've just checked - till he forfeits on time? How do I make him resign?
Stefano Ghisi (2006-05-01 11:41:45)
Possible bug?
In the game 58 my last move was Rad1. I typed only Rd1 (with no specification of what Rook was to move) and the program has accepted my move as Rfd1. Be aware! Every move typed and no moved on the board must me verifyed...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-09 15:59:09)
... old bug
Hello Stefano. The 'wrong move' was caused by the update that fixed the ambiguous moves bug... I corrected your move that was 6.Ncb5
Sorry again.
Phil Cook (2006-05-25 12:20:49)
refreshed page
I think there is a small bug in the system,I only refreshed my page,now I see I've posted three times,same subject.
David Grosdemange (2006-05-26 19:16:37)
transpositions ...
i think manual modifications aren't really efficient to correct the bug of transpositions .... and for instance , in the transposition f4 e5 e4 to e4 e5 f4 , the move 2)e4 can't be annoted , and will receive the annotation of 2)f4 . and another problem , when i search games on a position , for instance on e4 c5 d4 , i can't find my game who begins with d4 c5 e4 ...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-01 01:31:52)
Movie...
Thanks for the info (and for having revealed the small bug in the forum with your ******* ;))
It's fixed now.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-01 21:29:04)
Bug...
Hello Michael. Thanks for feedback, this is a new feature and I made a mistake... This will be fixed soon, sorry !
Lionel Vidal (2006-06-01 22:21:52)
Bug?
It seems that the postings are sometimes not in chronological order ? (see the last two posts)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-02 12:24:54)
Weiqi : FICGS rules
Thanks for your explanations Lionel. (forum bug is fixed)
I've changed the rules. I would like some opinions before I announce it :
First, now you can pass, just entering 'pass'... Special rules in FICGS are : Suicide of more than one stone is authorized, and infinite repetition means a win (full point) for White. Both players must play until one resign, both players pass (then call referee) or game is adjudicated. Scoring method is area scoring with chinese counting. Eyes in seki count as territory.
Thanks in advance !
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-03 13:59:27)
Graphical interface
Hello Kuzma.
Sorry about that, actually it doesn't work while entering the move in plain text (bug, working on) , but it does work with the graphical interface. You should try to move the piece by clicking.
Thanks for feedback.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-04 16:48:10)
Bug fixed...
Hello Pablo.
Bug is fixed now. Sorry about that :/
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-21 15:54:38)
Yahoo mail : bug...
Indeed, it doesn't work.
Pablo Schmid (2006-07-03 18:37:00)
Problème du temps restant.
Bonjour De Vassal, dans ma partie 583 contre Hanly, je peux lire ça: Clock - 35 days 23:12:38 (9 days 20:48:55) S'agit-il d'un bug? Ai-je 35 jours ou 9 jours restants?
Xavier Pichelin (2006-07-05 20:38:56)
Problème du temps restant.
Bonjour, Je viens de M'apercevoir qu'un de mes adversaire Mr LAINE Jari a plus de temps de reflexion que ses adversaires en jouant aussi vite ou (lentement)! Ref: WCH stage 1 Groupe 13 Est-ce normal ou il y a t-il un bug? Amicalement Xavier.
Pablo Schmid (2006-07-19 22:11:56)
Bug inscription ?
Je vois un certain David ******, 1200 ELO inscrit (ou du moins dans la liste des inscrits) dans de nombreux tounois supérieurs à sa classe ELO, s'agit-il d'un bug? Il serait bien de le désinscrire des tournois hors de sa classe ELO par équité pour les autres joueurs, merci.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-20 05:51:19)
Bug fixed
Eh bien non, ce n'était pas un pirate mais un simple hasard improbable dans un océan de mathématiques... Le bug est corrigé. Merci pour le retour !
Santos Agustin (2006-07-22 10:41:56)
Bug in vacation section
I d'ont understand why a player that has vacation can answer the moves on the board. If you visit for example Iecg then you can see that if you are on vacation then is blocked the option of make moves.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-22 12:03:53)
Vacation rules
This is not a bug, but the rules will change on 2006 august 1st !
