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Hannes Rada (2006-04-08 13:20:52)
Thank you !
Thank you Thibault for this great job of creating a chessfriend clone. Chessfriend had definitely the best and most convenient user-interface for server play. I Hope many chessfriend-players will migrate to this server. Once again thank you for your work and support of the correspondence chess community ! Furthermore -There is an overlap in the class tournaments concerning the minimun elo requirement. Can you clarify this ? - No holiday entitlement is mentioned in the terms and conditions hannes
Hannes Rada (2006-04-08 13:58:53)
Elo Overlap
Thibaut, I think this "feature" is okay. I just was a little bit confused about it and could not decide which tournament to choose.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-08 19:06:49)
Vacations
The most important issue to be implemented is imho the vacation. I think otherwise many potential players (me included) will be prevented from joining a tournament. How many days a year would you allow ?
Hannes Rada (2006-04-08 19:12:59)
Titles
I thing titles provide an incentive for players and their wording is not really important. To avoid potential conflicts with other bureaucratic organisations you should maybe rename them to FEM, FIM, FSIM, FGM ...
Hannes Rada (2006-04-08 19:32:44)
vacations
40 days is fine for me. I've 31 days leave in a year and I ususaly use them all for travelling and visiting foreign countries. I had no experience with rapid tournaments on the cfc - server. However they also allowed 40 days in a year. Maybe otherwise many player would not participate. I for one had to go several times on business trips for a few days and in this case it would risk losing games in a rapid tournament if there is no possibility for taking leave.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-09 00:43:50)
Travel destinations
>In this modern world, not even > travelling abroad will stop you from > being able to play: you will > probably find an internet cafe near > Or you may have internet access in > your hotel room, or if you visit > business colleagues, they will > probably give you access to a PC. > Too bad if you're TOO dependent on > Fritz, of course, but.... Normally I spend my holiday far away from the so called civiliations. Destinations like Papua New Guinea, Micronesia or Ethiopia are my favorite places. So there is no chance for communications and also no interest for playing chess. In 2 weeks I am heading to Vanuatu .....
Hannes Rada (2006-04-09 23:21:02)
games overview
> and just go away - to Vanuatu >(wherever that mey be) Between the Australian East Coast and the Fiji Islands :-) And I agree with Per's proposal to have only a short line with the most important game data, instead of the whole pgn-data (under my games and under tournaments)
Hannes Rada (2006-04-09 23:27:03)
Success
This server is now 4 days old and there are already 115 members :-) Many of them well known players from chessfriend. So this is really satisfying :-)
Hannes Rada (2006-04-10 21:57:30)
Job specification
Generally speaking I am interested. But what about a job specification :-) To be honest, I've no idea about go ..:-) But I've experience in administrating a phpbb - Forum. Hannes
Hannes Rada (2006-04-11 10:25:04)
Software ?
Unfortunately there is no download possibility. Which software are you using ? In case of Chessbase the following trick should work: Mark all moves of the game - rightclick and "say" "copy". In ChessBase "say" "paste" and the game should appear at your virtual board. hannes
Hannes Rada (2006-04-11 21:03:24)
Titles
FEM, FIM, FSM, FGM. That's in my opinion a good compromise. Don't worry about the attacks of the guys in the Correspondence Chess Message Board. Just follow your dreams ....
Hannes Rada (2006-04-12 19:15:19)
Titles
>> One solution could be to display titles from organizations in separated columns named FICGS, ICCF, FIDE, IECG etc... (as Chessfriend do) It's quite heavy for the rating list page :/ So the idea was to display the player's highest title only, and player is free to mention his titles in his own informations page.
I think that's the best idea. Maybe you can use smaller fonts, so that all information can be displayed on that page.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-12 19:16:51)
Titles
Sorry I opened erroneously a new thread ...
Hannes Rada (2006-04-12 21:35:40)
Opening statistics
Incredible - The whole world plays Sicilian ... :-)
Hannes Rada (2006-04-13 11:24:49)
FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_C__000001
Wir benoetigen noch einen Teilnehmer. We need one more participant.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-14 19:34:41)
Vacation
I agree with Hakon's proposal. In my opinion the possibiliy to take leave is absolutely essential. Happy Easter !
