05 Feb 07
Originally posted by UndeadNightOrcI choose the highest win ratio in favour of my colour. This will lead to growth in a similar way - but not necessarily always favouring the top move.
I must say this tool is quite educational for folks learning the game like me. It just cemented my decision to stay here on RHP! I certainly hope it becomes a permanent fixture on this site!
A question though... does every game played by 1400 rated players and over get automatically entered into the database? Because one thing that could happen is ...[text shortened]... f a snowball effect, if you know what mean.
Other than that, Explorer is darn near perfect!
In theory if everyone played this way, would the perfect game eventually be found?
06 Feb 07
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Originally posted by FnugbatterWow - that is a shock - I will examine and fix.
Very nice tool :-)
A strange thing happens when I input the moves 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. exd5 cxd4 Here the pawns on d4 and d5 flip flop colours!
Edit: I have located the problem. Comically it is to do with non-case-sensitive MySQL queries when looking up fens.
I am currently generating a new set of data and the problem will be corrected when I import the new data.
06 Feb 07
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Originally posted by Diet CokeThe next full update of the database will occur around about the end of February.
I have 750 games now and none of them on games explorer!:'(
From then on there will be regular updates.
We will also add some of the improvements to the Games Explorer at the same time.
06 Feb 07
Originally posted by ChrisThanks Chris.
The next full update of the database will occur around about the end of February.
From then on there will be regular updates.
We will also add some of the improvements to the Games Explorer at the same time.
Is there gonna be a link to the explorer added soon?
09 Feb 07
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Originally posted by ChrisAre you going to manage to put set piece games (in particular games from thematic tournaments) in there?
The next full update of the database will occur around about the end of February.
From then on there will be regular updates.
We will also add some of the improvements to the Games Explorer at the same time.
11 Feb 07
New bug:
In this position: http://tinyurl.com/2rfqq8, it says for players 1900+ there is only one game where f4 has been played. ( franz007at 0-1 derek9037 )
Click on 1400+. There are 8 games where f4 has been played. Click on f4. Click on 1900+ again. It now says that no games have progressed beyond this position. (This is false, the game above did!)
21 Feb 07
Originally posted by UndeadNightOrcI agree it's an amazing tool, one I never expected to see appear on the site, but which I am already using all the time.
I must say this tool is quite educational for folks learning the game like me. It just cemented my decision to stay here on RHP! I certainly hope it becomes a permanent fixture on this site!
A question though... does every game played by 1400 rated players and over get automatically entered into the database? Because one thing that could happen is ...[text shortened]... f a snowball effect, if you know what mean.
Other than that, Explorer is darn near perfect!
About the snowball effect, I think there are two things which could help counter that trend. First is the existence of the 1900+ games filter. Presumably, one can't reach a rating over 1900 by blindly following the most common moves in a database, so looking at only the 1900+ games should give you a better picture of how good players handle a given situation without extreme skewing for the top few choices. Secondly, people playing into positions they don't understand will decrease the win percentage for that move, which, in turn, will make the move less desirable, even if it's very common, and people will turn to less common moves with better win percentages.
23 Feb 07
I continue the wishlist here 😏 😵
It would be nice to have a link in the gamehistory to the gamesexplorer with the game's current position. In MySettings I choose eg "+1900 and GM" and so I just see the GM and >1900 games. A quick link to "all games of this RHP-opponent with this position" would be nice as well.
Possible?
Not Christmas. 🙁
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23 Feb 07
Originally posted by ilywrinThis highlights the problem with thematic games though. It's a real pain not being able to copy the pgn of thematic games into analysis software. Positions from thematic games don't show up as results in the Explorer either.
Fantastic, there is now a link to the explorer from your games, so you can see if your current position is in the database. Great work!
Would it be possible to make the pgn for thematic games to be made complete in some way? Ie: as though the game started on move 5 after 1. e4, etc.
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