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Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-11 09:34:03)
Wikichess !
Hello to all.
You may have noticed this novelty on FICGS :) .. no need to say more.
Thanks in advance for feedback and suggestions. Please note that transpositions are not supported yet.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-17 15:37:39)
Best game :-)
Maybe we should wonder why players didn't vote for other 'better' games !?
A good game doesn't necessarily need to be perfect, but obviously it has to be spectacular. It seems to be the criteria for players. Who said there was no beauty without errors...
However, I hope Wikichess and Comments feature will reveal good chess games in another way.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-05-18 20:10:13)
ECO code
Search by ECO code (actually by opening) is now implemented. You need to disconnect (or open a new window) to use it.
http://www.ficgs.com/directory_openings.html
Find your opening, then click on the ECO code (not on the magnifying glass, that is linked to wikichess) and you'll have results in a second...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-06-19 15:13:45)
Chess Openings
Hi Tim.
What do you mean with Ruy Lopez ? There's IMO no opening better than other, it first depends on you play Black or White, who is your opponent (strength, favourite openings...), time controls..
Maybe you should specify your question... What opening against what move etc...
PS : I hope Amir will take a look at Wikichess, his opinion on chess openings would be very interesting to know ;)
Amir Bagheri (2006-06-19 15:25:15)
Wikichess
I am trying to get in the groove of wikichess. but I have to admit I am a bit lost as the way of going about it...
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-19 02:54:06)
Search : commented games
I've added a link in the 'Search games' page to find all games commented by players... First comment made by David is very eloquent ;)
Feel free to tell me if you have ideas of criterias to search games. Also added in the 'Search games' page : search by opening. Now 3 ways, this new one, Wikichess, and the form below the menu (improved).
Dirk Jan Van Dijl (2006-07-23 15:47:36)
Wikichess : Modifiability
Why are some lines not modifiable? Are they beyond criticism?
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-23 16:00:42)
Wikichess : Modifiability
Hello Dirk Jan.
It's not possible to modify a comment made by a stronger player (> +100 points ELO) in order to maintain a kind of "trust level"...
Anyway, chess game is still large enough for everyone ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-23 16:23:05)
A thousand moves !
More than a thousand moves in Wikichess...
Thanks to Dirk Jan (very active already ;)) and to all contributors.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-24 15:09:28)
Wikichess : Improvement
The main page now displays the last 20 lines created (instead of moves). It should allow us to discuss lines in an easier way.. :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-24 16:58:17)
Copyright issues
About Wikichess ?
Of course you can enter any move. Chess games belong to everyone... :)
Mark Carroll (2006-08-01 00:49:20)
Trouble adding lines
I am trying to add articles to wikichess and most of the time it works fine. But for some reason I cannot add some moves. One example, both knights can move to the same square so I tried Nb d2, b1 d2, Nb1 d2, and several others but to no avail. I also could not get e4xd5 to work before either (as well as PxP etc). Any help informing me of the correct way would be appreciated.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-22 21:34:28)
Latvian gambit & King's gambit
Benjamin, do we try to analyze some lines in Wikichess ? I create the Latvian line...
Ron Keyston (2006-09-07 18:30:32)
More options for Wikichess moves
Hi Thibault, I have a suggestion for Wikichess. It would be nice to have the ability to mark a move with ?! (dubious) and !? (interesting) in addition to the existing ! and ?. What do you think? Ron Keyston
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 !
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-07 18:59:40)
More options for Wikichess moves
Hi Ron !
Of course it makes sense, but too much marks could add more confusion than accuracy... As it's "open" & everyone can write, wikichess should stay easy to read and simple. It's better IMO to explain why a move is dubious or interesting than giving a lot of marks...
Ron Keyston (2006-09-07 19:24:50)
More options for Wikichess moves
Good point...thanks for the input Thibault. Ron Keyston
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-13 00:20:05)
Latvian Gambit
Still waiting for your moves in wikichess... ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-19 16:38:37)
2 knights defense : Traxler variation
Really ? .. What about 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ ?
A line already exists in Wikichess for Traxler counterattack... Let's improve it ?! :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-19 20:43:18)
Traxler Counterattack
HAHAHA :=)
I see you're to solve the Traxler counterattack in Wikichess ! (at least this line 5.Nxf7)
http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess_611.html
I don't think I'll play this tournament :/ .. I've already too many running games, and a lot of work, yes... That's a pity, this opening is really interesting !
