http://www.ficgs.com/forum.html Last messages in FICGS forum http://www.ficgs.com/Berlin-Defense-q13131.html Did we had Berlin Defence or the Berlin Wall as a thematic tournament? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Call-referee-about-game-q13967.html if i lose on time until an answer, have i lost? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Next-thematic-tournament-q13465.html Yes, 1.b4 c6 is an option (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Call-referee-about-game-q13967.html how long must i wait? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/PGN-q13959.html yes,and If I do, i have it. but how to put it in a program like chess lab for example (...) http://www.ficgs.com/PGN-q13959.html In example this one: https://ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=149787 Do you see the (download) link at the bottom of the page? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/PGN-q13959.html Not one particular, new on this site and just wondering. Thank you for answering (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Cheating-Forfeiting-q164.html Indeed. I observe it for years, but obviously rating is not the motivation so... (...) http://www.ficgs.com/PGN-q13959.html For what game number in example? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Cheating-Forfeiting-q164.html Pretty SUSPECT that 4 players, atleast 1 not part of the family, take vacation AT 4 AM (in the MORNING!)... minutes or seconds from one-an-other! (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Cheating-Forfeiting-q164.html Matej Pech ... is in vacation until 2026 April 17 4:19:39 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/PGN-q13959.html I can not make a PGN of a game here, somebody can help me? thank you (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Cheating-Forfeiting-q164.html you should add to analysis: Jiri Mach ... is in vacation until 2026 April 17 4:18:57 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Cheating-Forfeiting-q164.html "Pech/Pechova, I'm looking at you" this might actually be true: Stepan Pech ... is in vacation until 2026 April 17 4:20:21 Hana (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html Done... Let's try new ranges, somewhat more coherent with current ratings. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html PLEASE. CHANGE. THE. RATING. BANDS. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Next-thematic-tournament-q13465.html Next thematic suggestion, esp. as there are not yet any entries for 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2, is .... 1.b4 c6 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html Hello, I'd not responded earlier because I'd taken 45 days leave to begin the year, largely because of frustration around these very sorts of things. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html In terms of Tournament Rating range: what can be done... like in IECG/LSS create 2 tiers of tournaments... the current one where we have 2200-2600 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Posttickets-FICGS-q13944.html Thanks for this post. Here are my ideas. The problem for the 2400+ rated players is:- most have left or stopped playing (not sure why) - so those who (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Posttickets-FICGS-q13944.html The long answer: FICGS story is a quite simple & classic one, the reasons why it's declining are quite obvious, and unfortunately the solutions (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Next-thematic-tournament-q13465.html It does look like black is skating on thin ice in this line. These are exactly the kind of lines that might still be interesting to play in the Stockfish (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Next-thematic-tournament-q13465.html I amused myself by looking at the most frequently played lines at the top level, stopping at the first six moves. Then I used Stockfish to evaluate the (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Posttickets-FICGS-q13944.html Now 3 players in the rapid M, 2 in the rapid A... but the main point remains, it takes too long to fill waiting lists. The short answer to "What (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html There are two types of tickets. The first kind is when you win a lower class/rapid event and that qualifies you to enter the next higher rated event, (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html It became just a number after tickets were introduced. I could easily have been 2400 if tickets were promoted from the beginning and I bought them whenever (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Posttickets-FICGS-q13944.html Nobody has joined the FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_M__000182 waiting list or the FICGS__CHESS__RAPID_A__000321 waiting list. Everything feels emptier and the guy (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html So much discussion in the chat bar, but as soon as I take it to the forum, all I get is crickets. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Is-rating-just-a-number-on-this-site-q13942.html I am taking this comment from the chat to this forum for further discussion. In my opinion, this statement is false. On this site, your rating is not (...) http://www.ficgs.com/following-the-knock-out-stage-of-wch-28-q13923.html And then may the next cyrcle start too (...) http://www.ficgs.com/following-the-knock-out-stage-of-wch-28-q13923.html Yes, the candidates final #28 will start as soon as this one finishes. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Poker-ELO-q13893.html Hello Yeturu & very sorry, for some reason I completely overlooked that post. Of course I agree that ELO is not ideal for poker, I quickly changed (...) http://www.ficgs.com/WCH-STAGE-2-GROUP-01-000029-q13930.html Rounds number now fixed as well... (...) http://www.ficgs.com/WCH-STAGE-2-GROUP-01-000029-q13930.html Because I'm distracted :) Sorry about that, I've added the missing games... (some had started already) By the way, I made a mistake that affected (...) http://www.ficgs.com/WCH-STAGE-2-GROUP-01-000029-q13930.html What is happening with these groups? (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html ... but well, I'm not completely opposed to such a change for a try, even if I think that problems come from elsewhere. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html Changing rating bands is not a big effort (at all), but it would ruin coherence of each category... and we should change it again if the number of players (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html Time to wind the clock back quite a few years. What I suggested as a solution to this issue was that the rating bands for the class tourneys and the rapid (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Too-many-groups-for-tourneys-q13903.html I'm not going to use this platform anymore until this is rectified. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/WCH-STAGE-2-GROUP-01-000029-q13930.html 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 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/WCH-STAGE-2-GROUP-01-000029-q13930.html 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 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/start-third-stage-chess-WCH-28-q13816.html Candidates final 28 can start too (...) http://www.ficgs.com/start-third-stage-chess-WCH-28-q13816.html semis 30 can start too (...) http://www.ficgs.com/start-third-stage-chess-WCH-28-q13816.html semis 29 can start too (...) http://www.ficgs.com/following-the-knock-out-stage-of-wch-28-q13923.html Hmm this would be the right number. But I believe there is still a knock out phase coming, following this final group phase: https://ficgs.com/tournament_FICGS__CHESS__WCH_ROUND_ROBIN_FINAL__000028.html (...) http://www.ficgs.com/start-third-stage-chess-WCH-28-q13816.html Candidates final 27 started, at last. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/following-the-knock-out-stage-of-wch-28-q13923.html You mean this one? FICGS__CHESS__WCH_KNOCKOUT_FINAL__000028 Just click Tournaments, then: FICGS__CHESS__WCH_KNOCKOUT_FINAL (...) http://www.ficgs.com/following-the-knock-out-stage-of-wch-28-q13923.html Where can you follow the knock out stage of wch 28? I can't find it. (...) http://www.ficgs.com/start-third-stage-chess-WCH-28-q13816.html Start final 27 😁 (...) http://www.ficgs.com/Ghost-player-q13918.html Most probably he connected on Jan 18 and never disconnected since that time. (...)