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Trent Parker (2006-05-12 00:31:30)
Banned players
Hi Thibault! I noticed that there is a banned/deleted player who has entered the world championship. You might want to fix this before the closing date :D.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-06-18 22:05:34)
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Viktor Savinov (2007-06-23 15:47:54)
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Thibault de Vassal (2007-06-23 15:53:27)
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Viktor Savinov (2007-06-23 16:09:33)
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Sergey Pligin (2007-06-23 20:18:55)
Who is Viktor Savinov?
Mister Savinov Viktor has doubted my surname is real. It is not true, I can easily prove it. I am playing Mr. Schuster Peter in one ICCF event. The latest moves, which are now invisible for public, are 46.Rb6 Kf8. Peter will understand me. If there is any need I can show the full score of this game.
[moderator : end of the message deleted, feel free to read rules and particularly membership & netiquette sections]
Viktor Savinov (2007-06-24 01:03:18)
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[moderator : message deleted, feel free to read rules and particularly membership & netiquette sections]
Viktor Savinov (2007-06-27 00:49:49)
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Wayne Lowrance (2007-07-14 18:46:11)
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Ilmars Cirulis (2007-07-16 02:12:13)
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Jason Repa (2007-07-28 08:11:46)
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Polina Stefanova (2007-08-02 16:13:21)
Threatened to kill the person
...in Moskow.
Unfortunately I inform, that --- [moderator : name deleted] from Ukraine promised to employ killers and to kill in Moscow the strongest chess player Igame - Sex God (2 place in rating Igame).
Sex God should play for command Igame against ficgs on the third board.
Sex God was against participation --- [moderator : name deleted] in match Igame – ficgs, because he supports addicts and played for a command which captain is the sick person and addict R2.
In Russia against a narcotism, including this illness a harm, however the command headed by addict R2, exists on Igame till now :(
As a result captain Igame, being afraid for a life and health Sex God has been compelled to exclude Sex God from a command.
Best wishes, Polina Stefanova (the leader of rating Igame)
Ivan Pljusnin (2007-08-03 14:06:28)
My offer
I offer to play some interesting chess matches between strong igame player Sex_God and his enemies.
1. Sex_God - --- [moderator : name deleted], his would-be killer.
2. Sex_God - Sergey Pligin, who did not let him play in the igame team because of the conflict with --- [moderator : name deleted].
3. It is also interesting to see the match Sex_God - some strong player from ficgs. If Sex_God had stayed in the igame team, this match would have already started.
Best wishes, Mobutu (on igame) aka Ivan Pljusnin (here)
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-08 17:07:33)
curator
--- [moderator : name deleted] is the addict and accepted heroin, therefore for Dmitry is very disturbing.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-08 23:13:50)
Re
Hello! Please, calm down! I am a command captain on the site of igame.ru of which --- [moderator : name deleted] consisted before. I'm sorry my English is terrible! Paulina and Sex-god (SG) are one person which thus make his own PR and shows the personal offense to --- [moderator : name deleted]. --- [moderator : name deleted] anyway is not connected with drugs, he simply played in my command. I want to underline that my command is AGAINST drugs! Name of command - STOP Narkotics! Motto of our command you can read on igame.ru : "" If you found forces, or search it to give up drugs, this command is for you! This command exists for everybody who gives the vote for nature, for peace, for understanding of our existence, for light ideas, for helping each other, for healthy children and their parents!"" --- [moderator : name deleted] never was drug addict but he just agreed with a command idea. He is 17 years old, he is IM, that's why he was taken in command of igame, and SG wasn't included. SG said that he is gay, then added to the repertoire a word is a drug addict. certainly, he was offended and he said that he would beat SG or he would ask somebody to do it It is not serious, but I think that this fight wouldn't stop even after this speech.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-09 11:44:34)
Re
Polina the truth speaks.
Ukrainian chess player --- [moderator : name deleted] threatens to kill Dmitry and even now writes letters that Dmitry will soon kill. Here one of letters which was sent by --- [moderator : name deleted]
" I already has employed killers, they will kill you "
Also it is known that --- [moderator : name deleted] not only accepts drugs (heroin, кокоин, marihuana …), but also sells drugs.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-09 17:12:10)
Alexander Minkin
S kem razbiratsja-to? Kapitan Igame sidit v kakoj-to derevne, byl by on v Moskve emu davno by rylo nachistili, za to chto on vzjal k sebe v komandu prestupnika. Narkoman --- [moderator : name deleted] vo Lvove, no kogda on pojavitsja v Moskve ego ozhidaet teplyj priem!