See this thread :
http://www.ficgs.com/forum_read_599-Leave.html
Dinesh De Silva (2006-07-23 15:47:26)
YAHOO MAIL PROBLEMS TODAY?
Hello, any Yahoo mail users I can't access my yahoo mail for many hours today. Is there any problems at Yahoo mail today? A bug?
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-24 00:58:09)
Bugs fixed
Thanks for feedback !
Bugs are fixed now and articles are corrected.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-03 20:35:24)
Vacation : Update
Hello to all.
You may observe irregular clocks according to the new vacation rules during a while (some players may still have more time than "possible"), this is not a bug but a consequence of the change on 2006 august 1st) for players who took days leave, particularly in july.
Samy Ould Ahmed (2006-08-10 12:54:08)
Je suis sur...
Qu'il y a eu un bug concernant mes parties, je me connecte plus de 3 fois par jours et juste avant de me mettre en vacances j'avait encore 6 jours dans ma partie perdue au temps et 11 jours dans celle ou il me reste maintenant 1 journée, je me suis mis en vacances differée d'une journée le 6/08. Je joue sur IECG des cadences bien plus serrées (10+1) sans jamais perdre au temps...mais bon ce n'est pas grave.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-10 13:13:58)
Vacances, bug d'aout
Ok, il a pu s'agir effectivement d'un cas extrême. Il y a eu un bug d'affichage après le gros changement du au gel des pendules. Celle ci sont restées exactes, en tout cas non inférieures à la réalité après les jours ajoutés par l'ancienne formule, mais cela a pu mettre certains joueurs ayant pris des vacances (cas présent) en confusion sur la gestion du temps à un mauvais moment. Pour ce cas exceptionnel je rends une journée à la pendule.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-13 18:05:40)
(download) in Go games!
Indeed, that's a bug... It will be fixed in a minute. Thanks ;)
Note : Go games files are .SGF , you can read it with any Go interface..
(qGo, Jago ...)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-22 17:52:30)
Future Rating
You were right, there was a small bug in the last update... That's fixed.
Thanks !
Elmer Valderrama (2006-08-25 13:08:31)
bug: en-passant captures
In the ongoing games of players Herr, Jeff v Sarihan, Sefa FICGS_CHESS_RAPID_C_000004 and FIGCS_CHESS_CLASS_G_000003 there is an "en-passant" capture (move 10.dxc6) which is not allowed by the chess rules (as I know them, maybe FIDE Congress has already changed them ;) The pawn c was first moved to c6 (3...c6) and then to c5 (9...c5) Somehow, the player Herr managed to capture the pawn by playing 10.dxc6 after 9...c5, which was accepted by both the player Sarihan and the interface ..(!?!) And the same happened in the game Ducreux, Regis v Sarihan, Sefa FIGCS_CHESS_CLASS_F_000007, this time pawn c was moved twice again (2...c6 and 10...c5) and captured ("of course") by 11. dxc6.. 8()
Dinesh De Silva (2006-08-25 13:33:40)
Re: bug: en-passant captures.......
Weird. Somebody better squash that bug soon.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-25 13:38:16)
Re: bug: en-passant captures
Fixing...
Thanks Elmer !
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-26 01:08:25)
bug fixed: en-passant captures
The "en-passant" bug is now fixed.
According to the rules, the games have been adjudicated...
Sorry to the players :/
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-28 13:25:31)
bug: en-passant captures
Hello Jay.
That's right, I obviously lost my brain somewhere :/
I can't deal with this problem today, but it will probably be fixed wednesday (clocks will be corrected). Sorry about that..
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-31 03:07:33)
bug: en-passant captures
Hello Jay and Benjamin.
Problem is solved.
No link with the previous bug, just forgot to correct the chess 960 case.
David Da Silva (2006-09-04 16:30:13)
Clock running while on holliday
Hello, I may have missed something but in one of my games, maybe more but this one I'm sure because I had few days left, my clock runned enventhought the hollidays I declared. When I came back, I had 6 hours to play 9 moves wich I couldn't do(damn sleep ;))... Is this a bug or a rule subtility ? Thanks for the answer and congrats for this great site ! David
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-04 16:42:15)
Re: Clock running while on holidays
Hello David.
