Bluefin: HMmmmmmm I don't know Bluefin.. you might be able to see the chart.. and just type in the numbers.. for instance try this..

* 1 * type those three keys consecutively.. without spaces.. :)

Can webtv users make use of those little characters I see all around the site ?

That's what is was, for sure. GothicChess.org is hosted on a "Fencer box", not sure if it is the same one as the BK box, but when we are down at the same time as BK, it is almost certainly the server.

uhh mistake here is 1 am . damm this zones :D

refresh has just taken 30secs :( OK :) and by then will probably be in bed HAHAHAHA

it will need propably a big restart of servers . Here is 1pm , fencer will woke up in 8 or 9 . So to this time you goona wait

well clicking on the Brainking.com link has just taken 35secs to load....even on dial up that is way slow :(

sLo hERe tOo.
bEEn tHAt wAy 4 a cPL dAYz.

Hmmm i got it very fast Bernice

the site is real slow at the moment...taking for ages to accept moves and load pages :(

well, I couldn't get for a while either... but seems to be solved now.

..cOuLdNt gEt On hERe iN LoS aNgELEs.

Hmmm , that was something , about 40 minutes ago there was only czech and slovakia guys here

cRaSh.

anybody else have problems connecting to BK? for about an hour I couldnt get on...It was just here, because i got onto IYT and some other sites :(

I didn't know you had a sense of humour!! Hee hee!!

lol - i was only kidding. (toes are bruised..) lol.

I haven't read feature requests yet, but if its not stepping on anyones toes I'd like to leave these posts here. They're helpful to people setting up games.

Harley - lol - I thought it was a feature request, and Reza agreed, so he posted. then it turned into a good discussion about it so hopefully it will prove to be a good point on Feature Request.

Maybe I phrased that wrong! It was kind of a feature request, but also a feature of BK that was being discussed... oh I give up!

Ehhhem. Thanks harley.

Its not really a feature request, Bry. Its a discussion about how to get around the provisional/unrated BKR It might be of interest to others anyway who have been wondering the same thing!

Thad: A match is always a sequence of games with alternated colours. You probably want to define 10 standalone games, not a match.

Bry: Sure!

Thad - you wanna help me too???

Fencer: I'm trying to hlep a friend improve his pente play. I want to set up a whole bunch of games (a 10 points match), played one at a time, where I'm always player 2, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it.

ah, right i see - it must default to alternate colo(u)rs if you pick more than a 2 game match 0- so I'd say you cant then...?

Bry: I tried that, but they still alternate.

select a 10 game match when you are setting the times and colour. dont select alternate colours...

How do I set up a series of 10 games against an opponent where I am black in all the games? I don't want to play them all at once, I want them to all occur one after another, but when I do that, the colors change each time.

i have played pente, just not for probably a year..

Antje: What, you never played Pente before? :-D This feature is more than a year old. Since the first move must be done at the board centre, it is performed automatically.

it must be automatic, here's another game 592113
i didnt know this, is it a new feature?

i have a question. in playing this game #592123, it said i made a move at 6:05 am. thats when the tournament started (my time zone EST) but, i was asleep then, i didnt make the move.. that move couldnt have been automatic, could it?

oh OK. thanks!

you are right jason :]

i think that is the number of pond games available to sign upto ;)

I see a number 15 in front of the word Ponds on the left side of my screen. Is it a bug Fencer?

ok where has my pond games gone ? i can only see one on the main page that it is my turn in

edit . ok i found them under my other games ;))

pauloaguia: I realise that, paulo - but when it moves onto specific chess games, its more appropriate on a chess discussion board. :o)

harley: actually i can't because the discussion started as fast / slow games from all types, not just chess games.
But I'll refrain from posting more on the subject.

(2 moves! wow)

Could this be taken to a chess discussion board please?

ok. i refrase that. almost impossible...

Very possible.

http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=591408

ScarletRose: 2 moves? impossible!

pauloaguia: Hmmmmmmmmm.. fastest??? I know somebody who won a regular chess game, not a variant, in only 2 moves.

For those interested, this was the game

Atomic chess: wins in 3 moves is the fastest I've ever seen... I actually lost my first game that way

Four move King capture Black winning:
http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=425688

Three move King Capture with Black winning:
http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=325044

72 move King capture White winning:
http://brainking.com/game/ArchivedGame?g=250097

Actually capturing the King requires a turn to do so the two quick games listed are probably the fastest games you could play. Atomic Chess might have a faster game possible, I'll have to think about it unless someone knows already. Seems like three moves would be it in that game too.

You have me curious what the average length of games is. Backgammon is a fairly constant 18 to 30 moves. Dark Chess has quite an extreme range, but I'd guess the average for games played until the King is actually captured to be about 25 moves. I suppose I could just add up my wins and losses moves per game and figure an average that way. The number on the profile isn't always the right number though and you'd have to look for games that end in resignations. Or maybe not, since resigning is part of the game it could be part of a complete average.