Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

Date: 20 Oct 2007 15:30:10
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

me , i have never written any game down and sometimes i wish i would
have ..+ it would be kind of kewl too look at a game i played ten years
ago for example..I also belive that is one reason i have stayed about
the same level of play over the years...

If i would have written my games down and studied them i mite eliminate
some of the mistakes i make over the years..

Date: 21 Oct 2007 21:42:17
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 22, 9:23 am, help bot <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 21, 6:11 am, Sanny <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Why are you unable to play at GetClub Chess?
>
> As far as I know, I can still play at GetClub --
> just so long as I don't mind losing every game
> by being forfeited at random in winning positions.
>
> > While others are able to
> > play without any problem. I tested the and played a few moves. Got
> > Disconnected and tried to restart the game. The game starts without
> > any problem.
>
> One key difference may be that I use a wireless
> internet service provider /and/ the Mozilla Firefox
> browser. I get a lot of error messages like "Web
> page timed out" so this arrangement is far from
> ideal, but in general I only have serious problems
> with the GetClub site and two other specific sites.
>
> A better question might be: how is it possible for
> the GetClub program to forfeit people at random?
> The mysterious inner workings of the program
> have in the past made it necessary for countless
> manual interventions to fix such errors as this one,
> and there seems to be no end in sight.
>
> A long time ago, it was pointed out that in a pop-
> up window it was not possible to close the window
> by clicking on the "X" in the top right-hand corner,
> as is a Windows standard. The response was
> basically "Too bad! Click the other box and it will
> close", and I think this is typical of the sort of
> programming skills we are dealing with here. I
> would not be surprised if the program "somehow"
> went into a "you resigned" routine after
> encountering an unexpected value, such as too
> many reconnects or even a single reconnect
> where some time limit has already been exceeded
> by the chess program.
>
> -- help bot

A few improvements has been made.

Play Chess at: http://www.getclub.com/Chess.html

Now "Resign Now" Button will resign only after 4 seconds of your move
play. That is if you click resign now button when computer is
thi9nking it will not resign till 4 seconds has elapsed and its your
turn.

So Only when it is your turn it will resign but only when the button
was pressewd after 4 seconds.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.getclub.com/Chess.html

Date: 21 Oct 2007 21:23:12
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 21, 6:11 am, Sanny <[email protected] > wrote:

> Why are you unable to play at GetClub Chess?

As far as I know, I can still play at GetClub --
just so long as I don't mind losing every game
by being forfeited at random in winning positions.

> While others are able to
> play without any problem. I tested the and played a few moves. Got
> Disconnected and tried to restart the game. The game starts without
> any problem.

One key difference may be that I use a wireless
internet service provider /and/ the Mozilla Firefox
browser. I get a lot of error messages like "Web
page timed out" so this arrangement is far from
ideal, but in general I only have serious problems
with the GetClub site and two other specific sites.

A better question might be: how is it possible for
the GetClub program to forfeit people at random?
The mysterious inner workings of the program
have in the past made it necessary for countless
manual interventions to fix such errors as this one,
and there seems to be no end in sight.

A long time ago, it was pointed out that in a pop-
up window it was not possible to close the window
by clicking on the "X" in the top right-hand corner,
as is a Windows standard. The response was
basically "Too bad! Click the other box and it will
close", and I think this is typical of the sort of
programming skills we are dealing with here. I
would not be surprised if the program "somehow"
went into a "you resigned" routine after
encountering an unexpected value, such as too
many reconnects or even a single reconnect
where some time limit has already been exceeded
by the chess program.

-- help bot

Date: 21 Oct 2007 04:11:15
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 21, 8:32 am, help bot <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Oct 20, 5:30 pm, [email protected] (SAT W-7) wrote:
>
> > me , i have never written any game down and sometimes i wish i would
> > have ..+ it would be kind of kewl too look at a game i played ten years
> > ago for example..I also belive that is one reason i have stayed about
> > the same level of play over the years...
>
> > If i would have written my games down and studied them i mite eliminate
> > some of the mistakes i make over the years..
>
> I have found that writing down the moves is not a
> good idea. When I later type those moves in and
> let Fritz take a whack at them, his analysis can
> sometimes cause side-affects including shock,
> depression, nausea, cackling, cursing, and even
> gnashing of teeth. In one recent example, I was
> shown that I had missed a simple mate-in-three.
> No, definitely not. Just enjoy the game, and then
> forget it ever happened.
>
> -- help bot

Why are you unable to play at GetClub Chess? While others are able to
play without any problem. I tested the and played a few moves. Got
Disconnected and tried to restart the game. The game starts without
any problem.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.GetClub.com/Chess.html

Date: 21 Oct 2007 21:46:28
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 22, 6:02 am, [email protected] (SAT W-7) wrote:
> My webtv will not work on the chess web site.
>
> I need to buy a real computer some day..

Nowadays computers are very cheap. Buy a second hand computer. I think
you can get a old computer for jusr $100. And play Chess.

Bye
Sanny

Play Chess at: http://www.getclub.com/Chess.html

Date: 21 Oct 2007 21:45:41
From: Sanny
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

Date: 21 Oct 2007 18:02:12
From: SAT W-7
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

My webtv will not work on the chess web site.

I need to buy a real computer some day..

Date: 21 Oct 2007 06:43:48
From: Offramp
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 20, 11:30 pm, [email protected] (SAT W-7) wrote:
> me , i have never written any game down and sometimes i wish i would
> have ..+ it would be kind of kewl too look at a game i played ten years
> ago for example..I also belive that is one reason i have stayed about
> the same level of play over the years...
>
> If i would have written my games down and studied them i mite eliminate
> some of the mistakes i make over the years..

My son is six and I have about 40 games of his in a DB. It is every
game he has ever played, with none missing. Hopefully we can keep that
up.

Date: 20 Oct 2007 20:32:13
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Do you write your moves down for every game you play ?

On Oct 20, 5:30 pm, [email protected] (SAT W-7) wrote:
> me , i have never written any game down and sometimes i wish i would
> have ..+ it would be kind of kewl too look at a game i played ten years
> ago for example..I also belive that is one reason i have stayed about
> the same level of play over the years...
>
> If i would have written my games down and studied them i mite eliminate
> some of the mistakes i make over the years..

I have found that writing down the moves is not a
good idea. When I later type those moves in and
let Fritz take a whack at them, his analysis can
sometimes cause side-affects including shock,
depression, nausea, cackling, cursing, and even
gnashing of teeth. In one recent example, I was
shown that I had missed a simple mate-in-three.
No, definitely not. Just enjoy the game, and then
forget it ever happened.

-- help bot