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Hannes Rada (2006-04-13 11:24:49)
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Wir benoetigen noch einen Teilnehmer. We need one more participant.
Lionel Vidal (2006-05-31 21:15:10)
Weiqi komi
Hello,
Thanks for that link: it is indeed a good reading. I would suggest also to read the chapter on the rules of Go in 'The go player's almanac' (Bozulich 2001), that gives much more details.
By reading these, you can see that half a point komi is indeed quite uncommon :-)
But an important point is that it should probably depend on the chosen rule, or more precisely on the counting mode, area or territory.
BTW, what is the counting rules here in FICGS ?
Note that this rule question may be quite critical on some life-and-death situation and may change the result of a game! And some of the simplest cases (like bent four in the corner) can arise not too uncommonly.
Lionel
Amir Bagheri (2006-06-19 14:53:39)
1. d4
The move 1.d4 offers the same benefits to development and center control as does 1.e4, but unlike with the King Pawn openings where the e4 pawn is undefended after the first move, the d4 pawn is protected by White's queen. This slight difference has a tremendous effect on the opening. For instance, whereas the King's Gambit is rarely played today at the highest levels of chess, the Queen's Gambit remains a popular weapon at all levels of play. Also, compared with the King Pawn openings, transpositions between variations are more common and critical in the closed games. White develops aiming for a particular formation without great concern over how Black chooses to defend. Both these systems are popular with club players because they are easy to learn, but are rarely used by professionals because a well prepared opponent playing Black can equalize fairly easily.
Gino Figlio (2006-07-11 03:59:17)
Leave
Hi Thibault, Everyone has their own opinion about this. Do what you think it's best. My opinion: If you want to mimic the ICCF method, don't allow play during leave and change to programming to freeze the clock when a player takes leave, therefore not adding the leave time to the reflection time. If you want to continue with your original idea of adding the leave to the reflection time, then add only 50% of the time, since the clock stops for the player on leave when the opponent is on move anyway. You may suggest players to take leave after they make a move, in order to take maximun benefit. Other ideas related to preventing players from dragging out lost games/positions would be to establish a lower limit for leave time say of 7 days; preventing players from going on/off leave multiple times; to prevent exceeding the reflection time. Another approach would be to try to regulate more the higher limit of time per move, by allowing players to take 30 days per move only once, 20 days per move 3 times, 10 days per move 9 times..etc. you can change the numbers to fit your desire but you get the idea. Best, Gino
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-23 19:54:58)
Chess thematic tournaments
Hello to all.
The 7th chess thematic tournament (waiting list is open) may be a very interesting challenge...
The opening : 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 Ng8 3.e4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Ng8
Is it a lost position or not, you can try to respond ! (it is at least very hypermodern style, but is there a name for such a manoeuvre ? :))
There are many other ideas of openings, but you can make suggestions for future thematic tournaments.
Previous ones :
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King's gambit (winner : Josef riha)
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Wing's gambit
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Benko gambit
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Orang-utan
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Danish gambit
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Scotch gambit
Benjamin Aldag (2006-07-23 22:52:39)
New Ideas
Here my Wishlist: 1. Dzindzi Indian (1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 f5) 2. Helloween Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5) Benjamin Aldag
Thibault de Vassal (2006-07-25 01:51:34)
Handicap moves
That's an idea... Actually I don't think many players (benefiting of the handicap moves) with a 200 points lower rating would be interested, cause it's quite "risky" to play with an advantage. If you win, that's just normal, if you loose (even draw): that's a big defeat.
Such matches may be interesting for both masters (2400+) and amateurs (1600-), maybe even in a simultaneous context, so that draws could satisfy everyone.
Dinesh De Silva (2006-07-25 09:26:14)
Re: what Glen D. Shields said.....
Glen, I think correspondence chess keeps on evolving. Seriously speaking it's hard to guess what the next biggest addition to it will be that will be of any benefit to the correspondence chess community.
Jaimie Wilson (2006-08-11 16:10:55)
Unrated miniatures
I read that games are not rated for the winner if less than 10 moves have been played by his opponent (most probably forfeit or obvious cheating). So if my opponent plays brilliantly, lures me into a catastrophic error and mates me on move 9, then he or she would not get any rating benefit.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-16 01:47:12)
my only problem is my next move....
...nice to be from germany ;-) Best Regards Benny
Charlie Neil (2006-08-17 11:08:36)
country flag
well said benny!
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-17 19:42:02)
Ratings ???!!!
Hello, i have a question about the Rating-System here. There are many players here, with an offical FIDE or NATIONAL ratingnumber under 1800. Some of these players have here at FICGS a ratingnumber over 2000 !!! Of course, this is correspondence-chess, but it would be a nice ratingfeature, to include the official FIDE/NATIONAL ratingnumber at the FICS-Ratingformula. Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-17 21:57:51)
Ratings FIDE / ICCF
Hello Benjamin.
These players probably have an established correspondence chess rating over 2000 at ICCF or IECG. Players can't be forced to specify their FIDE rating, but they can do it in the 'player informations' text area.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-18 07:28:04)
Tournaments with "normal" starting-fee
Just a question:
Tournaments with money-prices sounds good, but a starting-fee of min. 100$ is in my opinion a little bit to high.
What about tournaments with a starting-fee between 10 - 20 bucks ?
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-19 00:06:35)
Tournaments with money prices
Hello Benjamin...