Ilmars Cirulis (2006-09-20 01:17:58)
+-
Look in WikiChess. About cxd6 - white wins after Bf7+ Kf8 d3. About Nxd6 - white wins after Qf3. IMO
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-20 07:39:09)
Wikichess - Famous chess games !
An interesting update in Wikichess : It's now possible to enter, locate, watch (with the javascript viewer) and comment famous chess games move by move !
You can now analyze the Immortal game, entered as an example.
The program simply locates the last articles (that should be entered at the very last move of the games) which start with "End of game : "
ie - "End of fame : G. Kasparov - A. Karpov (Moscow)"
All feedbacks welcome.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-22 22:24:22)
Wikichess 2826
Another hard line for sure...
A lot to analyze, it's not obvious at all after 11. ... O-O-O.
Good luck :)
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-27 23:19:09)
WOW !!!!
This opening is one of my favorit openings !!!
Thank you for this ! You can find some good lines at wikichess by me ;-)
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-12 15:29:58)
Chess problem
Ok, you got me :)
I'll wait for someone else to find the solution, but I would love to try to defend this position with Black against you, maybe in Wikichess or by email. If you're interested, of course...
Wolfgang Utesch (2006-11-12 15:34:17)
Chess problem
Fine - let us play in Wikichess! What have I to do?
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-12 15:41:35)
Chess problem
In wikichess you "just" have to follow the opening, then enter all new moves of your game until the position or complete game (but you would give the solution)... You may 'sign' the game at the end with this comment :
End of game : W. Utesch - Opponent : 1-0 (ICCF)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-12 17:46:57)
Black to move!
Ok, that's quite funny I didn't consider the most natural move because it's a chess problem :) .. g5 is also chosen by most engines quite quickly.
Anyway, the win is still to prove. I'll try some lines in wikichess.
Note : A new feed (RSS) will be available for wikichess very soon.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-12 18:00:44)
fxg5+
The battle just started :)
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=3506
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-12 18:45:39)
Nice endgame
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=3536
I quote you : "That's the nice endgame, which is won for White! .... really??? - definitely, but very complicate!"
Do you mean this is the line played by your opponent (Peter Daus, I presume) ?
Ilmars Cirulis (2006-11-15 09:43:58)
Hi! :)
What about http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=3555.
IMO, 54.fxg6 is better than 54.Nxg5.
Ilmars.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-16 13:27:51)
Please link to FICGS
Dear friends, you may know how it is important for a website to be linked from other places on the internet since Google created his famous ranking system Pagerank...
FICGS has got about 1,000 links so far (not too bad after 7 months) for a Pagerank 5, but the more links, the more players !
Feel free to link to FICGS from your website, blog, in forums and so on...
You may contact me - info (at) ficgs.com - if you have a chess or Go related website, so that I add it in the file that displays random links at the bottom of each game page, ie. http://www.ficgs.com/game_342.html
A link written one of these ways would be very appreciated :
<a href="http://www.ficgs.com " title="Correspondence Chess Server">FICGS</a>
<a href="http://www.ficgs.com " title="Chess Server">FICGS chess server</a>
<a href="http://www.ficgs.com " title="Go Server">FICGS Go server</a>
<a href="http://www.ficgs.com/forum.html " title="Chess forum">FICGS chess forum</a>
<a href="http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess.html " title="Wikichess">Wikichess</a>
Thanks in advance !
Daniel Khayman (2006-11-20 08:23:52)
Wikichess
Still me and still new. It's not quite clear to me how this Wikichess function works and what its purpose is. It looks like some sort of communal board where anyone can make a move and comment on it but, can one go back and replay previous moves in a different way? and what else can one do? Thanks, Daniel
Josef Riha (2006-11-20 09:38:38)
Wikichess
Hallo Thibault, I have also a question about Wikichess. I never entered any move or comment, neverthless my name appears in many of the lines under Contributors. Why??
Greetings, Josef.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-20 16:20:17)
Wikichess
Wikichess is a chess tree, you can go forward or back just by following the links - moves or 'back', then enter new moves...
When you browse Wikichess in contributor mode (when logged in), your name is automatically added but it will be recorded only if you submit the commentary. It's all explained on the wikichess page ;)
Josef Riha (2006-11-20 16:34:19)
Re: Wikichess
Oh, thanks, I was blind :-))
Thibault de Vassal (2006-12-11 03:58:47)
Portuguese opening
Did you know this one ??
