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kingdawar
25-Jun-09, 02:36

Slightly improved "daily puzzle" application for own website/blog:

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kingdawar
26-Jun-09, 08:35

New picture for hyperlinks:

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kingdawar
15-Jul-09, 22:53

The "Customize" option seems to have been improved, let me try it...

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Also the title of the "my games" page now is "GameKnot: my games (5)", apparently giving real-time information on how many games are awaiting my move.

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claukkonen
16-Jul-09, 05:58

Customize Option
Gameknot appears to have removed the ability to adjust column widths. I hope they put this option back.
kingdawar
16-Jul-09, 09:01

At least make it wide enough that it shows the complete game title, yes.
kingdawar
25-Jul-09, 03:17

Slightly changed...
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kingdawar
31-Jul-09, 14:39

Instead of "player x is hiding their online status..."

Last time online: hidden by player

A lot better.

Also, instead of "Last time seen online: 0 minutes ago"

Last time online: now

A lot better. Minor but a lot better  
markb56
01-Aug-09, 00:25

Better grammar
Yes, better in the sense it's more grammatically correct  
kingdawar
07-Aug-09, 16:59

The "detailed rating graphs" have changed a little bit ...
kingdawar
15-Aug-09, 03:24

gameknot.com

You can click on a country to see a ranking list of its players. Also the stats are no longer from players seen online during the last 90 days, but:

"Active rated players: (20+ finished games, last time online less than a year ago, updated nightly)"
ichthyophage
18-Aug-09, 02:01

Bildschirm
Bei mir kommt da Spiel nicht. Ich spiele in einem Mini tournament. Die Spiele werden zwar
angezeigt, aber ich kann sie nicht öffnen. Das ist seit ungefähr 2 Tagen so.
Ichthyophage
knightnothorse
18-Aug-09, 07:37

A weak translation from ichthyophage
"With me there play does not come. I play in a mini tournament. The plays are indicated, but I cannot open them. That is for approximately 2 days like that." Is anyone else having this problem or can help him/her?
8ballphoenix
18-Aug-09, 09:06

Mini tourney
I assume Ichthyophage is talking about tgunn's mini tournament. He is waiting for games against just 3 players, and all of those 3 are already playing 4 games in this tournament. Each player only plays four games at a time so he must wait for one of those games to finish first.
kingdawar
18-Aug-09, 09:19

Oh, it appears he thinks "..." means the game has started, but the dots are there just for aesthetical reasons. The games have not been started yet. Now who's going to tell him in German?
lighttotheright
18-Aug-09, 09:54

I'll do my best...

ichthyophage

Die anderen Spieler im Turnier haben ihre Begrenzung für Zahlspiele erreicht. Sie müssen warten, bis ein Spiel beendet, bevor eins Ihres Turnierspiels beginnt.

Ich spreche nicht Deutsches sehr gut. Ich hoffe, dass diese Übersetzung gut genug zu erklären ist.
kingdawar
28-Aug-09, 18:04

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"• = available to play team matches. Players can see the specific reason why they are marked as unavailable for new team matches via "TEAMS" in the main menu to the left."

As this is one of the very few changes I've noticed in the past month, I am happily guessing that Mike is carefully spicing up the Blitz (woohoo)
kingdawar
30-Aug-09, 13:43

Some changes on the playing boards, i.e. the submit button turns "bold", and the offering of draws and resignations work a bit differently now.
rikved
30-Aug-09, 19:07

Bold Submit
Yes, the submit turns bold, and just as importantly, goes back to non-bold if you click off your move. Very simple but very effective  ) Thanks GK!!
kingdawar
31-Aug-09, 19:03

Orange x's have been added on all in-page pop-up windows. (i.e. thread options/mod the thread)
kingdawar
03-Oct-09, 17:15

Just noticed this totally useless new slick feature:

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When you start a new mini-tournament, GK automatically adds in the end its Latin number. i.e. if I were to start a mini-tournament now, its title would be "heinzkat's mini-tournament IX" and the next one "heinzkat's mini-tournament X" and then "heinzkat's mini-tournament XI". I wonder if they got the L's, C's, D's and M's programmed in as well - anybody who has hosted loads of mini-tournaments care to check it?
kingdawar
03-Oct-09, 17:18

gameknot.com is a nice example of what I described above
kingdawar
03-Oct-09, 17:20

gameknot.com is another one. Apparently I have not been paying attention...
markb56
04-Oct-09, 23:26

I'm glad to see that heinzkat has finally sobered-up.  
baronderkilt
07-Oct-09, 22:58

Conditional Moves ...
I Just noticed something different with the conditional moves ... now it is possible to input move sequences beyond the previous limit of 10 moves in length (20 half moves). I think the longest I've got right now is about 12 or 13. Does anyone know what the new limit is now?
baronderkilt
07-Oct-09, 23:23

Aha ... VERY Interesting... Conditional MOVES~!
I am amazed. I just conducted my own small test of the Conditional Move perimeters.
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Starting from move 12 of an ongoing game; utilizing the assumption that my opponent will choose to sac his Queen and two pieces for a pawn in his next three moves ... I then proceeded to plug in some really top-notch (~LOL~) game finishing Conditional Moves, and it accepted them clear up to move 34~! Probably further, but that is where I stopped.
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And then to see if it would add another line of similar length, I input another whacky Conditional variation up to move 35. The system saved that one as well, and activated both.
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That's fantastic. Now my Question is: Will it take more than 10 Conditional Variations>? If so, how many ?!
kingdawar
29-Oct-09, 18:45

Oh no - we now have trophies:

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I must admit that I do like the slick icons; but the idea of trophies, bleghhghgh
kingdawar
30-Oct-09, 14:43

New privacy policy
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It was the same for nine years; I believe the previous one was dated June 2000.
kingdawar
15-Nov-09, 16:58

GK Database
76,603 extra games in the GK DB, now containing 921,988 games.

This is a database of 921,988 chess games played online on GameKnot since 2000. Only the games between players rated 1600 and above are present in this online chess games database. Unrated games, games that ended in time-out or finished in less than 5 moves are excluded. It can be used as a chess opening database or an opening book.

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baronderkilt
15-Nov-09, 23:57

Conditional Moves ...
You seen these HK? Sometimes when you are putting in the conditional lines, a move will turn red on the line you are working on. Guess it must tell you where you are at? I thought it was very nice.
Also notice that it will also warn you if you have put a move in a conditional line that contradicts the reply you previously entered for that sequence. Neat.
It would be great if the puzzle entries had these two features.
kingdawar
16-Nov-09, 14:19

Baron...
"it will also warn you if you have put a move in a conditional line that contradicts the reply you previously entered for that sequence."

That is exactly when it turns red.

"It would be great if the puzzle entries had these two features."

The puzzle application automatically detects if the position has occurred before in one of the variations and skips it.
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