Many new tournament categories will be created when entry fees and prices will be available. Some will be designed for granmasters, others for special challenges. We'll have the opportunity to discuss about it in a few months.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-20 22:37:05)
How can i send a message to another.....
Hi,
how can i send a messages to another member of FICGS ? Is it only possible by playing with a member move by move, or is there another way ? It would be nice to send a message to anyone anytime.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 04:06:33)
All finished games downloadable !
Hi friends,
I think it would be nice, to have a PGN-File with all finished FICGS-Chessgames as a download.
And here it is:
http://laperacologne.la.funpic.de/ficgs-all-finished-games.pgn
1138 games inside
I will update this PGN-File every week.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 04:29:15)
TWIC Loader
Hi friends,
you know the Chesspaper TWIC ? A really great Chesspaper with many new Chessgames every week. From now on, its really easy to get it. Just use my TWIC Loader. It's for free and easy to use.
You can download it at:
http://www.twic-loader.de.vu/
Next week i will present you the FICGS-Loader. With this loader, you can download every week all new finished FICGS-chessgames.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 04:29:57)
TWIC Loader
Hi friends,
you know the Chesspaper TWIC ? A really great Chesspaper with many new Chessgames every week. From now on, its really easy to get it. Just use my TWIC Loader. It's for free and easy to use.
You can download it at:
http://www.twic-loader.de.vu/
Next week i will present you the FICGS-Loader. With this loader, you can download every week all new finished FICGS-chessgames.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 17:48:09)
I prefer the following Gambit
Ok, here my idea, for one of the following thematic tourneys.
The Goering Gambit:
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.d4 exd4
4.c3 dxc3
5.Nxc3
This Gambit is full of great tactical play.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 17:56:16)
SORRY
Second move of black must be Nc6 !!!!
2...Nc6
BENNY
(moderator : corrected)
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 18:56:37)
Kings Gambit is disproved !
Hey,
the Kings Gambit is since a few years disproved and not playable. The Goering Gambit isn't disproved and still a good Gambit.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 19:18:37)
New Thematic - Tourney Trompowsky !
Hi,
since 3 days i have the Chessbase DVD "The Trompowsky - The easy way" (http://www.chessbase.com/shop/product.asp?pid=249&user=&coin=). Thank you for starting a thematic tornament with the Trompowsky-Opening. The right time, to test my knowledge about the DVD.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 20:12:07)
Disproved
Ok,
i got my knowledge by GM Roman Dzindzihasvili's Video-Tapes, some studys and a lot of played games of Kings Gambit. Latvian isn't good too. I think, with a good computer and a good knowledge about kings gambit, the minimum what black can reach is a draw. If white play latvian, black will win ever. Latvian Gambit is so easy to calculate with a computer. Black has from the beginning on, no move-options.
But we can try both desasters in a thematic-tourney.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 20:15:34)
^^^^^^^^Once again...
Black play the Latvian. And whit will win ever in each variation. Thats my opinion. Benny
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...
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-22 21:47:54)
Thats the way i like !
Yes....thats the way ! Letz do it ;-) Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-24 13:00:07)
Premove ?
Hi,
a premove-feature would be very nice, were i can klick on my opponents figures and tell the interface > If my opponent play THIS, then i play THIS. Good idea or bad idea ?
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-24 13:31:19)
Premove (conditional moves)
Hi Benjamin.
Conditional moves was one of the first features expected and discussed here... I'm still not sure it is a good idea. Of course it may save time in forced sequences, but there are some controversial issues (see previous discussions with Glen about chess servers) about time and holidays. Anyway, the truth is it's a major change, and I've too many things to do right now :/
Thibault de Vassal (2006-08-24 18:47:42)
Latvian gambit
Waiting for your move in the Latvian gambit line, Benjamin ;)
Your line is very interesting... It's not easy for black after a long forced sequence, but it's still playable over the board in my opinion...
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-24 20:01:31)
we will see....
Sorry for my slow commentating-speed, but i have over 60 corr-games here at the same time and must analyse. Tonight (german-time) i will commentate the rest of your moves. Maybe i think wrong, but i still do not believe in the Latvian-Gambit. There is no good line for black in this Gambit. Just a few traps. Chess is not a game of hoping for a stupid opponent. Chess is a game of good moves by black and white and i would never play a line, by hoping for a bad move of my opponent. Maybe in Blitz or Bullet.....but never in Corr-Games.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-24 20:19:09)
Why do you play corr-chess ?
Hi again,
i play corr-games, because i want to learn more about my repertoire-openings. If you look at my games, you will see every time the same gamestyle and often the same opening. I love the Grand Prix Attack and the closed Sicilian with the white colors. With black i prefer to play Dzindzi-Indian, also known as The Beefeater. Corr-Chess is for me one of the best ways, to try some learned lines and look for better a better continue.
Now my question: Why do you play corr-chess ?
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-26 01:37:37)
"NEW" Opening Idea !
Hello,
i would be very happy, to see the following line in a thematic opening tourney:
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Bc5
4.c3 Nf6
5.d4 exd4
6.cxd4 Bb4+
7.Nc3 Nxe4
8.0-0 0-0!
ok folks, i am searching for this line in my database and found just a handfull games, played by low rated players. I am searching in many books for this line, but i found nothing ! I've analysed this line and i believe, this line is good for BLACK ! What do you think about this line ??? Do you see more than me ? Do you have any GM-Commentary about this line ? Maybe in an ebook or something else ? Please help me to find the answer, why this line is never played by some very good players. It would be helpful, to start a thematic-tourney'bout this nice line.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-28 17:47:56)
easy PASS function
Just type PASS into the field and send this as move.