Ilmars Cirulis (2007-08-10 00:07:24)
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Ilmars Cirulis (2007-08-10 00:09:13)
?!
Kakije u vas dokazateljstva tomu, cjto --- [moderator : name deleted] - prestupnjik? Poka cjto vsjo eto vigljadjit kak polnaja cjusj.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-10 07:54:07)
Re
Eto i est polnaia 4uw. Dokazatelstv nikakix - krome virezok iz foruma i po4ti. --- [moderator : name deleted] slu4aino natknulsa (possorilsa) na gruppu ludei v internete, kotorie svoe delo znaiut: 1/ Oni umelo podtasovivaiut fakti 2/ Zadevaiut 4eloveka za zgivoe 3/ S celiu vigodi na4inaiut luboi konflict 4/ Megdu soboi obwaiutsa na otdelnom skritom forume 5/ Vsia4eskii podrivaiut reputaciy IGAME iz za togo 4to im ne nravitsa administracia igame i mnogie igroki igame. 6/ Oni zanimaiutsa priamim vreditelstvom na igame. Zabivaiut pustimi soobweniami forum. Zavodiat mnogo nikov i tormaziat turtiri. Zavodiat temi na forume 4to-bi posorit ludei. Izdevaiutsa nad slabimi waxmatistami i MNOGOE drugoe. 7/ Sami oni narkomani i alkogoliki i NE imeiut waxmatnix zvanii FIDE - igraiut tolko v advancechess. No nesmotria na etu malo4islennuiu gruppu zlonravnix ludei - IGAME.RU zame4atelnii sait s UIMOI zame4atelnix ludei. Za plusami igame mogno zaprosto ne zametit minusov, a negativnaia reklama - toge REKLAMA.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-10 07:58:10)
Re
Eto i est polnaia 4uw. Dokazatelstv nikakix - krome virezok iz foruma i po4ti. --- [moderator : name deleted] slu4aino natknulsa (possorilsa) na gruppu ludei v internete, kotorie svoe delo znaiut: 1/ Oni umelo podtasovivaiut fakti 2/ Zadevaiut 4eloveka za zgivoe 3/ S celiu vigodi na4inaiut luboi konflict 4/ Megdu soboi obwaiutsa na otdelnom skritom forume 5/ Vsia4eskii podrivaiut reputaciy IGAME iz za togo 4to im ne nravitsa administracia igame i mnogie igroki igame. 6/ Oni zanimaiutsa priamim vreditelstvom na igame. Zabivaiut pustimi soobweniami forum. Zavodiat mnogo nikov i tormaziat turtiri. Zavodiat temi na forume 4to-bi posorit ludei. Izdevaiutsa nad slabimi waxmatistami i MNOGOE drugoe. 7/ Sami oni narkomani i alkogoliki i NE imeiut waxmatnix zvanii FIDE - igraiut tolko v advancechess.
Artur Saigakov (2007-08-10 08:25:15)
re
The players of FICGS correctly react on a situation and not added on provocation. Prosecutions toward --- [moderator : name deleted] look funny and child.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-10 10:46:17)
Ilmars
That it will kill --- [moderator : name deleted]'s message of Dmitry, has been placed at a forum:
http: // igt.forum24.ru
It is a forum of command Igame, he closed.
The given message was seen all command Igame.
After the message on murder - captain Igame, has requested acknowledgement of the person who promised to kill Dmitry, that the given message was written by --- [moderator : name deleted] and has received the certificate of master FIDE IM --- [moderator : name deleted].
So there are no doubts, that chess player --- [moderator : name deleted] threatened to kill Dmitry.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-10 10:49:31)
Translit
Soobwenie --- [moderator : name deleted] chto on ub'et Dmitrija, bylo razmeweno na forume:
http://igt.forum24.ru
JEto forum komandy Igejm, on zakrytyj.
Dannoe soobwenie videla vsja komanda Igame.
Posle soobwenija ob ubijstve - kapitan Igame, zaprosil u cheloveka, kotoryj obewal ubit' Dmitrija, podtverzhdenie, chto dannoe soobwenie napisal imenno --- [moderator : name deleted] i poluchil svidetel'stvo mastera FIDE na imja --- [moderator : name deleted].