There shouldn't be other problems since the clock display bug at the beginning of august... I send you an email to check this.
Best regards. Thibault
Ron Keyston (2006-09-07 18:41:14)
Wikichess Bug
Hi Thibault, I just put the Lasker Trap of the Albin Countergambit into Wikichess and every move after fxg1=N+ now starts with fxg1=...not sure what the problem is. Thanks, Ron Keyston
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-07 18:52:06)
Wikichess Bug
Hi Ron.
I just forgot this way to write promotion.. fxg1N+ or fxg1=N+
I corrected the moves, the bug will be fixed soon.
Thanks for feedback !
Halil Kiren (2006-09-27 19:24:38)
My vacation (BUG)
I am currently using my vacation time..so I can't make any move..But the thing is my clock is still working and I'm losing my games ..I want the administrators to find a solution to this.I have lost a game because of this so far and I'm about to lose one more...i lost game 2036 ..and.. game 2006.. my clock = 1 day 02:12:02..what will i do??
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-27 20:17:26)
Vacation & time limit per move
Hello Halil.
Unfortunately, this is not a bug :/
Here is the message you may have read just before you confirmed your days leave :
"Make sure you have no pending moves for more than 30 days before taking days leave, as the time per move clock is still running during vacation." (time per move clock is the one between brackets)
Rules 11.4 : "Any move in any game shall be played in a maximum period of 60 days, otherwise the game will be adjudicated on time."
You did not play any move in game 2036 for more than 60 days. Actually, you did not play any move for about 40 days when you took your ~20 days leave. The aim of this rule is to avoid too long delays for a single move. Usually, 30 days is enough...
Anyway, I send you an email about this problem.
Best wishes. Thibault
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-11 23:22:42)
Designs : Bug fixed
A bug for some green designs (that became plain white) has just been corrected...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-14 18:33:37)
Chess and Go diagrams / Forum update
A major update for FICGS forums (& blogs) !
Now you can insert Chess & Go diagrams in messages...
(useful to submit chess problems, analysis and so on...)
See the FAQ in help section - http://www.ficgs.com/help.html - for details, in example here is the position of the last game in the FIDE world chess championship between Veselin Topalov & Vladimir Kramnik, just before Topalov blunder 44. ...Rxc5 ??
ChessPosition (see diagram)
Diagrams format is quite simple (see Help), please note only one diagram / position will be displayed per message.
Also minor bugs (links, search functions) corrected...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-30 18:13:36)
Big chess "birthday" tournament !
FICGS now counts more than 1000 members :)
The display of Big Chess games has just been improved : Last move marked, coordinates, speed, bugs fixed... So it may be funny to see more games !!
A special tournament will start soon, if you want to enter it, just post "I'm in." (or something like that :)) in this thread. The first 7 players will be in.
The tournament will be there :
http://www.ficgs.com/tournament_FICGS__BIG_CHESS__THOUSAND_MEMBERS_EVENT.html
Games unrated, time control is 30 days + 1 day / move... 7 players -> 6 games per player (big challenge).
Reminder : To see what Big Chess is, see the Inaugural match game...
http://www.ficgs.com/tournament_FICGS__BIG_CHESS__INAUGURAL_MATCH.html
100% human chess guaranteed, no chess engines & databases :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-03 14:55:07)
Only 965 ?!
About the chess rating list, I updated the code a few days ago. It is now "semi-static" (automatically updated every 6 hours at most)
6 hours, that was theory... I just found the small bug, thanks :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-06 22:11:06)
Board diagram not the same as pgn
I provoked a very improbable bug in our game... It shouldn't happen again.
Thanks for feedback.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-15 14:23:14)
Go scorer (improvement)
Hello to all Go players.
A small improvement in the Go scorer : Komi (7.5 points) is now added to White score and the program says who 'probably' wins !
Also a small bug corrected in the count algorithm, about a few unknown points...