Greetz
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-28 17:49:49)
take it easy
Hey Thibault,
take it easy and solve the problems step by step ;-) No one runs away from here 8-]
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-08-29 22:39:48)
English please...
Hey Thibault,
just read your own F.A.Q. !
http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=help
There you will can find this one:
Please speak english only on the forum.
Thank You
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.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-01 16:52:35)
a title with no worth
Hmmm....FICGS-Titles are nothing worth. It's just a nice feature. Your stats will be updated every two month.
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-01 17:37:52)
FICGS titles update
This site will work by itself soon... :)
Thanks Benjamin. I'll post soon again about the council/staff, moderators etc.. Feel free to tell me if you're interested ;)
About titles, I'll add that players who will get a FICGS title could probably have one at ICCF, so they're invited to try...
The first norms calculation just occured. Here are the result(s) :
FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_M__000001 : Zubac, Marius EM=1,IM=1
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-04 16:52:11)
Cheaters ?!
Hey Charlie,
i understand your opinion about computer-assistence. But we are no cheaters ! The difference between the cheaters and us is, that you will often lose your games, when you will only play computermoves. A good chessplayer with a good machine, will ever win versus a bad chessplayer with a good machine. You would kill yourself, when u ever play only computermoves. Ask yourself, why some of corr-chess players have a rating between 2600 and 2700 or more and many players "just" 2300 ? Are the players with a rating over 2600 the better hardware and the better chessengine ? I say NO ! These playres know, how to win versus all these little computermovers. A Computer will ever make mistakes and in corr-games its an interessting part, to search for these mistakes. A Human-Chess-Brain and a computer can be an unbeatable team !
Benny
Charlie Neil (2006-09-05 09:55:54)
why do you play corr chess?
Hello benny oh yes and I am learning and re-learning all the time. Chess and computers is a whole new world to me.
Karlheinz Weber (2006-09-05 16:53:17)
Translation
What means "Ihr Konkurrent bot Ihnen einen abgehobenen Betrag an". This is German and I am German but it makes no sense for me. Ciao Karlheinz
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-12 23:36:53)
Yes ! There is an boring one !
The Latvian Gambit is really boring. An opening is boring, if there is a better way to play. With the Latvian-Gambit, you will do all wrong, what you can do in the opening.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-13 15:08:29)
hey...
cmon Thibby,
i am one of the fanatic players, who is with over 100 corr-games really bussy. I will push up the wiki, after i've completed some of my running tourneys.
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-14 12:12:22)
Re: Latvian Gambit
Hey Benny !
That's ok ! .. Maybe you should try not to register for another thematic tournament (that's not the reason why waiting list is closed right now ;)) before to kill Latvian gambit... :> You're definitely a fanatic ! :)
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-20 02:07:42)
Traxler thematic tournament
The waiting list is filled already for this 14th thematic tournament ! .. The last player who entered is Benjamin Aldag :) (Benny, this is not reasonable ;))
This opening was definitely a good idea :) Thanks, Ron.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-25 17:20:58)
????
Great Game ???? Both games are filled up with blunders !!! I've never sawn so bad games in a WM-Match !!! Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-25 18:15:04)
Kramnik vs. Topalov
Benny, what did you think about the match Kramnik vs. Leko (with such fantastic games, ie. Marshall gambit) ? What about Kasparov vs. Deep Blue.. (only examples).. I prefer to see human chess with blunders at top level than to doubt.
Anyway, the match is not over yet, but Kramnik probably won the psychological battle already. Now Topalov must prove he plays the best chess...
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-25 20:51:27)
ERROR
Hey,
this is a WM-Fight !!! And i dont want to see !7! Questionmark-moves in 2 games. This is not a man vs. machine game and the blunders are no openingblunders. Here are the two best chessplayers at work and blunders like 57..f5?? in the first game are absolutly lame ! Get well back Topa ! Benny
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
Ilmars Cirulis (2006-09-30 15:25:13)
Can I play it with white?...
... against Benjamin Aldag. It is one of his favorit openings, but I think it's good for white. (: Cirulis.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-09-30 15:30:52)
Re: Can I play it with white?...
According to the waiting list distribution, that's the case: you'll play it with White against Benjamin.
Benjamin Aldag (2006-09-30 15:57:58)
e4-Line !
The e4-Line is the only line, which gives white the possibility of an clear advantage. All other lines are really bad for white. The point of this opening is, to have with the black color good knights versus a bad bishop-pair of white. Roman Dzindzihasvili is the founder of this Defense and i think, "Beefeater" is not the right name. I call it "Dzindzi-Indian-Defense". There are many interesting lines and some of them, transpose the game to other openings (Pirc, Sicilian-Dragon, Kings-Indian etc.). The move 5...f5 was played to prevent black of 6.e4, but 6.e4! is the best move, white can play. I've played last year in Litomysl in a Simultan versus GM Sergey Movsesian this "Dzindzi-Indian-Defense". Sergey played 6.h4?! and after 15 moves, we draw the game. The Dzindzi-Indian-Defense is an easy to learn opening and i've got good results with it in many tourneys. Last time i've saw this Defense at the Chess-Olympic, played by players around 2400-2500. 6.e4! is the best move, but many many players don't know it and the possibility for black, to get a good result in a game is very high. I can say, i know all variations about this opening and this thematic tournament will be my first tourney here, where i will not use computer-assistence. Its funny to see, that an Engine (Rybka,Fritz etc.) dont understand the ideas behind this defense and without an opening-book, engines dont see that 6.e4! is the only way, to get an advantage.