Tak chto net nikakih somnenij, chto l'vovskij shahmatist --- [moderator : name deleted] ugrozhal ubit' Dmitrija.
Rodolfo d Ettorre (2007-08-10 13:50:37)
re
In the future there will be three kind of nations: territorial nations like the ones we have now, corporative nations, like big firms , microsoft for example, and cyber nations with FICGS and IGAME being two of them. So, FICGS could offer refugee status to Sexy God and try to extradite --- [moderator : name deleted]...
Ivan Pljusnin (2007-08-10 14:29:54)
IGAME and FICGS are cyber-nations?
It sounds very promising. I guess, the most respectable citizens are Fritz, Shredder, Rybka and some other engines who have dual citizenship. :-)
If FICGS intends to extradite --- [moderator : name deleted] please do it after he finishes his match games. :-)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-08-10 19:32:03)
Lots of fun...
Hello to all.
It seems this thread is still quite active.. but as everyone understood, there is no need to add to the provocation ;) .. If IM --- [moderator : name deleted] wants some accusations to be deleted, he can just ask me...
Reminder : Don't forget that the law also applies on the internet.
Reminder : Please speak english only on this forum.
--- (2007-08-10 22:34:03)
to Thibault de Vassal
Hello, Thibault. 1) Thibault, I am a professional chess-player. I do not have a necessity to put to death anybody! :-) You can talk with a captain is Sergey Pligin – he will confirm. You can talk with the administrator of site http://igame.ru/ – Dmitriy Matrosov – he will confirm. You can talk with the representatives of Chess Federation of Ukraine – they will confirm also! I only want to play a chess - on Your beautiful site! Do not I know, who such Sergei Ivanov!??? Do not I know, who such Polina Stefanova (or Romanova)!??? It is obvious impostors which have the fictitious names. I only want to notarize these people, that I am a chess-player, in place of killer! --- [moderator : name deleted] gets victories in chess games, and does not kill people! :-) 2) Do not I understand also, what these people want от the site of http://www.ficgs.com/? Did they create this theme, to slander me? It seemed to me the page of humour at the beginning. But I see that it tired me already. I ask you to take measures! thanks a lot
Vitalii Bocharov (2007-08-10 22:34:42)
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I have been afflicted, when have seen --- [moderator : name deleted]'s message at a forum: http://igt.forum24.ru in which IM --- [moderator : name deleted] publicly, promised to kill Dmitry. In this case it is necessary to address in court, I the lawyer. Similar cases already were, when a mad star, sentenced to the large penalty and socially useful works - the life of people is more dear than ranks and ratings.
Vitalii Bocharov (2007-08-10 22:56:36)
=
Captain Igame Sergey Pligin will confirm that IM --- [moderator : name deleted] wishes to kill Dmitry.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-08-11 04:43:43)
Warning : forum rules !
Hello to all.
It is time for this thread to end, so...
Reminder : No player may post in forums or send to another member any voluntary message that contains abusive, insulting, provocating, advertising, vulgar, foul, racist, sexist or other discriminatory or politically sensitive content that may violate any applicable laws. Doing so may lead to being immediately and permanently banned. You agree that the webmaster, administrator and moderators have the right to remove, edit, move or close any topic, comment or message at any time should they see fit.
In other words I'll apply the rules letter by letter from now :
ANYONE WHO WILL POST SUCH ACCUSATIONS AGAIN WILL BE BANNED FROM THE SITE.
PS : The name has been deleted in the whole discussion.
Best wishes, Thibault
Vitalii Bocharov (2007-08-12 23:36:38)
=
Here it was a question not that --- [moderator : name deleted] HAS ALREADY killed the person, and of that that, WISHES TO kill the person and it saw many witnesses. These are two absolutely different things and from legal point of view Thibault de Vassal it is not right.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-13 11:57:51)
Thibault de Vassal
1) "Posting private messages from anyone violates applicable laws."
It was PUBLIC MESSAGE, the message --- [moderator : name deleted] planned murder Dmitry's , saw many people, it has been laid out at forum IM of [moderator : name deleted].
2) "Slander violates applicable laws."
It NOT SLANDER - this TRUTH and it has already confirmed 4 persons.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-08-13 14:03:37)
Sergei Ivanov
1) I didn't say the contrary about this particular point, actually I don't know anything about it... but some private messages were posted (and of course deleted) during the discussion.