In example, you can score this exciting game Vorobev -Steveson :
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=score&game=3102
Just remove these groups : n8 m9 g18 r18 g17
Score is 183 to 178 (+ 7.5) -> White wins by 2.5 points. (verified with a viewer)
See the game here :
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=3102
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-26 12:51:03)
Game 1
Vladimir Kramnik - Deep Fritz
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 a6 7.Qd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 Qe7 11.Nc3 b6 12.Ne4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qh4 Bb7 15.Bg5 Rfd8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Rfd1 Kf8 19.Ne1 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 f5 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Nd3 Bd4 23.Rc1 e5 24.Rc2 Rd5 25.Nb4 Rb5 26.Nxa6 Rxb2 27.Rxb2 Bxb2 28.Nb4 Kg7 29.Nd5 Bd4 30.a4 Bc5 31.h3 f6 32.f3 Kg6 33.e4 h5 34.g4 hxg4 35.hxg4 fxe4 36.fxe4 Kg5 37.Kf3 Kg6 38.Ke2 Kg5 39.Kd3 Bg1 40.Kc4 Bf2 41.Kb5 Kxg4 42.Nxf6+ Kf3 43.Kc6 Bh4 44.Nd7 Kxe4 45.Kxb6 Bf2+ 46.Kc6 Be1 47.Nxe5 ½-½
Does Kramnik really hope to win the match in a struggle, just wait for a bug or only manage a draw more... Waiting for the 2nd game.
Marius Zubac (2006-12-16 02:51:34)
Vacation clock frozen, with 1 exception
Hello Thibault. Before I requested my vacation I have captured all the situation of my running games including the number of days. The clock is frozen for all games except my game 2932 from FICGS_CHESS_CLASS_SM_000002 against Mr. de Silva. Initially it was 51 days. Today I looked again and is 49. Maybe there is a bug somewhere. Please look into it. Thank you. Best whishes for the Holliday season, Marius
Thibault de Vassal (2006-12-16 03:09:51)
Vacation clock frozen, no exception !
Hello Marius.
There is no bug ! ... Your clock is : White clock - 54 days 17:50:44 (49 days 13:26:08)
So clock displayed in ie. My games is your 'time per move' clock !
Rules 11.4 : Please note the time limit per move clock still runs during vacation. Take your days carefully, as it's not possible to take back or displace your leave dates. However you can add days leave.
This rule avoids someone to take more than 60 days for only one move...
Best wishes for your holidays :)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-07 21:55:13)
chat (bug)
... was a small bug created when I added this option to remove permanently the chat bar (in preferences). Only new players were affected since that moment :/ .. Thanks !
I had to reinitialize this option for everyone, so feel free to remove the chat bar again if needed. Sorry about that.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-27 00:46:40)
chat
:)
Bugs took a few days leave.. I hope...
Ron Keyston (2007-01-29 17:27:38)
"Major" Deep Fritz 10 Bug
I've confirmed this problem on two different computers with completely different hardware and different operating systems. I've also sent the problem off to Chessbase, but have not yet gotten much of a response. If anyone else has Deep Fritz 10, would you mind giving this a try and reporting back with your results? Also, if anyone has the non-Deep version of Fritz 10, I'd be interested in knowing if it is also affected by this problem.
Input a game into Deep Fritz 10 and get to a point in the game where it is possible for black to castle long. Now save the game into a database, close the game and then open it back up from the database. If you either turn on infinite analysis, or just try to make the move, black is not able to castle long...Fritz assumes that it is an illegal move.
Furthermore, if you castle long BEFORE saving the game into the database, then save it and re-open it, then go to the position after black has castled queenside and turn on infinite analysis, the analysis is "messed up." Either the analysis text is invisible, or it reports impossible lines, or the evaluation score is very obviously wrong. This should be enough info for anyone to give the test a try, but if you want some specific examples, please let me know.
Ron
Thibault de Vassal (2007-02-07 00:52:58)
Rybka 2.3
An interesting thread about Rybka 2.3 (should be available on february 12) and his new features, described by Vasik Rajlich. In a few words : stronger, new chess knowledge, better search algorithm, better positional play, bug fixes and an interesting feature called "randomizer" :
Quote : "You can put Rybka into a mode where she will play against herself over and over from the same position without repeating variations - she will systematically explore the space of possibilities in the variation, branching from the previous games at later and later points. It's an effective way to get a Monte-Carlo-based evaluation of a position."
http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforum/topic_show.pl?tid=180
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-12 15:31:09)
Major update : SSL encryption forms
Hello to all.