Hannes Rada (2006-04-16 09:52:16)
time and vacation
>There's objectively no difference >between "vacation" & time for move... >Rules on other servers There is a difference. If the player does not have the time on the clock, because he is involved in many tournaments .... I think we should start a poll about this issue.
Hannes Rada (2006-04-19 22:58:34)
starting date and ending date
Thank you Thibault, But how can I define the starting date and ending date of my vacation ? I can only specificy the number of days.
Hannes Rada (2006-09-13 19:27:19)
Boring openings
> Does any boring opening exists?! I > know no one. (: The Queens Gambit definitely ...
Hannes Rada (2006-09-14 21:43:28)
100 games
Is that true ? I think, you're a chess slave ...:-)
Hannes Rada (2006-10-14 00:03:36)
Tactics ?
Hi Wolfgang, I am playing against this guy in FICGS__CHESS__CLASS_M__000002 But I do not have a problem with this tactic, if it can be called a tactic. Maybe it should be simply called Zeitnot .... Why do you bother about that ? It's wíthin the rules.
Dinesh De Silva (2006-10-14 06:45:39)
Re:
Hi, Utesch, Rada & Thibault, I guess this thread is about me?! Let me clarify...... I am in over 80 games at this time in FICGS, ICCF, LIAPE, and IECG. Quite a few of the games are world championship final matches, world candidate matches & world champioship matches. So I have to naturally concentrate on those critical middle games & end games matches mainly. I'm only human. I have a severe case of catarrh due to break of rest. So in ccertain games I get into time trouble, but as you can see I try to be very creative/original in my games & try to find new variations even in openings.
Hannes Rada (2006-10-30 17:56:37)
(repetition)
Hannes Rada (2006-10-30 17:56:49)
Member No. 1000 !!
Thibault, Congratulation to the 1000th FICGS - member !! . As far as I know chessfriend had 1900 members after 3 years. . I am quite sure that FICGS is the fastest growing chess organization on the web.
Hannes Rada (2006-11-02 20:05:50)
Only 965 ?!
FICS is shrinking significantly :-) Few days ago we broke through the 1000 member barrier. And now it seems that we have lost about 40 members :-) What happend ?
Hannes Rada (2007-03-10 00:20:44)
How to get an equalized game vs. Rybka
Rybka handicapped by a pawn does not seem to be a sufficient compensation. Let's furnish the human GM with an extra knight :-)
Garvin Gray (2007-06-04 11:41:42)
Wch 3 in rating order
KAZ Balabaev, Farit 2580
FRA de Vassal, Thibault 2512
USA Ingersol, Harry 2502
NZL Noble, Mark 2497
DEU Schuster, Peter 2480
POL Ostrowski, Leszek 2458
ARG Brunsteins, Daniel 2452
CAN Zubac, Marius 2415
ROU Mathe, Iosif 2414
UKR Khokhlov, Igor 2370
MLT Sammut, Ronald 2362
ROU Helmer, Janos 2343
PRT Pires, Miguel 2270
LKA De Silva, Dinesh 2235
POL Sanner, Zdzislaw 2219
RUS Dyakov, Alexander 2217
DEU Schiller, Wilfried 2217
DEU Koslowski, Volker 2204
DZA Ould Ahmed, Samy 2195
FRA Appendino, Jérome 2192
GBR Taylor, William 2182
GRC Bleker, Frits 2171
DNK Jorgensen, Poulerik 2168
DEU Kesselheim, Peter 2149
CAN Repa, Jason 2144
PRT Louro, Eugénio 2123