2) I didn't say the contrary about this particular point, actually I don't know anything about it... but there were some slander about drugs, weapons or mafia... no proofs, finally this is definitely the place for such accusations.
WARNING :
Writing the name of the accused player in this thread is a way to accuse him again, it will lead to be suspended during a while.
Sergei Ivanov (2007-08-13 16:37:14)
:)))
[moderator : possibly offensive post deleted]
Thibault de Vassal (2007-08-13 17:59:54)
:)))
Anyway your initial post was deleted. ("possibly" offensive post) :)
Any other idea to write a rule to solve this problem ?
Wolfgang Utesch (2007-09-02 11:26:15)
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Wolfgang Utesch (2007-09-02 14:26:01)
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Jason Repa (2007-09-06 07:24:50)
Engine Use
[moderator : partly deleted]
Thibault already spelled it out for you in pretty simple terms that he doesn't believe in human-only correspondence chess. I guess if there are enough people who don't want to deal with reality whining about it he'll cave in.
[moderator : partly deleted]
Jason Repa (2007-09-06 08:15:18)
engine use
[moderator : partly deleted]
I explained quite clearly in my previous post that.... "you'll never be able to tell for certain if someone is consulting a program or not in corr. chess, so why fret about it?"
The truth is, there are no corr. sites that can satisfy a desire to play non computer-assisted chess because corr. chess doesn't work that way anymore. Anyone can simply say they aren't consulting a program but unless they are right in front of you as they are making the moves you'll never know for sure. (...) Just accept reality for what it is. Are you going to try to have a footrace with someone on a scooter? Of course not. So why complain about computer use on corr. chess? Re-read my previous post in this thread a few times until you understand.
There is something to be said for human only chess. It is my favourite form of the game. Really, the only form. All else is just study and analysis. You can call it "playing" if you want, but unless you're making the moves strictly on your own brainpower, it's not playing chess.
I play rated OTB tournaments at time controls ranging from 5 minutes to 6 hours. I also play hundreds of bullet games a week online where I am certain that there is no computer involvement. To me this makes allot more sense than whining and crying about the advent of Fritz (and other programs). It's called accepting realilty.
Jason Repa (2007-09-08 08:27:57)
To Christophe
[moderator : partly deleted]
You refuse to accept the reality of the modern corr chess experience and prefer to bicker instead of simply seeking OTB (or fast online) chess to get exclusively human vs human play. I've spelled out this theme repeatedly here.
Jason Repa (2007-09-14 01:20:55)
[moderator : partly deleted]
(...) You might have noticed my M.O. of starting a new topical chess thread or trying to revive communication in an existing thread that is about chess when mayhem was going on before. This time I decided to just avoid the forums for awhile but apparently that's not good enough. I'm asking you to remove his post.
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-14 01:21:08)
Deleted
The post has been removed.
Reminder : ".. please just warn the moderator or webmaster >> in private <<"
Jason Repa (2007-09-10 00:55:34)
[moderator : deleted]
(...)
Jason Repa (2007-09-10 03:14:13)
[moderator : partly deleted]
"I also don't find ELO ratings to be a valid measure of a man."
Of course you don't. (...)
Your "supposed" intrusion? (...) Garvin was way out of line and posted pure harassment that had nothing to do with the thread, or my post. I replied and gave it right back to him. It could have, and should have ended there, as Thibault pointed out. (...)
My post was indeed topical and perfectly legitimate for this thread. It was a valid question to ask what the reason for scanning the server might be.
(...)
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-10 16:05:19)
kind of...
Not responding to provocation is a kind of intelligence IMO :) .. Rules are also there to limit some human "natural" reactions. But anyway, both will be deleted if necessary.
Jason Repa (2007-09-10 22:39:03)
Chat Rules
Calling someone a hypocrite, who is indeed a hypocrite, as evidenced by their behavior, is neither provocative, nor is it an insult, any more than calling someone who steals for a living a thief.
The best way to prevent chat abuse is to punish the party who STARTS it. Obviously a coward will use various devices in order to try to get away with it, such as trying to pass off the insult as a joke, etc. Thibault, despite English not being your primary language, you're clearly an intelligent enough guy to figure out when someone is trying to start an argument by being offensive. My belief is that this is the party at fault, not the person who is defending themself. But if your policy is to limit access to the first person who starts the ad-hominem or disparaging remarks, then there would not be a need for responding. But I'm not sure why you seem to be placing the focus on the the responder to an offensive post, and not the real culprit who starts the flaming in the first place. Nothing happens until someone starts something.