I luv Dzindzi-Indian-Defense
Benny
Glen D. Shields (2006-10-04 17:52:20)
Yes Thibault - Thanks for Asking
Thibault -
I see a need to offer player defined delays. My desire would be that when a move is sent, I have the option to post the move immediately or 1, 2 or 3 days later (using my reflection time during the delay). This option allows players to stagger their games and better manage the pace particularly at the beginning of a tournament.
Servers like FICGS have become the meeting place for postal players, e-mail players, correspondence server players and real time server players. It's a diverse and interesting group. Server chess is nothing like postal chess, but it shouldn't be a substitute for OTB chess either.
Starting a server tournament is like a ping pong match. You send a move and ten minutes later you have a reply. One can't ever keep their inbox empty.
Once the opening is over, the match then moves into "Groundhog Day" mode. You wake up to an inbox full of moves, you work all day on them and then wake up the following day to an inbox of moves from the same players. It's tiring.
I'd like the option to send a move, forget about it and then chose whether it should be visible to my opponent immediately, 24 hours, 48 hours or 72 hours later. The delay allows me to manage my game load better and gives me some flexibility how fast I want to play.
Server chess has grown rapidly the last five years. Its benefits are fantastic. Curiously, however, this year is the first year since e-mail chess was officially introduced that ICCF is reportedly (unoffical source) seeing an increase in postal chess. One of the biggest reasons talked about for this change is players are worn out from the fast server pace. I can relate to that. I'd hate to give up server chess because it makes so much sense. I know no one twists my arm to move fast, but why not give me server tools to help me manage my game load? I let the server count my time, keep my game score, chase my opponent when he forgets to move and report my results. Why can't it also help me manage my game load and slow down the pace when it needs to be slowed?
You asked ... so here are my two cents :)
Thomas Gilbreath (2006-10-05 13:21:39)
Thibault
I have a substitution. My player bunta has had to withdraw, and I am replacing him with ccmcacollister in the match vs. Benjamin Aldag. Is this ok with you? Thomas
Ryan Benitez (2006-10-08 22:50:43)
engine is just a tool
2r2rk1/1bq1bpp1/p2ppn1p/1p4BP/3NP1P1/3B1P2/PPPQ4/2KR3R w - - 0 17 The engine I use plays Bxh6 Anyway of course an engine should be used as a tool not to play the game. I will beat an unattended engine 80% of the time at the time controls played here.
Thomas Gilbreath (2006-10-11 07:04:35)
Pairings:
cyrano (still waitimg on name) vs. Glen D.Shields*****cairo (ottesen_soren) vs. Miguel Pires*****ccmcacollister (collister_craig) vs. Benjamin Aldag*****thumper (jacobs_doug) vs. James Stripes*****tugger (edwards_matthew) vs. Trond Michalsen*****yanm (maret_yannick) vs. Peter Willoughby*****taikaviitta (koivuniemi_raimo) vs. Richard Grady*****tag1153 (gilbreath_thomas) vs. Regis Ducreux*****eqj2 (johnson_eddie) vs. Martin Selby*****dewillget8 (bingham_anthony) vs. Ilmars Cirulis*****mozz (price_richard) vs. Julien Baudement*****lofix (mankowski_peter) vs. Phil Cook.***********************************************************That's a 12 vs. 12 match. 24 points possible. First team to 12.5 wins. Are we in agreement? - Thomas
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-12 15:16:11)
Start
Now 10 are ready to play (I sent lately id for Benjamin Aldag)... Ok, I'll create the first 10 games as soon as I have a username for 'cairo', who will play at board #1.
Best wishes to all players :)
Benjamin Aldag (2006-10-18 19:59:02)
Kick this player !!!
Hello, please KICK this player: Arsch, Popo His handle is german "arsch = asshole" ! Thank You !
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-19 20:06:19)
Mate in 292 moves
Otto - Titus Blathy (1860 - 1939), Hungary
Vielzügige Schachaufgaben, 1889
(10 + 12)
Mate in 292 moves
Illegal position
Now you may try to solve the problem, but my question is : Why is this position illegal ??
ChessPosition (see diagram)
Ryan Benitez (2006-10-23 08:33:28)
RE: Thinking on opponents' time
I dont get why you want to save time. You have plenty and I see no reason not to use it. Any line that is not a forced mate yet needs more time imo.
Thomas Gilbreath (2006-10-31 06:43:50)
Scoring update:
Here are the results I'm aware of: dewillget8 (GK) defeats Ilmars Cirulis in game one...........yanm (GK) draws with Peter Willoughby in game one.......tag1153 (GK) defeats Regis Ducreux in game one............ccmcacollister (GK) has just defeated Benjamin Aldag by virtue of a TIMEOUT.......Thibault, what happened with Aldag? Do we need to discuss this further?............current score - GameKnot 3.5, FICGS .5 after 4/24 games completed.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-31 10:09:47)
Benny : Lost on time ?