Miguel shows interesting lines in Wikichess... A future challenge for Ilmars ;)
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=3731
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-09 01:00:39)
Zucketort / Tennison / Chicago gambit
All explained here by Kieran :)
http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess_3832.html
First moves : 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4
Elmer Valderrama (2007-01-13 11:23:38)
WikiEndings?
..is it feasible? (I'm sure it is, it's just a rhetorical question ;)
I believe endgame theory (and players) would benefit from a endgame section in Wikichess contributed by members taken from their practice, especially if general "rules of thumb" and guidelines are outlined together with analysis. Specially interesting I think would be many-pawn endings and other practical endings which are given poor coverage in the books and are less investigated (and, as it seems, there are always holes in the analysis even from very strong players, there would be a lot of room for improvement of the articles until a general consensus is reached)
Subsections could be created in the lines of the ECO classification for endgames, it would then be easy to find/correct/contribute in a given position.
Any thoughts?
Elmer Valderrama (2007-01-13 12:23:08)
Wikichess, javascript with comments?
(thanks Kieran for your support in the thread "WikiEndings"! hope you'll like this one too :)
Just looked up some lines in Wikichess but I had to go though every move with the browser, not with the javascript cleverly provided to view the line/game so far, to see the contributions from players. However if the comments in the line could be attached to the moves in the javascript it would be great as it would be seen as a "commented game", just a thought.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-13 13:31:40)
Wikichess, javascript with comments?
Nice idea, as well as a commented PGN file... and many other things :) .. so much to do yet.
Ok, I'll think about that after money tournaments start.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-02-10 15:58:56)
King's indian
Radjabov's good score in Corus 2007 tournament (Wijk aan Zee) gave a second youth to King's indian after Kasparov dropped it about ten years ago. Chessbase now sells a dvd by ex-FIDE world champion Kasimdhzanov.
I still consider this opening as a good OTB weapon, but what do you think about it in modern correspondence chess, particularly after the nice victories by Christophe Léotard during last ICCF world championship.
I think it could be interesting to discuss this opening, why not in Wikichess... What would you play after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 (9.Ne1 and 9.b4) ?
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=4156
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-08 19:24:29)
Scheveningen Sicilian
I'll have a look at the position. 4. ...e6 is simply correct and a well known variation : Scheveningen Sicilian. 5.e5 ? is quite bad IMO :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Defence%2C_Scheveningen_Variation
http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess_1954.html
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-09 15:11:18)
Kingston Defense !
While looking at links poiting to FICGS.com, I found this Wikipedia article and realized that one of the Kingston Defense's fathers was among us :)
http://www.ficgs.com/wikichess_3670.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Defence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Wilson
"Crack the Frutch : How to play the Kingston Defense"
.. by Gavin Wilson. ISBN 0-9514103-0-X
The opening is fully commented in Wikichess by Gavin... Quite funny :)
By the way, this opening looks interesting ! .. I just launched a thematic tournament. Thanks for all your comments in Wikichess, Gavin :)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-09 15:19:09)
Links to Wikichess
About the link to Wikichess in Wikipedia, it's important to notice that links containing /user_page.php (...) can't be seen by anyone but the one that put the link.
Links must be written this way : /wikichess_3670.html (just change the number)
Anyway I corrected it in Wikipedia ;)
Gavin Wilson (2007-03-10 00:24:36)
Kingston Defence
Thanks for correcting the Wikipedia link, Thibault. I wouldn't claim that the Defence is 'fully' described yet on Wikichess. I am gradually documenting my Internet games with the Defence as I complete them. The most critical line for Black is definitely 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.ef ef 4.Bd3 and it will need considerable exploration before I'm happy with Black's resulting positions. Sadly I have mislaid my only copy of my own 1989 monograph, so I'm rebuilding the Defence partly from memory and partly from scratch.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-11 01:24:11)
Kingston Defence
Glad to see Ilmars also began to analyze this defense in Wikichess !
I feel it's a draw on a perfect play, but we'll debate it on the board for sure in future... ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-03-28 23:08:55)
WikiGo
I can't get it... In order to analyze a particular "isolated" Go line with other people, the Problem section seems ok... No need to explore the whole tree online, softwares like Kombilo, Many Faces or SmartGo are dedicated to it, don't you think ?
The interest of Wikichess IMO is to give a 'complete' view for the beginning of a chess game. I can't imagine the same for Go :/
Thibault de Vassal (2007-05-13 13:54:47)
Sveshnikov
Interesting line, indeed. I just entered a few moves in Wikichess, feel free to show us your lines after g4 :) .. Another great line is 11.Nxb5 !? IMO.