USA Kotlyansky, Edward 2114
DEU Markus, Roland 2103
FRA Czekaj, Christophe 2098
AUT Dudulec, Konstantin 2084
CAN Plante, Marc-Eric 2079
LVA Borisovs, Leonids 2078
AUT Mueller, Robert 2069
DEU Unger, Peter 2065
AUT Riha, Josef 2019
POL Skwarczylo, Marek 2018
MUS Stephenson, Andrew 2000
CZE Stanislav, Musil 1990
SCG Vidanovic, Djordje 1966
USA Burden, Don 1959
DEU Haluschka, Rainer 1950
CAN Rotaru, Dan 1937
GBR Wyborn, Graham 1890
GBR Burrows, Nick 1884
POL Broniek, Mariusz Maciej 1879
BIH Dautovic, Dzenan 1875
AUS Gray, Garvin 1863
USA Minkin, Alexander 1850
GBR Josse, Mark 1806
ARM Khachaturov, Vadim 1803
USA Kotlyanskiy, Ilya 1800
DEU Krueger, Karsten 1800
PRT Vasquez, Fernando 1775
DZA Toutaoui, Khaled 1763
DEU Wosch, Arkadiusz 1746
TUR Yuvarlak, Ugur 1732
ROU Hrubaru, Mircea 1726
ARG Carrizo, José 1724
USA Phillip, Lennox 1700
ROU Kondort, Mihai 1700
ROU Ioan, Bucsa 1700
BRA Miranda, Marcus 1691
VEN Flores, Luis 1680
RUS Ruzin, Mikhail 1639
DEU Faust, Dieter 1627
MYS Behrmann, Klaus 1617
FRA Bellanger, Michel 1606
POL Bester, Kazimierz 1600
DEU Nent, Alexander 1593
PRT Oliveira, Carlos 1586
HUN Nagy, Attila 1549
ROU Ionescu, Catalin 1535
HUN Kis-Kos, Laszlo 1512
ITA Lupinacci, Nicola 1492
BEL De Groof, Pieter 1465
DEU Odendahl, Marcel 1462
USA Hendricks, Richard 1459
BRA Queiroz, Florencio 1444
CZE Pech, Jaroslav 1433
USA Goodwin, Adam 1415
HUN Csoma, Robert 1400
USA Gillz, Nicolas 1400
BGR Toktas, Ibrahim Ugras 1400
IND Veeraiah, Karuppaiah 1400
MEX Ortiz Durán, Esteban 1400
TUR Ilhan, Alper 1400
CHE Margot, Alain 1400
TUR Erdonho, Erdinç 1400
USA Lipsits, Sasha 1400
BRA B. Lima, Edmilson 1400
DEU von Buttlar, Paul 1386
HUN Fenyves, Adam 1330
BGR Stoianov, Stoian 1316
GRC Serd, Than 1300
TUR Ak, Murat 1300
GBR Willoughby, Peter 1294
ARG Orden, Jorge 1264
GBR Neil, Charlie 1212
NLD Oldenhof, Dwight 1203
USA Greer, Stephen 1200
BRA Barradas, Anderson 1194
IND Malvankar, Vikrant 1188
BEL Tuteleers, Bruno 1145
DEU Bothe, Matthias 1143
BGR Stoyanov, Zdravko 1136
Hannes Rada (2007-06-14 18:59:47)
Figlio - Schuster
It's confusing, because at Semifinal 1 we can see: 'Leader: Farit Balabaev' ??
Hannes Rada (2007-06-14 21:12:49)
Figlio - Schuster
<< but according to the WCH rule, Peter qualifies for the next round >> because of his lower rating ?
Hannes Rada (2007-06-14 23:18:43)
Figlio - Schuster
Oh, Thank you Wolfgang. Very complicated ... :-) Or let's say unusual.. . I would prefer a 3 stage round robin tournament based on the famous swiss-system. For me that seems to be a more fair competition.
Hannes Rada (2007-06-15 20:19:19)
Figlio - Schuster
4:4 is imho a draw notwithstanding a rating difference. And both player oder no player should have the right to get to the next stage.
Hannes Rada (2007-06-15 22:49:07)
Dead Man's Defense
Nowadays DMD is a very common phenomenon ....
Hannes Rada (2007-06-16 07:01:30)
WCH rules
Thibault, of course you are right, because both player accepted the "terms and conditions" of the championship and they have no reason to complain. I just wanted to point out that maybe some players would not participate under such circumstances or rules.