Obviously butting into a conversation that has nothing to do with them and ordering someone to "cool down" is clearly both provocative and offensive. (...) [moderator : partly deleted]
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-11 01:12:36)
Applying the rule...
I was asked to moderate some provocative posts so I deleted what I considered provocative in these posts (only), in this thread and "FICGS Hardware + Software" one...
Thibault de Vassal (2007-09-10 23:12:01)
Chat Rules
That's why I think this rule is quite good... ;)
The starter (provocation only, insults leading to be permanently banned) may just see his post deleted, nothing more. Of course, provocation shouldn't lead to get a limited access immediately !
The one who responds, particularly with insults (even ie. "hypocrite", or "thief"), has a greater responsability IMO. This remains a judgement and this has nothing to do in this forum. Better is to warn a moderator.
Mladen, this is not irrelevant because provocating posts will be deleted, such discussions won't happen anymore and noone will (should) get a limited access !
Trust me, my aim is not to ban players... I and other moderators will be fair, so let's try this rule, I'll change it if it doesn't work.
Jason, insults are insults, rules are rules : No reason & no evidence will allow anyone to insult anyone in this forum anymore.
Christophe Czekaj (2007-09-12 14:05:59)
The liar cyborg
[moderator : deleted, please see netiquette rules]
Christophe Czekaj (2007-09-13 13:00:14)
Thanks
[moderator : partly deleted]
(...) I understand the useless of any polemic, but what about a "droit de réponse" ? Anyway, this topic is close for me. I've just made a proposition of tournament and find myself accused of immorality !
Sergei Ivanov (2007-09-13 09:49:38)
!!!
On Russian Internet it is a lot of information - [moderator : name deleted]
Thibault de Vassal (2008-01-14 16:19:56)
challenges
Hi Andrew, yes players are ordered by login time (then roll so looks like random) while they most probably should be ordered by rating. Maybe soon... If a player challenges you, a line with an "accept" option appears below the box. If you challenge a player, a line that you can remove by clicking the double arrows appears below the box and your opponent is warned. But I have to make new improvements to increase the interest of these bullet/blitz bronze games - maybe it should be free after all :) .. Now, the empty games (without any moves) will be deleted by new ones...
Thibault de Vassal (2008-03-17 15:08:09)
Chess rapid tournaments : Rating ranges
Chess Rapid M waiting list has been deleted in order to change rating ranges for all rapid tournaments (increased by 100 points), sorry about that.
It should help players to reach the 2400, 2000 and 1600 elo barriers...
Jason Repa (2008-05-06 23:37:58)
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Jason Repa (2008-05-06 23:41:13)
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Ilmars Cirulis (2008-06-10 15:04:25)
Hmm
[moderator : deleted]
Andrew Stephenson (2008-06-10 15:31:45)
Comments
Sorry I see Ilmars comment has been deleted
Pablo Schmid (2008-06-10 21:33:16)
Always the same guy
It's always the same guy, I don't even want to write his name, he would be happy. In each topic where he speaks there is a new victim, he is sure to be the most intelligent and take everything personnally, and insult anybody who don't think like him. I don't know why Ilmars's comment have been deleted, I didn't read them but the King of insults seems to have impunity. If you put his name on google you will see how much trouble he makes everywhere. That behavior should really not be accepted here. I never saw a chess player so rude in my life.
Normajean Yates (2008-07-13 23:05:28)
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Normajean Yates (2008-07-13 23:40:07)
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Ilmars Cirulis (2008-09-27 23:53:39)
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Normajean Yates (2008-09-28 00:13:30)
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Lars Klassen (2008-10-04 00:29:25)
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oh..sorry...i just want to make a new thread!
Iouri Basiliev (2008-10-06 17:48:16)
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Thibault de Vassal (2008-11-29 01:07:30)
Poker : bug fixed, a few games restarted
A few games restarted (or a few moves were deleted), Game 26234 and a few games played by Xavier Pichelin who highlighted a bug : It is no more possible to enter ie. "Fold" (only "fold" is correct), "call", "raise", or "check" when only "fold" is possible and so on...