Hello Thomas, thanks for the report :)
I guess Benjamin Aldag will return soon, 10 days may have been a little short to start (holidays or so..). If he comes back, would you (& Craig) be ok to restart the game with 1 day at his clock ? Would be better for both, I guess :)
All the best.
Thibault de Vassal (2006-10-31 15:47:58)
Chess games belong to the world !
Quite funny (or frightening) to see this kind of discussion now on a Go forum, the excellent godiscussions.com
About ten years ago, FIDE tried to claim Copyright over non-commented chess game records. In an article entitled "Chess Games Belong To The World" (published in The Kibitzer), Tim Harding argued how this would benefit only a few companies like ChessBase. The same thing now might happen in the Go world. (I saw at somes places Go games are not allowed to be free)
Tim Harding's article :
http://www.moyogo.com/blog/2006/10/i-have-no-problem-obeying-law-i-do.html
More on GoDiscussions forum :
http://www.godiscussions.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1323
Thibault de Vassal (2006-11-04 14:01:17)
re: the timeout
Hi Thomas.
I have no news from Benjamin, sorry about that. It's 2 points more for GameKnot.
Don Groves (2006-11-29 08:18:21)
"Next" request
The new next function still can be irritating when the game with the newest move is the one you want to skip until the end. Next takes me back to that game each time. Is it not possible to cycle through the list of games presented when one logs on? As new games become available, they can be added to the end of this list, not the beginning. In fact, a "Next Game" button beneath the board would be a nice feature, making it easy to skip over games needing more thought.
Thomas Gilbreath (2006-12-06 23:11:19)
Scoring update
id=cyrano vs. id=gdshields (both games in progress) id=cairo vs. id=miguel_pires (.5/.5 - game in progress) id=ccmacollister vs. Benjamin Aldag (2/0) id=thumper vs. id=wulebgr (both games in progress) id=yanm vs. id=pedrinho (1.5/.5) id=taikaviitta vs. id=richgra64 (both games in progress) id=tag1153 vs. id=macounet (2/0) id=dewillget8 vs. id=ilmarscirulis (1/0 - game in progress) id=mozz vs. id=lejuju (1/0 - game in progress) id=lofix vs. id=cnile (0/1 - game in progress) id=tugger vs. id=kolarz (0/1) - game in progress) id=eqj2 vs. id=errantknight (0/1 - game in progress) The current score stands at id=GameKnot ----- 8, id=FICGS -----3. Please remember that 12.5 points are needed for the win. Contact me should there be any corrections........ Thomas
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?
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-17 11:12:14)
Free funny chess-videolessons ;-)
Hi folks,
after a long journey in vietnam, i am back ;-))
Don't forget to download my latest funny and free video-chesslessons at
http://www.dzindzi.de.vu
cu soon
Benny
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-17 11:31:32)
Hi Benny
Welcome back ;)
Hope you had a nice journey. That's a pity you lost your games (FICGS vs. Gameknot also) on time, but I guess it would have been difficult to continue...
Your videos are great, especially lesson 8 (with your music). Actually it seems to be some games analysis. Did you use a particular software to make it ? .. Keep us informed of updates :)
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-17 11:37:34)
The Soft/Hardware i use
To make your own chessvideos, you need the following things:
Hardware:
a webcam and a bottle of vine (or two)
Software:
Screenrecorder Gold
Easy Video-Joiner
and a chessboard on screen. I used Chessbase 9.0, but software like the free Arena or Winboard are good enough too.
I will make more videos in the future.
Benny
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-19 15:48:39)
new videos
...i will update my page http://www.dzindzi.de.vu tomorrow with new videos ;-)
benny
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-21 13:48:44)
Go and chess, IGN Goama newsletter
From IGN Goama newsletter by Alexander Dinerchtein - http://www.gogame.info
Go and Chess Two Games, Shared Experiences
Chess and go show are similar in many ways, yet it's always strange to see how the masters of each game try to "invent the wheel", instead of benefiting from the knowledge of their colleagues.
Let's consider sharing experiences!
These ideas can be useful even for strong Asian Go professionals:
1. Currently, only a few pros use Go databases and programs for studying. It is easy to find commentaries, written by 9-dan masters, which state that a move is new and has never been played before. Yet if one checks such moves in Go databases, one can sometimes find up to 100 examples from professional games. How can they cheat the readers who study these commentaries?
Once in Korea, I showed the Bigo Assistant program (similar to GoGod, MoyoGo and SmartGo) to Lee Sedol's brother Lee Sanghun, 5-dan, who is the director of a large children's Go school. He was surprised and said that the program looked very useful, and he added that he had never met this kind of program before. He even suggested deleting all amateur games and games played on Go servers, because of their low quality. I promised to order the programs and to install them on the school's computers if he liked this idea, but he did not follow up. Lee Sanghun, 5-dan was not able to break the traditions of his forefathers …
2. Even such top chess players as Kasparov, Kramnik and Topalov enlist the support of trainers during important tournaments and matches. During the Communist era, almost every Russian grandmaster worked on behalf of world championship candidates. Our government forced them to help, to show them new moves and ideas. Those who refused to help were punished severely: for example, sometimes a player would be prohibited from playing in tournaments abroad and would be refused foreign visas.
We do not see this in Go. Everyone thinks only about his or her own self. Do you know who is currently assisting Lee Changho? I don't know, either!