Ilmars Cirulis (2007-09-07 02:24:29)
:)
I understand 'software' (it seems that by mistake) as Wikichess, chat, move making etc.
Yes, I know standard meaning of 'software' :P
Thibault de Vassal (2007-11-24 16:13:26)
:P
Ilmars tries to prove that Traxler counter-attack is dead for Black... Anyway the only to play White only is thematic silver games :)
Graham, did you have a look at Ilmars analysis in Wikichess ? See http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=611
You can analyze some lines with other players...
Thibault de Vassal (2008-02-11 02:00:06)
opening novelties
Hi Andrew, I'm not sure it is good to multiply these sections, even if it would be interesting... but it is possible to talk about novelties in wikichess and/or this forum.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-11 18:03:22)
Annotated games
This feature could be interesting, but there are many ways. An idea could be to link moves from any chess game to Wikichess (but Go and Big chess don't have such a wiki), however I'll have to make it easier to enter a complete game.
Normajean Yates (2008-08-12 02:12:23)
btw I put this in wikichess also...
I put my prev post's line in wikichess also, so somone might care to modify it there also/instead ...
Thibault de Vassal (2008-08-16 11:55:47)
Wikichess :)
Moves would be more readable in Wikichess, I'll find a way to link all games moves to wikichess.
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-08-22 18:59:56)
WikiChess
I'm tired. Imho I completed to input almost all my "theory" of Poisoned Pawn Variation.
Imho, after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 Qg5 5.d4 Qxg2 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Bf7+ Kd8 8.Bxg6 Qxh1+ 9.Ke2 both black moves - 9.-- Qxc1 and 9.-- c6 are lost for black.
Corrections and improvements are welcomed! :)
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-09-04 09:18:56)
Evans Gambit in Wikichess
I have suggestion to make some progress in Wikichess with Evans Gambit.
Maybe we can start with article #3617?! Compromised defence is my favourite. I take black. Who want to take white? :)
Thibault de Vassal (2008-09-09 18:35:22)
Evans Gambit in Wikichess
I'll connect Wikichess to games played at FICGS soon.. so we'll have more informations due to thematic tourneys ;)
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%
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-10-22 19:49:53)
Svedenborg variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qxh8 Kf7 8.Qd4 Be6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qe3 Nh6 11.d3 Nf5 12.Qd2 Ncd4 13.dxe4 dxe4 14.Nc3 (14.Qd1 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bf1 (16.g4? e3 17.Rf1 Nxe2 18.gxf5 Bc4 19.Qd7+ Kg8 20.Bxe3 Nd4 -/+) Qh8 =/+) e3! 15.Qd3 exf2+ 16.Kxf2 (15.fxe3? Qh4+ 16.g3 Nxg3 17.Qxd4 Ne4+ 18.Kd1 Nf2+ (18.-- Rd8? 19.Rf1+ Kg8 20.Nxe4 Rxd4+ 21.exd4 Qxe4 22.c3 =) 19.Ke1 Ng4+ =/+) Nxe2 17.Kxe2 Bc5+ 18.Kf3 (18.Ke1?! Bc4 19.Nf4 Nd4 20.Nd2 Nf3+ 21.Kc3 Ne5 22.Nd3 Bd4+ 23.Kd2 Nxd3 24.cxd3 Bxd3 between =/+ and =) 18.Bxg2 Bg5 =
(I'm now too lazy to put it in WikiChess...)
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-10-24 15:51:19)
To Normajean
It's because ICCF - in one game I am so far with black: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 fxe4 4.Nxe5 d5 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qxh8 Kf7 8.Qd4 Be6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Qe3 Nh6 11.d3 Nf5 12.Qd2 Ncd4 13.Nc3 Qh4
I don't care about chessopedia. If you are busy, you can do it even in the next year. It was more for fun.
I was (and am) too lazy to put it in WikiChess, it's all.
Normajean Yates (2008-10-26 00:06:42)
I *meant* wikichess actually...
llmars, I actually *meant* wikichess when I typed chessopedia -- my mistake... :)
No, I'll wait for some times till you have done all the updates and corrections *here* :)
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 :)
Normajean Yates (2008-10-29 02:50:10)
Wikichess is *really* great now!
Wikichess is coming out really great now! I recommend all who haven't seen it recently to have a look!