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Normajean Yates (2008-12-16 15:51:18)
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Normajean Yates (2008-12-16 15:54:47)
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Thibault de Vassal (2009-02-05 16:53:23)
The "invisible" bug
Well, after 4 hours of work I found what was finally a human error, mine of course... One of the hardest situation I've had to understand :/
The story for coders, kind of butterfly effect : Weeks, maybe months ago, for some reason I suppose I've deleted an essential line in a file that created an invisible "bug" (no consequences) in all games but also a real bug for poker, but worst, for some reason I did not update the bugged file ! So the site worked well until yesterday when I finally updated the file for a minor change (nothing about the actual problem), so I had no clue about what happened...
Everything should be ok now, but some cards may have changed in a few games.
Bad day... Sorry about that.
Thibault de Vassal (2009-03-15 18:58:58)
wch cycles & rules
In addition and to make the rules clearer and less hard, we may envisage to launch a wch new cycle every 8 or 9 months - in practice 6 months seems to be really short. There are always a few games that can't be adjudicated before the very end.
About the idea to send an email to qualified players to warn them about the start date of the tournaments, I agree that it would be the best way but it may also delay tournaments (+ spamfolder & so on..). In the news, I wrote that the round-robin final would start as soon as game 22898 finished a while ago, then deleted it, which is not enough also. So if all tournaments surely start when a new cycle starts (clearly announced in the news page), it may solve the problem. What do you think ?
William Taylor (2009-04-15 23:17:37)
Paragraphs
Forgive the brief off-topic post... How do you write in paragraphs in this forum? My blank lines are always automatically deleted when I click post or preview...
Robert Gally (2009-06-17 18:17:09)
First!
Thibault, that would be great actually!
Don, All he has to do is check 'last logged in timestamp' if there is a 2nd e-mail after that time, don't send it! Doesn't matter if I read it, just that I have too many in my inbox without having come here to make a move!
Daniel, I have no idea how to configure a filter to accept 1 message of a certain subject, but not any others until the first is deleted... sounds way to complicated for gmail to attempt!
Rose Xu (2009-07-24 04:42:22)
[spam deleted]
Martin Challant (2009-09-19 14:58:26)
Deleting an account
Since I'm not playing chess nor have I ever played it here, I want my account to be deleted. Any suggestions on how to do that?
Thibault de Vassal (2009-09-28 17:29:38)
Account deleted
Done.
Wayne Lowrance (2009-12-29 18:40:55)
Rybka demise
William, wow, These are new engines for me, I will look for them.
On cloning, Stockfish is not the engine cloned as for as I know. There are two other engines for which I have downloaded because the moderators of the Rybka forum have deleted all reference to them, including engine name and download site. Vas has admitted that one in particuliar is a clone and the cloning programmer had discussions with Vas letting him know what he was doing, very interesting. Since both these engines are free downloadable making the source code available for all other programmers. It is common on the forum discussions about R3 source code being compromised. Thank you for sharing your Stockfish- Rybka testing results. What time control are your test run. Wayne
Wayne Lowrance (2010-01-07 00:40:28)
Fed Up
I am sick and tired of all this forbidden stuff. Hell everyone here knows who the clone is, if it is a clone. Chess for us is a hobby, for Vas it is his income, but he is gonna have to deal with it, as he is with the cloud idea. If he has a legal case with certain developments then he should put up or shut up. This not gonna be popular with all the rybka chess nurds on the Rybka forum, it is just the position I have slowly grown into. Vas has made promises which he cannot/will not honor. So I show him no Honor. I am making reference to all the deleted, hush hush bickering and restrictions of naming suspected Rybka clones.
Wayne
Sebastian Boehme (2010-08-31 16:23:08)
Latest deletions of chat
Hi everyone,
is it just a feeling or does it so happen that more and more chat is simply being deleted?
I thought the idea of deleting chat was to get rid of very abusing chat only.
It seems this option is being abused though and now even used on rather neutral or friendly chat. What can there be done?
Kamesh Nookala (2010-08-31 16:29:58)
Latest deletions of chat
I agree,
Thib perhaps might have programmed in such a way to delete chat which is something like spam, but unfortunately all crucial chats are being deleted.
I am being pissed off more because, i often get back to the chat which took place between me and Scottie on 23rd August.... I posted about my win vs. Mark (Rybkaforum), and that got deleted too..