This is the last major update before money tournaments can start...
Now you can login through SSL encryption forms, meaning the best security to prevent hacking.
You should use SSL encryption forms only to browse the whole site with HTTPS, particularly if you wish to enter money tournaments later... It is also strongly recommended to change your password regularly (at least 8 characters, numbers & letters is best).
Thus you should always see HTTPS:// before the url after you login.
Feel free to follow this link for more advices about security & phishing :
http://www.ficgs.com/membership.html#security
FICGS now uses SSL data encryption, hash functions and a bunch of other security features...
4 login forms is a lot but thus anyone can connect, even with browsers that doesn't support HTTPS and Javascript.
Also a few minor bug fixes and improvements, komi updated in .SGF files, reinforced hash functions, last connection date displayed in profile and so on...
All feedbacks are welcome :)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-04-05 05:17:31)
Happy birthday FICGS :-)
FICGS started on 2006, April 5... Exactly one year ago !
How much work... I'm really happy how the server evolved, there's still a lot of work (actually there's always something to improve) but the main things are done, it is now really stable (no more major bugs) and it works "almost" by itself :)
Almost 10,000 games started this year, I predict much more for the next year ;)
Thanks to you all for enjoying it !
Thibault de Vassal (2007-05-15 18:37:06)
Tablebases 5-pieces
Well, quite strange.. Shredderchess.com tablebases don't give a result anymore for the current 7-pieces position !? .. Was it a bug or...
Indeed it is mate in about 37 moves, but my engine with 5-pieces tablebases can't see it. If the game is not finished in a while (before the next rating calculation), you can call referee for adjudication.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-06-18 06:26:11)
WCCC
Computerchess rating lists are very different from human's ones. Fritz & Junior are not so weak (ok, maybe Junior is :)) .. At least they can beat Loop and Naum. Anyway I meant that more strong programs should play at the WCCC, the results can't be significant this year because too few interesting games will be played (and there was a bug in some Rybka game). At last I agree about CCRL, it is more trustable than SSDF rating list.
Wayne Lowrance (2007-07-14 18:37:07)
It is a clone 2.
The following is just one of many close observations. There are so many documentations I would not try to sum them up. :)
The main problem is identical or almost identical analysis both in evaluation and search.
Studying rybka's output in order to improve your evaluation(assuming rybka has better evaluation) make sense but even in that case I do not expect a program to have identical evaluation to rybka even in situations when it does not make sense to have evaluation that is different than 0 as King against king.
Rybka tries to hide her evaluation but not writing output at small depth and this is the reason that I am basically interested in analysis of fortress positions because in fortress positions the evaluation is partially exposed.
It is logical to learn from this experience of analysing fortress position and get evaluation that is more similiar to rybka but having evaluation that is totally identical in more than one case does not make sense and it cannot be an accident and the problem is not only identical evaluation but also identical search in many positions as evidence proved and even if the evaluation is different I can find the same patterns in the score changes.
This can happen only with copying code and it cannot happen without cloning.
The programmer of strelka did not understand rybka's code otherwise he could avoid the same bugs.
Same pattern of drop in the evaluation score when you have a queen. This pattern is also in old strelka.
Why does it happen?
Note that no other program that I know shows drop in evaluation for white by more than 3 pawns.
Strelka's score drops from +- (12.53) in depth 6 to 8.50 in depth 7
Rybka's score drops from 12.34 pawns in depth 4 to 8.37 pawns at depth 5
I find this compelling, if you understand it
Wayne
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-01 15:29:04)
offer
I just saw the logs, unfortunately this time nothing can prove it wasn't a server bug (or the contrary). I'll make an update about it.
As Ilmars offered to you to cancel the result, I can do it. (Ilmars, can you send me an email about this ? .. Thanks)
Mladen Jankovic (2007-09-08 00:46:47)
software
Are you using MySQL?