3. I would like to say a few words about playing technique. Chess players often used to write the move on paper first and then make it on the board. This helps to avoid impulsive moves and to prevent blunders. Go masters record the game afterwards, and so one can often find terrible mistakes, such as overlooking ataris and recapturing ko without playing a ko threat first. As an example you may see Black's move number 271 from this game: http://www.go4go.net/v2/modules/collection/sgfview.php?id=10828 I am sure that if a player looked at their move at least twice before they write it on paper and after they would not make such mistakes.
4. Even top Go tournaments are usually run by the knock-out system so we often see sensational results. Mightn’t it be reasonable to think about increasing the number of games in each round? If rounds were best-of-three (in case of time constraints, it would be possible to use blitz time controls for the third game), it would help to minimize sensations.
How about organising a definitive World Go Championship? Chess players have contested one for more than 100 years, and competitions for this World Championship have revealed the very best players of each generation. In Go it's harder to tell which player is true champion. In 2006, for instance, one international tournament was won by Lee Changho and another one by Lee Sedol, while Cho U won the largest amount of prize money. Whom can we call the World Champion? Who can say which tournament is the most important : LG, Samsung, Fujitsu, Chunlan or another? We don't even have a unified rating system …
If we determined a single World Go Champion, he might earn the same degree of popularity as Garry Kasparov achieved in chess, and this could have a very positive influence on Go popularity around the world!
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-28 14:01:35)
IGN Goama
Lionel, your answer has been published in 41st IGN Goama newsletter... :)
Another answer :
"Also we got a letter from Benjamin Schooley:
Dear Alex, I have been having these very same thoughts. I think after awhile I started to accept the way things were done in the East and tried to see the positive side of it. Maybe three world champions are better than one. And really isn't it better that people don't have endless helpers and seconds, then it almost becomes a matter of who has the most help and the most money to hire that help and not the most skill on an individual basis. But I do get the sense there is more of a community in Go. Go players are more apt to share their ideas and puzzles with each other and not prepare secret variations in some unscrupulous plot. I would be more curious if the Korean paper at least acknowledges your thoughts, I highly doubt they will try to change anything though.
Still I do lament the absence of a broader tournament format. Not all are knockout but they all tend to have the knockout "flavor." I think some players who are really talented get overlooked (Hane Naoki) because their playing style doesn't mesh as well with a knockout tournament. On the other hand people who have novel playing styles like Cho U and Takao Shinji do pretty well in the KO format. They benefit from a smaller sample size, harder to get a read on their strengths and weaknesses."
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-29 11:51:07)
Without computer !
Hi, it would be nice, to have some tournaments, where it is not allowed, to use computer-assistence. And it would be great, to have list of players, which dont use computer-assistence. Since my comeback here, i dont use an engine for my games and i can say, it makes more fun ! ;-) yk
Thibault de Vassal (2007-01-29 13:24:51)
Advanced chess
Hi Benny.
I think so :) .. however this is not the way it goes, I don't think it could be serious enough and it could be quite confusing.. by the way there are many places where computers are not allowed. In this case, rating is not so important, so just don't use it !?
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-29 14:24:07)
engine-free area
Thank You Thibi, for your fast answer. I believe, its more interesting to play vs. Opponents between 800 and 1600 rating. This area is in my opinion "engine-free". yk
Benjamin Aldag (2007-01-29 16:46:51)
Translation
Ok....i'll do my best :-D
Hattest Du seine mail mit der Datenbank bekommen? Viele Grüße and Nein, ich habe keine Datenbank von ihm.
Did you have his mail with the database got? Many greetings and no, I have no database of him.
yk
Ron Keyston (2007-01-29 17:16:55)
Thanks
Close enough for my purposes. Thanks Benjamin, Ron
Charlie Neil (2007-02-02 11:45:33)
Without Computer
Marcus if you can please read the old forum postings, "Why do you play corr-chess." I made a similar comment about computers being used as the main player. Believe me I was wrong! As much as in correspondence chess you can use notes, books and databases for reference. Here at FICGS, (A great site!) players use their computers as a reference. It does not benefit anyone to just relay their computer moves without understanding them. Those players won't prosper nor will develop a passion we chessplayers have for the game. I believe that now to be the case. Personally I don't have a Juinor8, Fritz 10 or Deep Joe 90 or whatever to use as a reference point. I do have a pile of books that serve to confuse me in my games. As I continue to seek understanding in this game. People should use computers as long as the computers don't use them! How boring can it be just to imput moves? The computer isn't compulsory. And I am saving a fortune on stamps playing here! It is fun after all. It is only a game. Even if it is a terrible one.
Richard Core (2007-02-03 03:20:17)
Computer free chess
Hi Benjamin Aldag, I agree with you. I really don't see the reason for playing with a computers help. What have you accomplished with the help of a machine? I have no idea. When I come up with a great combo, I get the satisfaction that the answer came from me, not the machine or any other source. It is alot more fun. A lot more fun. I think most people I have played are not ussing computer help. I haven't won a tournament yet, but I think I have had a respectable performance.
Marc Lacrosse (2007-02-03 18:09:12)
To Richard & Benjamin
There are dozens of web-server-chess sites where computer use is forbidden.
If you cannot see any interest in computer-assisted play why do you play here ?
Nothing requested you to play here ...
I won't argue on the interest of computer-assisted chess. It's a question of taste and I do completely understand that you do not like it.