It needs to be rectified instantly !!
Philip Roe (2010-09-01 04:27:05)
Latest deletions of chat
If I'm right, chat messages are deleted by clicking on the triangle to the left. I have no idea whether this is some kind of standard practice, but I must admit that once (long ago) I wondered "What happens if I click on this? Oh dear, I seem to have deleted it" I feel sure that others must have done the same.
So, Thibault, you have to work around the ignorance of people like me.
Thibault de Vassal (2010-09-01 14:01:03)
Latest deletions of chat
Hi Philip, it is true that the interface is not so easy at the beginning... the mouse over the pics tell what's the click's effect. I don't know how to improve it yet but suggestions are welcome :)
Don, it wouldn't be a problem to do that but as the chat bar is available on all public pages as well, I prefer that everyone be able to moderate it quickly if necessary... I'll update it so that the posts be deleted when at least 2 or 3 persons click the arrows, then we will see...
Thibault de Vassal (2010-09-23 12:34:49)
Best Games
Not so easy to find the right balance for this, depends on the number of votes per month, the number of voting players and so on... Now the total number of votes taken in account is 50, with 5 per player, the oldest votes are deleted when there are new ones.
What numbers do you suggest?
Simone Calvello (2010-10-16 14:58:16)
Serious new Virus
Thank you, Wayne!
By the way, I'd like to say that the sender of the message could also be one of your friends, or so on...
There are also some viruses that enter in the PC and send them to other computers, so every message with an attachment not requested should be deleted immediately!
Thibault de Vassal (2010-11-03 17:52:48)
Strong Tournament at Rybka Forum
Finally I added a "last post" link for Garvin & deleted the other thread that could bring some confusion in the discussion...
Thibault de Vassal (2011-04-27 12:43:14)
Active rating lists
@ Harshil : To delete your account, please use the form at the bottom of the page "My account", specifying that you want it to be deleted. It should be done within days.
Thibault de Vassal (2012-02-25 14:23:18)
Folding in Poker
Previous ratings shouldn't be "deleted" IMO. We try some things and we cannot delete everything that happened before each time. Anyway poker ratings will continue to move up & down as chance goes.
I still have no idea of what is more accurate, probably it doesn't mean much for poker... All I have is a feeling and I feel that the current rules may be better at 55/45 than the old ones, so I'll change it if the most want it.
Daniel Parmet (2012-04-21 16:48:24)
LSS is the worst Corr server
I previously erroneously had this as a sidebar chat.
I will post the story here.
I had 22 games running on LSS. All of a sudden a game disappeared. I checked and found the administrator had decided to resign for me in a game where I had a cleanly winning position and 43 days on my clock. I contacted the administrator politely to inquire why he had done this. He answered rudely explaining that he did not care about my problem. After his uncalled for rudeness, I explained to him I was no longer interested in playing further games on this "joke of a server" so please remove me from a tournament that was about to start. He responded with pure insults and a memberships suspension but *did not* remove me from that tournament. When the new tournament started, I explained to him again that he was supposed to have removed me. I was only interested in finishing my current games out of respect for my opponents. The administrator then went and forfeited all currently running 19 games and placed a ban on me playing there again until 2013. I told him that was disrespectful not just to me but to my opponents as well. He then deleted my account entirely (which doesn't bother me as I would have asked for this after my 19 games finished). There you have it... Ortwin Paetzold - the bat shit crazy administrator.
Daniel Parmet (2013-03-20 00:33:56)
Vacation: change for 3 days minimum?
Also, I have to comment on Garvin's idea. I love Garvin. He does wonderful volunteer work. He is a good player. And I've been on a team with him. But that idea is atrocious, why would you eliminate vacation entirely?! I request here and now for my account to be deleted the very second vacation is deleted.
George Jempty (2016-09-13 14:41:12)
Missing chat
I once accidentally deleted a comment the first time ever I clicked on the triangle -- I did not realize the purpose was to delete. Rather I thought it would "expand" a chat topic. This was probably close to a year ago. In the meantime yes I primarily delete my own comments. However recently Duenas decided to post comments about an ongoing game of his with Cirulis, which to me just seems inappropriate for chat as there is a message box for each move of a game, as well as private messages. Those comments bumped a bunch of other comments possibly relevant to the whole FICGS community off the front page, so I deleted them.