And, did you script all of the site yourself (other than some obvious external plugins)?
What distribution of Linux are you running if I might ask?
I have to commend it to you, the site certainly seems to have a good uptime, I have never encountered a problem accessing it, and only a single bug, promptly fixed.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-08 03:57:29)
Linux / MySQL
Hello Mladen.
Yes, MySQL. About the Linux distribution, Debian.. (if I remember well :))
And yes again, I did script all the site, already more than 500 php files (!) .. I was far to imagine this server when I started it ! .. Still much work to improve it for fast games... Finally, as it became quite huge, there are still (always) minor bugs that I correct as soon as I see them.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-09 15:28:33)
FICGS update & wish list
Hello to all.
You probably noticed a new extension to the chat bar, it delivers some random messages and news (forum, problems, public comments, entries, login). It also automatically warns a player if he started an advanced tournament [bullet, lightning or blitz games], which is more convenient... As it refreshes every minute, you shouldn't log out automatically anymore until you close the chat bar.
Other changes :
- Serbia & Montenegro (SCG) has become Serbia (SRB) and Montenegro (MNE).
- New players will start with a 1800 chess rating.
- Lightning tournaments become Advanced tournaments (blitz, lightning, bullet)
- New quotes added from the forum :)
- Some Google optimizations...
- Waiting list for unrated no-engines tournaments is open !
- Minor bugs corrected.
I did not implement the private messages facility yet... I feel it could create some problems (not technically), I still have to think about it.
This is probably a good moment to open a wish list and discuss all changes you'd like to see on the site...
Best wishes, Thibault
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-13 06:37:19)
Bug
Andrew, please do not reload pages. It's better to use the links for that (ie. forum), duplicate posts should be avoided by the program but there's a small bug with some symbols.
Thanks :)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-18 15:55:07)
Major update : New interface !
Hello to all.
You may have noticed that the way to send moves has changed, at least the way by default (you still can choose to play through the old - HTML only - interface by clicking "slow moves" in My games).
Please note that there are no more confirmation pages when using the new Javascript interface, meaning your moves will be sent as soon as you press the Send button. Also Javascript should be activated in your browser, that is generally the case.
Other changes :
- My games display only games where it's your turn, you can change it by clicking 'display all games'.
- It is now possible to download all chess games (PGN format) in a particular tournament, see the bottom of the page.
- To avoid massive forfeits, the number of running games is now limited to 60.
... and hundreds of other small improvements :)
Feel free to report possible bugs or if you have any suggestions. Thanks in advance !
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-19 18:33:20)
Not empty
Hello Josef, this is a bug provoked by the new interface, it should be fixed in a few hours. Now correcting the game...
Rodolfo d Ettorre (2007-09-24 10:19:26)
Log out
I think if the keybord or mouse are not touched for maybe 15 - 20 minutes the server logs you out, it is not a bug, but a security feature I think.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-10-22 15:07:45)
Update : Interface
The interface for fast moves has been updated, now it shows the move number. The (Flip) (Skip) duet disppeared, replaced by symbols and a shortcut to public comments.. I hope everyone see it correctly.
Also a few minor bugs corrected & improvements...
The titles page has been updated - http://www.ficgs.com/titles.html
Thibault de Vassal (2008-01-15 05:13:17)
"No games to display"
Did anyone notice a strange bug, ie. "Sorry, there's no game to display" (when actually that's wrong) in My games, while other pages, ie. the forum, work correctly.. this bug looks like to happen after a long time without loading a new page.. (so only the message box automatically refreshes regularly)
I'm not sure where's the problem yet... Thanks for feedback.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-01-16 04:01:21)
Solved
Ok, it was the "special Thibault" bug :) .. it must have happened to me only.. now solved anyway.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-02-04 14:28:15)
mystery
Ok, I'm done... Don's right, actually each week I add some new rotating bugs so that players don't use FICGS excessively :o)
(next one: disconnection just before to post a long message in the forum - called the "Don's bug" :))
Don Groves (2008-02-04 23:18:00)
don's bug
Ha! I've already learned that lesson. Now I save long posts frequently ;-)
Garvin Gray (2008-03-30 01:38:20)
Chess 960 possible problem continued
Hello Thibault,
Have just noticed recently that the 'bug' of the server not recognising castling rights in 960 games still exists.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-05-03 09:09:01)
Rating list
Hi Jason, this is a temporary bug that should be corrected in a few hours...
