Originally posted by Very Rusty Doesn't matter to me, as I don't use it.
The first thing that strikes my mind as an event where it would be helpful for me personally (and probably for you as well) is something like the following scenario:
I really want to look at that game I played one year ago against that very annoying opponent where the opening started 1.e4 f5. Dammit I've played 400 games since then.
(Searching through my game history for five minutes or more). Giving up since I can't find the game I am looking for. (I would imagine a lot of players can recognize themselves having done something like this).
Getting irritated since if this site had a decent gamesexplorer I would find thas special game in no time!
Or I could use it to see what my opponent usually playes against the Sicilian Kan (or some early diviation of Ruy Lopez). I personally would probably not use this feature since I don't really play openings. However I can imagine this feature would come very handy for a player rated 2000 or so.
I just wish the folders would allow us to download all our games at once instead of picking them out like a Roman servant. Is there a way to have a whole folder of games sent to you at once? Sure would be nice.
Originally posted by TerrierJack I just wish the folders would allow us to download all our games at once instead of picking them out like a Roman servant. Is there a way to have a whole folder of games sent to you at once? Sure would be nice.
But that is another subject. If you feel it is important to you feel free to start a thread about it.
I myself feel no need for using this site together with third party software of anykind.
Though I have to admit I tried some programs some years ago after hearing about it from friends. For me that was wasted time. Using an ordinary pen and a paper I use my brain. Using the computer make me relax and afterwords I often don't remember were I was heading in my analysis. So.
A desent gamesexplorer would come very nice, on highest place of my eastern christmas wishlist if you pardon me saying so.
Originally posted by TerrierJack I just wish the folders would allow us to download all our games at once instead of picking them out like a Roman servant. Is there a way to have a whole folder of games sent to you at once? Sure would be nice.
http://www.redhotpawn.com/mygames/emailgames.php
And all your games get sent to your email address in PGN at 100 at a time.
As I see it, the gamesexplorer is just a peer preview. A beta. To those who want to try it out. It's not ready, there is errors in it, it cannot be trusted. When it is working correctly, then he release it officially with a link, an icon, and everything, so we can click our way to it.
To force Russ to update the contents, in the state of beta, is not a good idea. I would rather that he debug it properly and then release it properly.
There is other things that Russ should be putting his energy on. And he knows what it is. He has his own to-do list.
Originally posted by FabianFnas [b]As I see it, the gamesexplorer is just a peer preview. A beta.
Well. That might be very well true. But! It would be just so useful. I would even go so far to say extremely useful. (Fabian. Saying that it is not working and unreliable is just SUPERSTITION and bad insights to how computers work, trust me on this I know).
I am thinking of something like automatically saving completed games in two databases at the same time. Web hosting is fairly cheep so that would not be a problem. Especially considering to how much this site charge people for becoming a member.
Originally posted by bikingviking Well. That might be very well true. But! It would be just so useful. I would even go so far to say extremely useful. (Fabian. Saying that it is not working and unreliable is just SUPERSTITION and bad insights to how computers work, trust me on this I know).
I am thinking of something like automatically saving completed games in two databases at the sa ...[text shortened]... be a problem. Especially considering to how much this site charge people for becoming a member.
There are other databases on the net. This one is not half as good.
I don't believe in superstision, but I've read some threads with examples of pure errors in it, even those violating the FIDE rules. I've red them and I've confirmed them as errors.
Give Russ time to correct these errors, and when he thinks it's mature enough, he release it with a good link and all.
Originally posted by FabianFnas There are other databases on the net. This one is not half as good.
I don't believe in superstision, but I've read some threads with examples of pure errors in it, even those violating the FIDE rules. I've red them and I've confirmed them as errors.
Give Russ time to correct these errors, and when he thinks it's mature enough, he release it with a good link and all.
Have patience.
Yes. But if I want a database of my own games I have to build it myself from some errorprone linux program, installing it by compiling it myself from source code. Even though the program is hard getting into, which means bad usabuility, the things I've learned I have probably forgot when I want to use it next time.
Which takes away the fun of it.
I play chess mainly as a nice sparetime pleasure. And I don't want to buy crappy software from chessbase or such wich is almost as bad. I am personally no fan of chessbase although they seem very good at fooling chessplayers.
Originally posted by bikingviking Yes. But if I want a [b]database of my own games I have to build it myself from some errorprone linux program, installing it by compiling it myself from source code. [/b]
Gamesexplorer isn't so errorfree either.
I built my own gamesexplorer myself. It's not so hard. Good enough for me.
Originally posted by FabianFnas Gamesexplorer isn't so errorfree either.
I built my own gamesexplorer myself. It's not so hard. Good enough for me.
Well. It is not that I think it is impossible to write some homecoocked games explorer with CPAN modules. But I don't want to do it! That is why I play on a chess site god dammit.
08 Apr '10 14:44
Petition to make Chris update Games Explorer
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