I'm sorry if you Mr. Brodie if you think this makes me a cretin, but I'm just trying to keep the chat relevant to *everybody* on FICGS, not just two players, and in any case I think you rather over-state your case: "illegal hacking", references to "justice", etc. -- it's just a chat board. In any case what you are suggesting is a "policy" issue, but I think there is a "technical" issue too. And that is, once you click on the triangle you get a popup box with one button (an "alert") instead of two buttons (a "confirm"). A confirm would allow you to undo the delete, for instance if you accidentally clicked the triangle. Thib if you are reading this I am a web developer with nearly 20 years experience and could quite easily implement this, as I know you have a lot of other priorities.
George Jempty (2016-09-13 14:48:57)
Missing chat
Maybe I am wrong that I am wrong? I clicked cancel but my own comment still got deleted
Thibault de Vassal (2016-09-17 01:05:21)
Missing chat
That's right, it has to be fixed... Anyway, the reason why comments can be deleted is just to avoid that insults (or so) can be visible during a long time. Maximum moderation is best for such an open chat. I'm quite sure about this after all these years...
George Jempty (2016-09-20 09:06:10)
Missing chat
Well that's as close to an admission you've made, laced with abuse as it is. I didn't abuse anyone except maybe to call you a troll though maybe I did abuse the system. I thought we'd come to some agreement when I came up with the idea of a system where it took two people to delete a chat message and you said "good idea", but then when a bunch of messages subsequently got deleted, you went on to falsely accuse me. Thib could put this all to rest by telling us who deleted the messages on that particular day, but it wasn't me. Could we just agree to a cease fire in the meantime?
George Jempty (2016-09-20 09:25:24)
Missing chat
Thib could you at least acknowledge that on 9/13 the day in question I was *NOT* the one who deleted probably a dozen or more chat messages
Thibault de Vassal (2016-09-20 23:05:50)
Missing chat
First of all, who deleted such or such chat message is of a tiny importance... The main interest of this chat is usually for instant conversation. However, I'll fix those chat issues soon, thanks for your patience.
Second, insults and provocations are not acceptable here. I suggest to read the FICGS terms and conditions quickly before I have to apply those rules. Thanks in advance.
Peter W. Anderson (2016-09-21 08:59:06)
Failed to receive email
It has been like this for quite a few days now.
I did report it in the chat window but (dare I say it?)someone deleted my post, presumably before you read it Thib. lol
Thibault de Vassal (2016-12-14 23:30:09)
Poker Poll
[provocating or insulting messages deleted]
Rules will apply from now, stricto sensu.
Thibault de Vassal (2018-03-21 20:37:41)
FICGS chess cup : proposal
[a few posts before & after were edited or deleted]
As I just said in the game thread, that's why I always prefered the knockout format :/ Such suspicions are a cancer in round-robin championships and a pity as this was a real tough & interesting tournament (initiated by Garvin, for the memories).
Of course, this comment is not a judgement in any matter. Systems are the problem, not the problems caused by the systems.
Anyway, let's wait the end of the tournament, then I'll tell and explain my decision, that will eventually open a new debate to change the rules if necessary (I would be surprised though).
Thibault de Vassal (2018-04-01 15:29:30)
Options in game return
Absolutely... my mistake. It was scheduled to appear on April 1st, of course :) I thought I deleted this already. It's done now.
Thibault de Vassal (2021-06-15 15:36:44)
What is the longest game of Big Chess?
The checkmated player should resign to end the game (and to see it deleted from his list, that is more convenient anyway)
All FIDE chess rules apply at FICGS when there is no FICGS rule. Many rules here are different from FIDE (starting from 50 moves rule)... that is even more true about Big Chess.
Ilmars Cirulis (2025-03-22 17:25:48)
Fried Liver analysis on rybkaforum.net?
My bad, maybe I have deleted the study... I will take a look
Garvin Gray (2026-01-28 01:42:00)
WCH_STAGE_2_GROUP_01__000029
Why is this only single round robin?
We have discussed this previously. Five players. Double round robin.
I am asking for this tournament to be deleted and re-loaded as a double round robin.
Garvin Gray (2026-01-28 01:44:51)
WCH_STAGE_2_GROUP_01__000029
It is even in the rules: there will be double round-robin tournaments for 5 players groups only.
Therefore, these 5 player groups need to be deleted and re-loaded and double round robin groups
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