Hannes Rada (2007-06-18 22:32:37)
Big chess software
Is there any software that can manage big chess games ? (store, load, database )
Wolfgang Utesch (2007-06-25 17:48:40)
FICGS vs. IGAME.RU
Let me explain – I don’t want to have any exception rules for me! It’s a principle thing: about 35 years ago I played some few correspondence chess tournaments by postcard (naturally with my real name). After a long period of abstinence (since 1999) I played correspondence chess by Email (IECG/Playchess-Server and ICCF/ICCF-Webserver) – new transport medium but with old real name. So everybody can see my chess history: I’m standing (with my real name) to all my many bad or neutral games as same as to my some very good chess performances. I’ve always used tools (first just books and later also engines), but I’ve always played my games alone (without help by any other person). I think there are many other players with FICGS (i.e. Peter Schuster, Hannes Rada, Harry Ingersol or others more) who have done it similar like me. In contrast, if DONALD DUCK wins and has played a very good game, he likes it to say his real name, if he loses or has played poorly, he is just staying DONALD DUCK. He wouldn’t have to fear to disgrace himself, but there is a real chance for him to gleam! Sorry, but this is not my idea from a friendly match between two serious teams.
Hannes Rada (2007-07-14 17:17:17)
Austrians :-)
Yes and there are 2 Austrian guys in the semifinals :-) Furthermore I know all players, have played against them, except my fellow countryman W. Riemer, who I am afraid did not realize that he is qualified for the semifinal ... :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-06 21:19:59)
Who is cc champion in your country ?
This should be the right topic, because we are playing correspondence chess :-) Austria: Rüdiger Löschnauer won the 27th and the 28th correspondence chess championship of Austria. This is a novelty for our country because no reigning champion could defend his crown so far !
Hannes Rada (2007-09-06 21:28:07)
FICGS Hardware + Software
In my opininon it would be interesting to know on which hardware + software (Opening system, database) our server is running ? So Thibault, hope that's not a big secret :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-07 20:44:07)
Championnat de France
Huh, Maybe there are no national cc-championships in France, :-) No, I am just kidding. That's what I found: Championnat de France 2005/2006 Winner: Thirion, Patrick (2425) No Thibault found in this tournament ;-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-09 19:03:05)
My wish list
- Conditional moves - drag and drop for the imput of the moves - I would like to see the graphical board diagrams after the chess notation not before
Hannes Rada (2007-09-09 19:15:30)
chess diagrams
What I always wanted to know: Is there a public library for creating these board diagrams and for entering the moves ?
Hannes Rada (2007-09-09 21:26:43)
board diagrams + conditionals
Not for the imput of my own moves. For scrolling down through whole tournaments it is in my opinion more logic to see first the notation and then the current position on the diagram. I think it is quite hard or difficult to implement conditional moves. The ICCF-Webserver has this feature, but it is disabled. We had a perfect solution on the chessfriend server (silent conditional moves - great for saving reflection time and to speed up to game). Somte openings like the Grunfeld or the Sveshnikov are 'pefect' for conditionals :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-09 21:30:30)
own development
Does that meant that the board and the interface for the input of the moves are your own development
Hannes Rada (2007-09-09 23:00:48)
unfair ?
Why should conditionals be unfair ? I've no idea why the ICCF guys disabled it. But I know that ICCF is a very bureaucratic organisation and even the smallest change on their server takes a very long time and will be discussed to death ....
Hannes Rada (2007-09-15 20:01:39)
Surprise, Surprise
Thibault or David :-) As far as I remember: several years ago I received a challenge for a 2 game match at the chessfriend server from a movie director where he mentioned some of these video-links. (I had to decline the match offer, because I had too much games at the same time) I really liked the dull ambience of the clips. I am also a big fan of Stanley Kubrick and I consider his Clockwork Orange a masterpiece. The trailer of the PSI - Movie looks really good and interesting. What kind of movies are these ? Public Domain movies :-) Or commercial movies produced to earn big money :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-18 12:29:07)
Round robin Tournaments
FICS champion should be crowned by a round robin tournament. This seems to be more fair than these KO matches. Just my humble opinion.