Paul-Iosif Guralivu (2008-05-10 21:24:00)
Patches
My own laws of murphy about patches(being a programmer) - from my own experience:
1. A patch will allways replace a bug with more.
2. A patch will make your program taking more space on hdd, and more memory while running.
Effects: Higher probability of operating system to crash, because of lake of resources Therefore the probability of program to crash is direct proportional with the number and the size of patches.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-20 22:37:01)
3 fold repetition - working correctly ?
Does the server recognise a 3 fold repetition correctly ? If I am not too much confused, I think that my game against Balabaev - game 17830 - has been terminated after 2- fold repetition. Can you please take a look into that. Not really important because this game is definitely a draw, but it looks for me like a bug.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-05-20 23:58:25)
3 fold repetition
Hmm.. The server most probably replaced the last move played by Farit (which actually provoked the threefold repetition) by the final result, sorry about that, I'll correct this bug soon - and the game.
Normajean Yates (2008-08-21 05:16:52)
O-O is output standard for pgn, but..
o-o is allowed as input. [again it depends on which version of the pgn standard we are talking about.] Also re Arena: it is just like: most C++ compilers for PCs do not implement the full C++ [or implement it wrong - Arena is a program; compilers are programs; programs have bugs aka features ;)] .
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-21 22:01:05)
PGN and castling
Bug fixed, here are the corrected games :
id -> 500
id -> 539
id -> 545
id -> 685
id -> 3133
id -> 3143
id -> 4599
id -> 4460
id -> 5789
id -> 5798
id -> 5803
id -> 9162
id -> 12521
id -> 13473
id -> 13474
id -> 13511
id -> 13523
id -> 13525
id -> 13526
id -> 13527
id -> 23287
id -> 20065
id -> 23291
id -> 23217
id -> 23146
id -> 23222
id -> 23149
id -> 23134
id -> 23084
id -> 23135
id -> 23081
id -> 22959
id -> 22966
id -> 23071
id -> 23144
id -> 23011
id -> 23015
id -> 23085
id -> 23072
id -> 23281
id -> 23051
id -> 23056
id -> 23060
id -> 23065
id -> 23139
id -> 23087
id -> 23148
id -> 23227
id -> 23228
id -> 23224
id -> 23225
id -> 23226
id -> 23216
id -> 23304
id -> 23292
id -> 23263
id -> 23271
id -> 23277
id -> 23278
id -> 23279
id -> 23329
id -> 23330
id -> 23331
id -> 23332
id -> 23333
id -> 23338
id -> 23339
id -> 23340
id -> 23680
Marius Zubac (2008-08-21 22:32:59)
Attention Thibault! Bug related to WCH2
Hi Thibault There is a bug related to entering my 11th move 11Bd2 in both games 22676 and 22678 from our match played in FICGS__CHESS__WCH_QUARTER_FINAL_2__000005. In slow move selection after I enter the move I get the message "Incorrect move : 7.0-0 , from player white". If I try to send the move I get the message that the move is not sent. Can you please look into this matter? Thanks Marius
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-21 22:53:36)
Castling bug
Hi Marius, this follows the update for the PGN format castling bug. Are you sure you entered O-O (with "Ooh" letter, not zero or o-o, which is incorrect) ?
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-22 04:20:35)
Castling bug corrected
Hello again Marius.
The problem was not your last move, it should work fine now.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-22 04:22:51)
Castling bug fixed
More than 600 games using 0-0 with zero instead of "O" letter have been corrected, everything should work fine now (please report any bug if there's one anyway, thanks in advance)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-09-15 20:54:47)
Wikichess : Update !
Now you can see strong improvements in Wikichess articles :
- Opening ECO code
- Name of the opening
- Moves played at FICGS
- Find games played at FICGS
- Statistics (White wins, Black wins, Draws)...