Every month there is a new thread in the forum complaining against computer-assisted cheaters or defending the gimmick of the poor computer-assisted idiot unable to play on its own.
This I cannot accept : go away to these numerous sites where computer is forbidden (and real cheaters abound) and let us play according to the rules of this site !
By the way if you wish do choose any engine of your liking and do let it play alone without human intervention a pair of games against any of the 100 best rated players here. I am ready to bet that the computer alone is probably going to lose both games or at most to get one draw.
Then you will maybe understand why the human touch is decisive in these games.
And as I already said on numerous occasions, when I am going to spend dozens of hours analysing a foregoing game all along months of play I prefer that my opponent won't spoil it due to a pure magnificent and so-human blunder.
Winning against blundering self-comfident purely human opponents has no taste at all IMHO
I prefer fighting hard against one who has all kind of book and computer help assisting him.
Marc
Benjamin Aldag (2007-02-04 22:26:09)
To Marc Lacrosse
Hey guy, come down !
I just say, it makes more fun to play without computer-assistence.
I play here, because i will never reach the level of computerplayers and my opponents are in 99% free of computer-assistence. I dont want to be a slave of my computer and in my opinion is this the right way.
I know 9 people here with an official rating between 1500 and 1600 ELO(DWZ) and here they have a rating between 2200 and 2300. :-D<br
You say, with only computermoves you will never reach the highest level here and i can say - YOU ARE RIGHT !
Players with a FIDE ELO 2200 and higher will have here a rating over 2600 and they will not only play computermoves. But i play chess for two years and have an official FIDE rating of 1822 and believe me, it makes no sense for me to play with computer-assistence.
yk
Thibault de Vassal (2007-02-05 12:34:53)
Correspondence chess / OTB chess
Quote : "Players with a FIDE ELO 2200 and higher will have here a rating over 2600 and they will not only play computermoves."
Benny, this is just wrong ;) .. There are many examples, here and everywhere... Best correspondence chess players are not best chess players with computer assistance, they are 'only' the best correspondence chess players.
Benjamin Aldag (2007-02-10 18:01:06)
New free chessvideo !!!
Hi,
a new free chess-videolecture is only since yesterday. Its about the 'Dzindzi Indian Defense'.
@ http://www.dzindzi.de.vu
yk
Nicola Lupinacci (2007-02-14 09:57:32)
engine-free area
I completely agree with Benjamin Aldag. there are many players that do not use comp. ass. becouse they are pure chess players. and there are also players who cannot use a pc ass. becouse they do not have a chess engine or they play from work or from the office. but if comp. ass. is allowed i cannot tell nodoby "DO NOT USE A CHESS PROGRAM". i think a great idea is to make a "place" or special tournaments where computer is not allowed or a special symbol after the name of players who use pc ass. so you know if your opponent is using a chess engine and you will play differently. this is the best free corrispondence chess server i found on the web and making a "not-pc-assistence-zone" will be the cherry on the cake! sorry for my bad english
Benjamin Aldag (2007-02-15 12:30:33)
YOU FLAME !
@ Marc Lacrosse
The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here. It would be kewl to see a little (c) in the profiles of computerusers.
Please dont flame here about 'what is allowed and whats not allowed' !!!
IT IS ALLOWED TO USE A COMPUTER-ASSISTENCE !!!! AND THIS IS OK FOR ME !!!! AND IT IS ALlOWED TO PLAY WITHOUT COMPUTER-ASSISTENCE !!!! IS THIS LOUD ENOUGH ???
I play here at FICGS and why should i play at playchess.de ??? I want to play CC-Chess HERE ! So please dont tell me, where i can play without computer-assistence. I can play without computer-assistence here TOO !
yk
Marc Lacrosse (2007-02-15 22:55:30)
Why such a shouting ?
@Benjamin Aldag
"The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here"
You are completely illogical.
Evidently you may play without computer as you wish here.
You may also try to find other members who prefer to play this way and register together with them in a tournament.
So what you wish to do is already possible. But what you request is not that.
You request to play here against opponents for whom computer use will be forbidden.
This is simply not the rule here. It's even one of the fundamental originalities of this site.
The rules of the site are that everything is allowed
If you and friends of yours manage to play without computers this is up to you
But asking for special rules supposes that you intend to request that Thibault or someone will check that YOUR rule is enforced.
IMHO this is purely not working. You won't find any organisation that wil be able to ensure that no player cheats regarding this kind of rule.
So let me repeat (and it is MY RIGHT not to agree with your opinions) : if you find opponents with which you have an agreement for playing without comps here this is perfectly fine for everybody and it's up to you to see wether you are happy with the way your partners do or do not respect the agreement.
If you wish to change radically the rules so as to have tournaments where something like a police dept will check that no comp is used than GO AWAY and simply do register in one of the numerous sites where these rules do exist and where almost everybody cheats.
By the way : no need for shouting to tell what you wish.
Shouting will not make your opinions more valuable in any way.
Marc
Thibault de Vassal (2007-02-16 00:00:43)
A solution?
Hi Pablo.
The real point is here (quote from Benjamin) : "The discussion is not about to change something. It is about to build a new feature here"
Such a new feature is not only something more, it would completely change the challenge's nature offered here. I don't think it's a good idea. A special tournament would have no sense here IMO. If you want to play without computer assistance and be sure your opponents do the same, the only solution is... play big chess :)
Elmer Valderrama (2007-03-13 18:43:31)
Why isn't there a Chessbase forum?!