Hannes Rada (2007-09-18 22:15:53)
Good improvements
Thanks alot - I like these improvements. However, as I can see this is no real drag and drop. When I click on the piece it disappears until it reaches it destination square. Is this behaviour correct ? Maybe because I've no Javascript enabled ?? Where can I check this ? Quite cool - indication of the remaining time in hour, minutes and seconds :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-09-20 22:37:49)
Chessfriend and money
I received 2 times money for winning and for 2nd place in a chess friend round robin tournament. But this was only small money about EUR 100,00 :-) And there was no tiebreak at these tournaments. In this case the players hat to share the prize money.
Hannes Rada (2007-10-01 12:04:08)
Castling
Hi Peter, You can castle with the new interface. After pushing the send button the king and the rook are on the correct position :-) (even if it does not look so ...)
Hannes Rada (2007-10-01 19:10:42)
Kasparov for president ?
I would rather prefer to see Garry in a different race. Those for the correspondence chess championship (ICCF or FICGS :-) instead of becoming a stupid politician. :-(
Hannes Rada (2007-10-01 19:21:49)
Chess Books
What is your favourite chess book ? I bought 6 volumes of G. Kasparov's 'My great predecessors' and I really like them. Quite interesting to see how the style of the champions changed during many years.
Hannes Rada (2007-10-01 20:21:51)
Kasparov CC
If I remember correctly Garry once stated that he could win such a title easily, because he is superior in analyzing chess positions. Could be true, or not ? van Oosterom - Kasparov at CC conditions, what is your prediction ? Maybe Garry has an advantage because he can analyze deeper within a specific time unit due to his superior chess knowledge and experience.
Hannes Rada (2007-10-01 20:43:54)
Endgames
Mark Dvoreckij's Endgame University
Hannes Rada (2007-10-02 16:06:09)
CC Kasparov and other OTB GM's
Viktor, What kind of Russian tournaments did he play ? I played at chessfriend against OTB Elo > 2600 GM Daniel Fridman from Latvia. At CC he was only around Elo 2300. But I could not communicate with him to ask about his motivation for cc
Hannes Rada (2007-10-02 21:16:11)
GMs + engine vs amateur + engine
However it would be interesting to know if Kasparov or any other strong OTB GM + strong engine would play significant better chess than an amateur + strong engine at cc time control.
Hannes Rada (2007-10-03 19:49:56)
Kasparov vs the World
Thank you for the interesting link. It is quite an interesting game and when playing without further and depper analysing it looks like the World did a very good job, which should at least be sufficient for a draw.
Hannes Rada (2007-10-05 21:07:46)
Slaves of Caissa
We are chess slaves - That's for sure :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-11-26 19:23:10)
2nd Chess Final H. Ingersol - W. Utesch
Both player won clearly their semifinals. Any predictions for the 2nd final ?
Hannes Rada (2007-12-05 18:48:49)
2nd Knockout final
Yes and congratulation to Wolfgang and Harry being qualified for the 2nd knockout final :-)
Hannes Rada (2007-12-18 21:57:02)
conditional moves and ICCF bureaucracy
> ICCF decided to turn it off for all > ICCF tournaments. I don't recall the > exact reason for doing this, but it > has something to do with concerns > about time abuse. How can conditional moves be considered as "time abuse" ?? What is the rationale behind this ? Chessfriend.com had a perfect implementation of (secret) conditional moves. But ICCF is a slow, conservative and bureaucratic organization. Why not making a poll to find out if the players want this feature ....
Hannes Rada (2007-12-20 23:27:22)
Unfair ?
Thibault, Why do you think conditionals are unfair ? There are some openings which are perferct for conditional moves. For example Grunfeld. On chessfriend I offered my opponent the first 10 or 12 moves as conditionals. And the game really started on the first day with an interesting middle game position (avoiding to enter the boring and well known opening moves step by step).