Thibault de Vassal (2008-10-30 12:13:57)
Wikichess
Thanks :) .. There are some improvements to follow yet (ie. hashtables). But it is really better, I agree.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-10-30 12:26:28)
"Buttons"
See ie. game 21711, below the board, you should see : 23... Nf6 ± A S W Ø
Is it ok ? (as you are in the middlegame, of course no big chance to find similar games or a wikichess article for the position)
Normajean Yates (2008-10-30 23:46:58)
yes, with hashtables it will be - wow!!!
getting traspositions directly from wikichess - looking forward to it!
Andrew Stephenson (2008-11-03 10:47:42)
Free style cup games...
...are not linked to wikichess which is a shame because there are some very important theoretical games there!
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-03 13:13:53)
Freestyle cup games
Hi Andrew, which games & wikichess articles are you refering to ? As Wikichess does not have hashtables yet, a transposition may hide some games.
Normajean Yates (2008-11-07 08:44:13)
0-0 rather than O-O in wikichess..
Some people have mistakenly put in 0-0 [zero-zero] rather than O-O [Oh-Oh] in wikichess lines for short castling. As a result, the diagram does not show castling after 0-0, but it seems the contributors forgot to notice.
I rectified *one* of them, but a 'batch mode' repair of this by thibault is needed - this error might have crept in in so many lines, and might keep creeping in in the future also ..
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-11-14 19:07:51)
'Experimented players' still here :)
'Experimented players' still aren't corrected.
I look at the right upper corner of site (when I am not logged in yet). And what I see?
Imho, I see some flash animation with rotating sentence (in purple colour under line in blue "Wikichess, open chess repertoire") - "Chess moves explained by experimented players"
It was what I meant previous time. :D
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-16 00:13:24)
Banner
Hi Ilmars,
True, I only corrected the Wikichess page... I'll change the banner in a few days. Thx again :)
Normajean Yates (2008-11-29 04:04:33)
suggested improvement in game->wikichess
At present, for any game, only the current position can be searched in wikichess with one click. That too only if it is your move. So,
(a) In current position, if it is opponent's move you cannot one-click-wikichess-search.
Also, (b) therefore other people's games cannot be one-click-wikichess-searched.
(c) Further, But if you click on an earlier move, you can see the diagram of the earlier position, but you cannot one-click-wikichess-search that position.
So, suggested improvement: implement 'ocwcs' (one-click-wikichess-search) for a,b and c.
Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-29 14:31:28)
game->wikichess
True, I'll add it. Thanks :)
Ilmars Cirulis (2008-12-04 16:59:57)
More...
http://ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=2910
Qd6 : 7 games, White ELO av : 1680, Black ELO av : 1752
1-0 : 28.6% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%
Normajean Yates (2009-01-19 15:30:21)
:) [to rodolfo] - and, to sophie: re OTB
to rodolfo:
:)
to Sophie:
[and a general point to all wikichess contributers]:
I think that it will be a bit less confusing if in your wikichess entries, you include the phrase '(at OTB chess)' or something like that.
The reason is that this is (for chess) a site where engine-use and *slow* correspondence-chess is the default.
Contemporary computer programs do not get 'tense' or 'fooled' by an attack -- they just calculate the static evaluation functions for positions on the game tree [using hash tables, alphabeta, iterative deepening, nullmove, quiessence search, endgame recognition heuristics, etc etc for efficiency :) positions]
computer programs *can* be fooled [otherwise every game here would have the same result by now], but not by the same techniques as those by which humans can be... :)
Michael Aigner (2009-03-08 00:36:05)
Category name
What´s about "The almost Good, the Bad and the Ugly" as a category? - :-) I think tournaments should be OK, maybe with less participants than in standard tournaments. I guess we would produce a lot of good stuff for Wikichess ;-)
Normajean Yates (2009-04-25 06:02:38)
I waive copyright for everyone ;)
Thib, I hereby waive copyright to everything I post here, whether in forums, chat, wikichess, problems, or any other place. I declare that waiver has retroactive effect; and that it places all the above in the public domain.
;)
Now everyone can quote my babblings to demonstrate what silly things I post.. ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2009-04-30 22:45:51)
Search field
Not only, you may also search a line in Wikichess or a post in the forums by using it... (as far as I remember :))
Normajean Yates (2009-05-01 04:22:07)
only, searches dont give transpositions
Or do they, now? Have the hashtables been implemented? (in wikichess search and in game-search by movelist)
Normajean Yates (2009-05-23 07:50:33)
wikichess: extra goodies! but why ..
