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From	Message
harrigan48 03-May-20, 22:15	Game Log Hi, One of my team members asked me what the game log was for. I hadn't noticed it before the question came up. I opened one of my games at random and clicked on the log, it tells me who moved and precisely when in my local time. Interesting perhaps but what my team mate was asking was how does it help to know precisely when someone moved? I'm afraid I don't know the answer, can any of you help me out here? Cheers Harry
joveyboy1 03-May-20, 22:36	I’ve been on Gameknot since October 2013, and not once had I even considered to click that until now. I had no idea that was an option this whole time, wow. I’m not sure how it helps though. If you want to know how long someone is taking to move against you, perhaps it’s useful then. Looking at one of my games, it also listed when I postponed my games for a few days. I can’t see anything else out of it, though I’m blind knowing me, perhaps someone else has a better answer? I still can’t believe though I didn’t know about this all these years
harrigan48 03-May-20, 22:45	Thanks Joseph I haven't been on Gameknot as long as you, but it had escaped my attention too until a day ago. I think that if my team mates have the time to worry about stuff like this, then I'm clearly not keeping them busy enough. I'll try to work up a polite reply to my team mate along these lines and then go and find him some more games to play. Cheers Harry
checkcharlie 04-May-20, 08:28	Game log is useful in indicating when an opponent is more likely to play. Local time is more helpful for me.
pawntificator 04-May-20, 10:17	More information is always better. I don't think I would ever bother to check, though.
joveyboy1 07-May-20, 17:13	Yeah I was assuming what checkcharlie started, makes sense. It would be too hard for me to figure out when someone was usually moving with how many opponents I have. It'd be too hard if I had only 10 even, but I'm sure others are able to.
lord_shiva 09-May-20, 08:05	Log The log only goes back a certain amount of time--twenty or thirty days. Then it is gone for good. It also shows which moves were conditional moves. The time can be useful so you can see what days and hours your opponent dedicates to moves. To accelerate a game you can make sure your move occurs before theirs. Or to maximize your clock you can make your last move after theirs. I use it primarily for counting conditionals, but the cluster information is also useful. Some players are 24/7 and always move within ten minutes of you.
lord_shiva 04-Jun-20, 08:01	Log Incidentally, I summon the log a lot, and have ever since it was introduced a few years back. Another log style feature you all might enjoy is the game database. You can submit your own games to the database, to gauge which openings have been most successful for you and which need more work. Depending on how many games you play, submitting them to that log at least annually is probably a good idea.
shirlmygirl 05-Jun-20, 11:15	Will someone please tell me how to access the Log because I was completely unaware of it.
lord_shiva 05-Jun-20, 11:39	Log Underneath your game. Game #29548978, Started: 30-Mar-20, Time control: 3 days per move   » Log
shirlmygirl 05-Jun-20, 11:41	Thank you, Lord_shiva. I had never noticed that.
lord_shiva 05-Jun-20, 11:41	Mobile Device If you are NOT on a mobile device, it appears above the game, beneath the player names. Last 40 days of move history, is the summoned box title.

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