Hannes Rada (2008-01-05 10:38:21)
Titels
Fics International Master Fics Email Master Very funny, isn't it... :-)
Hannes Rada (2008-01-05 19:06:19)
FICGS i .o. FICS :-)
Yes of ocurse. The 'G' on my keyboard is hanging .... :-)
Hannes Rada (2008-01-07 20:04:20)
Stop the clock
I agree. It does not make sense to get a win without playing. Because we are here to play chess .... :-) However I saw that the game with H. Ingersol is already over ... So I would stop the clock, if every participant in this group agrees. But we need a more simple solution concerning the reflection time. I would propose: After 10 days without playing a single move: 1st warning, after 20 days: 2nd warning, afer 30 days: the game is automatically lost for that player. Warnings should be sent to both involved players be email. During 30 or 40 days holiday during a year the refelection time will be stopped. That's how it worked at chessfriend.com and this is in my opinion the best and simplest solution.
Hannes Rada (2008-01-08 18:33:08)
Income of top Chess players.
That seems to be peanuts compared with the top Chess players. Any ideas about the income of Kramnik & Co ? > it's really not much money at all to be the very best in the world at your profession! > What's the income of the best cc-player ? van Oosterom's income will be zero ...
Thibault de Vassal (2008-01-09 05:42:09)
4th FICGS chess championship
The 4th FICGS chess championship just started, it is now much easier to find tournaments (quarter finals, stage 2...) in the Tournaments page.
Quarter finals this time are :
1 - Harry Ingersol vs. Mark Noble
2 - Hannes Rada vs. Farit Balabaev
3 - Eros Riccio vs. Marius Zubac
4 - Peter Schuster vs. Thibault de Vassal
As a reminder, in case of equality the highest TER in each match qualifies if all games are drawn, the lowest TER qualifies if not all games are drawn.
The next stages of the previous championships will start as soon as possible...
Have good games !
Hannes Rada (2008-01-18 14:22:53)
Bobby Fischer is dead !
Bobby Fischer Dies at 64 !
Hannes Rada (2008-01-18 15:34:51)
(repetition)
Hannes Rada (2008-01-28 18:58:35)
Chess, Chinese Chess, Go
Thibault, have you ever tried Chinese Chess ? I've a book about the rules with some games, but I do not have a board. Maybe there is somewhere a Chinese Chess pgrogramm for free download. What do you like more Chess or Go ? Some years ago I tried to study Go, visited a Go Club. I tried to play a few games but did not realy realize what's going on. I was even not in the position to find out if my position is better or worse :-). Shogi - Japanese Chess, and Korean Chess, many chess variants and board games ....
Hannes Rada (2008-01-29 18:30:38)
It's not there
Why dont' we find it under Candidates final ? http://www.ficgs.com/category__ficgs__chess__candidates.html "There's no tournament to display" ?
Hannes Rada (2008-05-05 19:26:29)
Luck ?!
> A lttle bit knowledge and a lot of > work and luck, that is the mixture > you need for a win in high level > correspondence chess game. So you think that luck is an integral part of the game ?! Such a statment and my chess world view collapses :-) But sometimes I've the same strange feeling: chess is a game of luck !? :-)
Hannes Rada (2008-05-13 22:16:55)
Boring
Why don't you guys not use the private message feature .... instead of spamming this thread ? Is anybody else interested in this trash ?