If you access wikichess *without* logging in; you will see the following extra goodies:
1. '... or enter a line' [below which is a form to enter an opening line for search]
2. 'Or find an opening in the chess openings directory.' [link to chess openings directory]
3.'Openings most analyzed :' [at present:] Traxler counter-attack, Latvian gambit, Kingston defense [all hypertext links]
These goodies are excellent! But Thib. has forgotten to make them available if you are logged-in. Thib, please rectify! (Or is there a reason why you have to be logged-out to access these? I can't think of any...)
Thibault de Vassal (2009-05-25 21:59:28)
wikichess: extra goodies
I did not forget, it was just stupid from me :) You're right, I'll change that soon...
Wilhelm Schuett (2009-06-15 00:17:05)
I can't contribute
Wikichess is called open chess repertoire project. But I'm not allowed to contribute.
Normajean Yates (2009-06-15 00:47:48)
Wilhelm, there is a rating bar...
There is a rating bar [relative to the last modifier] So I am not allowed to contribute to many lines either! And it makes eminent sense! I *don't* want to be allowed to erase a 2600+'s opinion and substitute mine!
But uncharted territory is always open - just try: you *can* contribute in uncharted territory! That is, you an always create a new wikichess entry. And the *creator* of an entry can always modify it later: creators are exempted from the rating bar.
Thibault de Vassal (2009-12-23 21:08:35)
Curious opening
What do you think about this opening (by Luc Olivier Leclerc in Wikichess) ?
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=wikichess&article=8732
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 d4 4.b4
Complex.. may be a future thematic ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2011-03-31 23:09:07)
Active rating lists
I do not forget you guys, still thinking about this issue... I finish a big work on Wikichess (hashtables and so on) and launch the championships, then I come back to this ;)
Thibault de Vassal (2011-04-05 23:34:02)
Major update : Wikichess / hashtables
Finally....
Wikichess now supports hashtables, with some advantages :
- The program detects & manages transpositions by itself.
- If both players are rated over 2000, their moves will be automatically added in Wikichess if the move before is already in the database and if the line is not a transposition (still some work).
- By clicking "W" in the fast interface, the search is done by hashtable and no more by line, which returns better results.
So in a few months Wikichess should be much more useful than now :)
Please report any bug if you find ones... Thanks!
William Taylor (2011-04-07 13:56:53)
Major update : Wikichess / hashtables
I've added the Arkhangelsk Variation (in the Ruy Lopez) to Wikichess. It's not complete (only 7. Re1 is covered properly), so feel free to add to it, or I may come back later and add more.
Philip Roe (2011-09-19 21:44:13)
Phantom ficgs
Hi Thibault,
This happens on an HP Pavilion laptop, when I connect using either IE or Firefox.
There is no apparent pattern to the messages. Just now I got a line from Wikichess, a tornament start announcement, a note from you, part of a thread on Game 58473, advice that a player has just logged on. They seem to be things that have recently appeared above the chat bar.
Don Groves (2012-02-08 10:28:05)
annotated games
See Wikichess.
Costantino Proietti (2012-02-08 22:24:03)
annotated games
I don't see annotated games in Wikichess, but just an opening database with few annotations about early moves.
Thibault de Vassal (2012-02-09 09:56:26)
annotated games
It is possible to post moves until the end of the game in Wikichess (and to comment it). But you can post a game in the forum as well (see the Help section to see how to post a board).
If the game was played at FICGS you can comment it after the game finishes.
Don Groves (2012-02-10 16:16:53)
annotated games
The Wikichess rules state:
"To add a complete game in Wikichess, just enter all moves and a commentary at the very last move, starting with "End of game : ", in example...
End of game : G. Kasparov - A. Karpov : 1/2-1/2 (Moscow)"
So it seems it is possible to add any game.
Thibault de Vassal (2012-02-12 19:47:17)
annotated games
That's not the right place IMO. The game would not be visible enough. See Wikichess, just follow the moves and enter the new moves if needed. That's quite long though, sorry it surely needs an update.
Why not posting it in the forum as well? We could see it more easily. Just enter [ PGN ] (without the spaces) followed by the complete game in Portable Game Notation format, then finish with [ /PGN ]
Costantino Proietti (2012-02-12 21:41:15)
annotated games
Thanks again. I tried to enter the moves in Wikichess but the answer is "the move is incorrect"
Maybe I'm not yet over 2000?
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