http://www.ficgs.com/forum.html Last messages in FICGS forum http://www.ficgs.com/Blitz-time-controls-q8287.html Hello all, I was wondering what others thought about this. I have just finished a match with Scott Nichols at blitz time controls ie 40 moves in 2 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/-q8286.html (...) http://www.ficgs.com/1st-team-tournament-games-amp-results-q7249.html Hi Iouri... Well, my old computer can't even see it (just realized that modern computers are about 40x faster :/) , but I just checked the shredder ba (...) http://www.ficgs.com/1st-team-tournament-games-amp-results-q7249.html Thibault, you can resign in the game 32204 :) This is 6p Nalimov's TB. Yellow-Blue Warriors geting 1 extra match point! Could someone udate the tourn (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Rating-calculation-q8188.html Thanks for the helpful comments. I feel much better now that I understand how ratings are derived. I made the assumption that since my rating changed (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Interview-with-E-Kotlyanskiy-q8282.html Congrats again to Edward Kotlyanskiy, new FICGS chess champion after beating Xavier Pichelin (2577) in the 12 games final match of the 3rd cycle. E (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Anatoly-Karpov-next-FIDE-president-q8279.html I'm hopeful. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Poker-Min-Bid-q8254.html If its not much trouble, then I definitely think it should be changed. It would speed the games up a little too. If its trouble, I say forget it. I (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Anatoly-Karpov-next-FIDE-president-q8279.html The former chess world champion Anatoly Karpov announced his candidature to become the next FIDE president, surely it would be a first step to change (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Conditional-moves-q8204.html Yes Thibault. In these pages chess notation first and then the diagram seems to be more logical (for me) (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Rating-calculation-q8188.html You have to make the difference between ratings updated in real time (like advanced chess ratings) & the FICGS correspondence chess rating calcula (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Conditional-moves-q8204.html Hi Hannes, you mean in such a page? http://www.ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=tournament&tournament=FICGS__CHESS__WORLD_CHAMPIONSHIP__000003& (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Tournament-Leaders-q8251.html The reason is that I generally update this table every 15 days. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Help-Tablebases-Rybka-3-q8234.html It will never be exactly the same to play with the help of this interface... At least it is quite feasible to install 5 + some 6 pieces tablebases. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Poker-Min-Bid-q8254.html Well, it seems that I often like to change well established rules, sorry :) .. I'm not sure if this change is necessary or not, I understand that &quo (...) http://www.ficgs.com/English-translation-q8270.html Hi Lazaro. Indeed I may have made such mistakes :) I just corrected it in the rules, but do not hesitate to mention other pages where I wrote it. T (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Rating-calculation-q8188.html Hello, Though i agree that my Rating is calculated on the basis of my opponent's TER in the previous tour plus my present rating, i want to bring o (...) http://www.ficgs.com/English-translation-q8270.html Not to nitpick, but I have seen a lot of references to "inferior" or "superior" when specify ratings or rate of play. In English & (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Poker-Min-Bid-q8254.html Yes, we agree there; the situation I was describing is the only in which only a single chip would be transferred to the pot. Minimum bet is always a (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Poker-Min-Bid-q8254.html Completing the blind is not what i'm talking about. I'm talking about bidding one at the flop. This is not legal at tournaments. Completing the flop i (...)