Thanks to report any bug.
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-09-16 10:57:07)
bug?
http://ficgs.com/wikichess_685.html
Nc3 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1526, Black ELO av : 1816
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 50%
Thibault de Vassal (2008-09-16 12:34:05)
bug
Hi Ilmars... Thanks, will be corrected in a few days :)
Other improvements to follow also.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-10-26 11:57:39)
SSL / https problem
Hello all,
If you use the site in HTTPS mode with Firefox 3 or a more recent version (the latest is 3.0.3), you may have intermittently encountered this error : SSL received an unexpected Change Cipher Spec record. (Error code: ssl_error_rx_unexpected_change_cipher)
This is a bug from OpenSSL that occurs with Firefox 3+ , I just added something to correct it so please just report any bug of that kind here if you have it yet. Thanks in advance.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-10-26 22:10:03)
Search wikichess & games in one click
New features in chess games !
It is now possible to search wikichess & games in one click from your running games in the fast moves mode (page move_express), see the S & W options below the chessboard. One more tool to get quick statistics from FICGS database before to play.
Please report any bug. Thanks in advance :)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-10-30 12:32:47)
:)
Hi Garvin, yes this is a small "display" bug that will disappear by itself, not a clock problem.
To Don, Normajean and Rodolfo: don't worry I already thought about that (well, about FICGS at least) :-)
Normajean Yates (2008-11-03 05:43:35)
vacation bug?
I have gone on vacation, but in Game 21702 it is opponent's move - and opponent's clock is still moving!:
Normajean Yates ... is in vacation until 2008 November 7
White clock - 98 days 01:11:33
Black clock - 94 days 15:34:05 (59 days 23:22:32)
and now:
Normajean Yates ... is in vacation until 2008 November 7
White clock - 98 days 01:11:33
Black clock - 94 days 15:32:46 (59 days 23:21:13)
So opponent's clock has decreased from 94 days 15:34:05 to 94 days 15:32:46 !
Normajean Yates (2008-11-03 07:15:32)
It is *really* a bug. Not a feature.
[see my previous post in this topic] Suppose opponent and I both have only 10 day left, it is opponent's move -- and I go on 11 days vacation. Now what is happening is that opponent's clock is running! [example - see my previous i.e. starting post for this topic] but as the game is *frozen* opponent cannot move! So opponent will lose on time!
So, it IS a bug [unless opponent can now move if I am on vacation. But then, this rule change has not been mentioned in the help, faq etc. --
from 'terms and conditions - 11.4 (time rules)':
"Vacation : It is possible to take a maximum of 30 days leave per year, called vacation. During this time, your clocks are frozen and it is no more possible to play, in order to reduce the effects on time controls. "
Volker Koslowski (2008-11-03 11:05:33)
Bug?
I don't think that there is a vacation bug. It ist still possible for your opponent to make his next move (if it is his turn) even if you are in vacation.
As far as I can see Rule 11.4 does not say that you and your opponent could not make any move when you are in vacation. It only says that all your clocks in all of your running games will be frozen and it is not possible for you to play further until your vacation is over. In order it is not possible for you to cancle your vacation, or take only a vacation in one special tournament you play.
Maybe Thibault could say more about this...
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-03 13:08:12)
Volker said it all
Well, actually the game is not frozen (indeed it would be a bug in this case), only your clocks in all your games, so everything's ok !?
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-07 10:22:14)
Bug fixed
Thanks Normajean, all 0-0 & o-o have been replaced by the correct O-O. There may be a few positions with two identic moves (O-O) yet, please just let me know & I'll delete one.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-19 00:51:01)
Poker Holdem at FICGS !!!
Finally, one of the biggest update this year !
Poker Holdem (or Poker Texas Hold'em) is available at FICGS !
This should be a start for long discussions... It was quite complicated to implement so I hope there will be no bug (please report if necessary). Please do not forget to read the complete rules here :
http://www.ficgs.com/membership.html#poker_holdem
If you estimate you're an experienced player, please just let me know (through the form in My account) and I'll update your "poker holdem ELO" to 1800.
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