..any ideas?
The best I can think of is...they would definitely benefit from one..or maybe not -and that's why there isn't any ;)
Example, we could learn about CB freestyle tournaments impressions there, or about performance of programs, or about recommended books, DVDs, etc, oh well thanks God there are other forums ;)
Elmer Valderrama (2007-03-26 11:47:37)
Oh dear
I've got nothing against chessbase, but as you can see, they go so low quality that is impossible to ignore them ;)
The main thing from this article (ie shot in the foot) is that actually nobody learns anything about how to use ChessBase in Correspondence Chess :)
All we got is a careful description of what is legal or illegal !?
It would be good if the second part is written by someone a bit more experienced but as it seems there is no-one available there, at least the author could benefit from reading some other CC forums (although judging by the "hope my opponents are using engine(Fritz) assistance" which looks familiar to me ;), they could be reading this one 8-)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-04-10 21:24:09)
Rating calculation (algorithm update)
:) ... the same about FICS / FICGS, obviously ;)
It was a minor change that affects a few unlikely results and actually everyone will benefit (if you meet ie. a new player with a low provisional rating) from that change. The aim is to make the ratings most coherent only.
Jason Repa (2007-04-23 10:04:00)
Cheating Accusations
My advice is to take the accusations with a grain of salt. I'm a very good blitz/bullet player and years ago before I found out about ICC and Playchess.com I used to play at the crappy free sites such as yahoo and pogo. I would often be the strongest and highest rated player in the room and would get constantly accused of being a "prog". I would say take it as a compliment but these people are too stupid to understand what a good move or good technique is. They make the accusation based on successful results only.
As for your game with Anand. I think it's ridiculous to accuse you of program assistance. For starters, the game isn't very important. It's just an unrated simul game with no prize whatsoever. It seems to me you should have received some sort of award, not necessarily cash, but something chess related and of value. I understand it's for charity, but I can't see who in their right mind would pay money to play in a simul when there is no incentive to win. You might as well just write a check to send directly to the handicapped children of India.
When Chapters bookstore hired me to do a chess simul it was a fundraiser for our chess club. I didn't lose any games, but the sole person to merely draw me (28-0-1) in the 29 games I played received a free tournament entry ($30 value) to one of our local monthly events. I thought this was a great idea and had the benefit of bringing a new player into our club.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-06-15 17:12:39)
Online chess today
A few links to discussions at TCCMB (The Correspondence Chess Message Board) on chess servers nowadays, future of ICCF, correspondence chess [once more] and so on...
http://ancients.correspondencechess.com/index.php?topic=105.0
http://ancients.correspondencechess.com/index.php?topic=109.0
In the second discussion I tried to answer on the future of correspondence chess & chess engines :
1) Like the 'tour de France', it is impossible to organize a "bicycle race" at chess without doping today IMO. Also there are so many 'products' : Various books, databases, engines, human help.. so it seems to me that it is a non-sense to try to make it like an OTB tournament. Online chess is "motorcycle races" & freestyle, nothing else.
2) The ratio of wins does not decrease much in computer games & advanced chess (blitz), and correspondence chess games will never be all drawn IMO. We just have to follow the horizon line... Engines still have difficulties when there are 32 pieces on the board... Make the position more and more complex & critical, play Benoni structures, East indians and English openings... There will probably be more and more draws but when looking at CC 2500+ games, the ratio is still quite good. The problem at CC is mainly the style of play with humans 'humanly' trying to remain in known positions where they can win and can't lose.
'The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity of defeating the enemy', 'Opportunities multiply as they are seized' (Sun Tzu)
A solution is to make rules that motivate players to avoid draws, particularly when playing against a higher rated opponent. (ie. the rule for FICGS 8-games matches)
3) We feel that engines play almost perfect chess because of our poor human's level of play (I should say ratings)... But engines & computers have to improve a lot yet - not obvious they can do it in a more or less near future -, the horizon line is not so far, each version of Rybka wins about 30 elo points... We'll see engines at level 3200, 3300 maybe much more... (4000 ?)
4) If too many players have their CC rating between 2750-2800 in future, we can make new rules : Ratings wouldn't be calculated on the basis of each game, but on the basis of ie. 8-games matches... Then strategy would be more important & we would see rating gaps again between the best players...
Finally if I'm completely wrong, play Big Chess ;D
Thomas Tamayo (2007-08-15 14:22:19)
Possible solution...?
What if a forfeit of all games occurs as soon as one game is lost (on time or resignation) without at least 2 moves (one by B, one by W). It would be easy for an abusive player to get around this rule by playing a move before forfeit. The benefit would be that this offense is bannable (easier to find abuse). It seems fair - players in a tournament should be prepared to play!
Jason Repa (2007-09-06 20:56:31)
Philip Roe
You're joking here right? I made a benign and topical post trying to explain things for some people. I attacked or provoked NOBODY. You started in on me with this "for you happy centaur" remark that was completely uncalled for and unsolicited.
I can't seem to win with the forum here. Even when I make an innocent post I get insulted and harassed. Then when I defend myself the Admin sides against me like clockwork, lol.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-15 12:59:08)
IECG WC 2006 final
As the IECG WC 2006 final just started, this is a good time to end the game. Quite surprising but finally, after 2 or 3 discussions about it, noone solved it and found me (some really looked for though) ;)
Clues were : Playing this year in a world championship fina