Hannes Rada (2008-05-13 23:53:25)
childish and offtopic
After posting No. 4 this thread becomes a childish and offtopic guerilla battle .... < It doesn't seem fair that a 2100 < player should be playing in a < tournament intended for 2200-2600 < players Are you afraid of losing so important FICGS - Elos when you have to play against lower rated opponents ?? If you want to play correspondence chess at top level than you have to sign up at ICCF.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-14 20:10:41)
Jason's query
Jason, I gave up OTB chess some 20 years ago. So I have no OTB rating (anymore) Playing in my chessclub was not and ist not compatible with my working hours. CC is perfect for me. Analyzing and making move later in the evening when I am returning from work, or whenever I can find time. It's wise to play the strongest possible opponents. But cc rating does not implicitly say anything about chess strength. Too many variables may influence the players chess abilities. (Too many games at the same time, lack of motivation, ....) On the other side an ambitious 1800 Elo newcomer can sometimes more dangerous than an "old" CC-GM. FICGS is quite a nice community. Here you have the chance to raise your rating and play against the higher rated players pretty soon compared with ICCF. But your "strong opponent experience" will end here around 2500 - 2550. Raising your rating in ICCF takes much more time (because tournaments are slower) but when you've established yourselve at a certain level than you have the chance to play the > 2700 guys like van Osteroom & Co :-) But at this level correspondence chess is no fun anymore. I've talked to GM Peter Hertel from Germany several years ago and he told me that he had to analyze and work on his cc - chess positions around 10 hours per day to compete at this level .... if you are retired or jobless and a billionaire (van Osteroom) than you have the best chances of winning an ICCF championship final .... :-) Do you think the playing cc helps to improve your otb abilities ? I've talked to several players regarding this issue and I received different answers. From: Yes I benefit from my cc-opening experience To: No, these are absolutely different stories. OTB requires the abilites to calculate deeplines correctly and to maintain concentration for a couple of hours. All things which are absolutely not necessary for cc. My experience for the short time frame when I played both otb + cc is that for the purpose of improving the otb abilities it would have been better to study chess books and solving tactical exercises than playing cc.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-14 22:04:53)
Opening Favorites and taboos in cc chess
It's quite interesting to look at the top level cc - player's opening favorites. Against 1.e4: Almost everybody is playing Sicilian, Sveshnikov and Najdorf No more Dragon oder other Sicilian lines seems to be playable at top level. 1.... e6 (French) and 1....c6 Caro Kann are rarely played. A little bit more frequently is 1....e5. But I think that also the old Ruy Lopez is not really popular among the cc cracks. Against 1.d4: Here seems to be more diversity: But I think The Slav is definitely the most popular Black's defense, followed by Nimzo Indian, Kings Indian and Queens Gambit. Benoni and Wolga Gambit seems to be dead here. What do you think, is there no more space for French, Caro Kann and Aljechin Defense in todays cc practice ? Is Dutch and Modern Benoni no longer playable ? In the sixties Hans Berliner won the ICCF championship with Aljechin Defense
Hannes Rada (2008-05-15 23:06:25)
Openings
Hi Andrew, " It certainly seems a lot easier to get a draw against e4 at cc." I've the same feeling. But the top player vanOsteroom prefers definitely 1.e4 ! Does anybody know if 1.e4 or 1.d4 is played more often here at FICGS ? "He played it 3 times including the critical line 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5 4 d5 exd5 5 cxd5 d6 6 e4 g6 7 f4 etc and got 3 draws against opposition of 2150, 2300 and 2400." Can this be considered as a success ? 50 % against lower rated opponents ? Normally Benoni is played when you want or have to win with black ... However Hector Walsh seems to have some fighting spirit. Andrew do you know the IECG server ? From time to time I get invitations from the IECG guys for their tournamengs, but never played there.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-19 17:38:22)
Costa Rica !
Costa Rica ! Wonderful country ! Rainforests, animals, volcanoes. It is definitely in a top position on my travel wish list :-) Kind regards Hannes
Hannes Rada (2008-05-19 17:41:13)
Sponsor ?
Where do these Epoints come from ? From a sponsor ?
Hannes Rada (2008-05-19 17:55:07)
Opening - German Translation
The German Translation for opening reads: "Eröffnung" not "Öffnung". "Öffnung" means hole ..... :-)
Hannes Rada (2008-05-20 22:37:01)
3 fold repetition - working correctly ?
Does the server recognise a 3 fold repetition correctly ? If I am not too much confused, I think that my game against Balabaev - game 17830 - has been terminated after 2- fold repetition. Can you please take a look into that. Not really important because this game is definitely a draw, but it looks for me like a bug.
Hannes Rada (2008-05-21 10:32:44)
3 fold repetition
Thanks, Thibault. Now it's clear.
Hannes Rada (2008-07-15 19:07:00)
Learning effect ??
I suppose you are here to improve your chess ability. For this purpose a mirroring moves - strategy seems to be useless ....
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