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Just for those who do not know it: On analysis.sesse.net you get again top analysis of the karjakin-carlsen match
![[ie]](/mwf/v12/flags/ie.png "Ireland")
That's great Felix. Thanks
BTW, Is there anywhere, you're aware of that allows you to grab the pgn up as far as the current position without having to type them up yourself?
Update: Found it! Mind went blank there for a minute or 2
BTW, Is there anywhere, you're aware of that allows you to grab the pgn up as far as the current position without having to type them up yourself?
Update: Found it! Mind went blank there for a minute or 2
the agon policy with the moves is pretty annoying.
(just for those searching: one option is http://pgn.sesse.net/ (created by an infinite amount of monkeys ;-) ) )
(just for those searching: one option is http://pgn.sesse.net/ (created by an infinite amount of monkeys ;-) ) )
although this pgn may not be compatible with the pgn standard, since the {} around the clock command is missing.
![[se]](/mwf/v12/flags/se.png "Sweden")
This is probably an issue with my PGN writer. I can try to fix it before game 7, but game 6 is probably a bit too close.
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While you are at it, you should probably also fix the order of the mandatory tags. Should be:
Event
Site
Date
Round
White
Black
Result
Event
Site
Date
Round
White
Black
Result
Order fixed, comments fixed. So PGNs will be better from round 7 onwards. There won't be more options to the UI, though; there are already too many, and users are having huge problems understanding all of them.
This is a brilliant resource. Much appreciated!
Thank you so much for covering the event, Steinar! Seems like your website was more popular than ever before :-)
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It was. People were mentioning it everywhere, like on chess24, youtube etc. I think even Svidler during his live commentary was peaking at it, but he didn't give the name exactly. He just said something like 'the supercomputer is reporting'.
well, he also said "sesse", but it looked like he thought the computers name was sesse :-)
Actually this is very common, for some reason. I guess it's for lack of a better name. (And it's certainly no supercomputer!)
But yes, there was lots of positive interest—last WCC peaked around 1500 simultaneous viewers, this time around we had 8900. So thanks to everybody bringing the word out :-)
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But yes, there was lots of positive interest—last WCC peaked around 1500 simultaneous viewers, this time around we had 8900. So thanks to everybody bringing the word out :-)
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Are there legal reasons you skip the London Chess Classic's? I mean, no one wants to see Giri-games, but the others are pretty entertaining... /* Antonius */
No, no legal reasons. I just haven't cared too much (I didn't even know it was ongoing).
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There were some real good&fascinating games @London (especially's Kramnik's "escape"), but while everyone can beat Topalov these days, Drawish Giri -playing no-risk-chess for a draw with white pieces- can not... he really could(&would) bore Carlsen to death, but doubt he has even near Karjakin's defence-skills...
Wow, my favorite Girl-GM Drawish Giri found another miracle draw for White - beginning with move 1... congrats, another 9 draws/9 games! His [drawn] White-games can be used to calibrate any engine-eval at any move&position to exactly 0.00 !
it is not "drawish giri". he is called "the artist"
> he is called "the artist"
Oh, i always thought this is a darts-player?!
CB has some good news for chess-fans: "Not much of a chance for Giri to join the Grand Chess Tour next year. In a conspicuously relaxed attitude, Giri said, he would have to seek out for a life on the streets next year, playing with the hustlers." I love you Caissa!
he is called the artist, because he likes to draw.
![[gb]](/mwf/v12/flags/gb.png "United Kingdom")
He can draw anything!
the funny thing is that he frequently draws winning positions. Seems to be a mental thing.
I wonder why torunament organizers do not prefer unpredictable, creative and interesting players such as Morozevich :-) . Kramnik, for instance, can play very agressive and nice attacking chess, but he needs the right opponent to be forced into it.
I wonder why torunament organizers do not prefer unpredictable, creative and interesting players such as Morozevich :-) . Kramnik, for instance, can play very agressive and nice attacking chess, but he needs the right opponent to be forced into it.
> the funny thing is that he frequently draws winning positions. Seems to be a mental thing.
The not so funny thing is: Against weaker opponents, he draws his way to wins!
> I wonder why torunament organizers do not prefer unpredictable, creative and interesting players such as Morozevich :-)
100% agree, Moro / Chucky in their best years or Nepo / Mamedyarov / Eljanov / Malakhov / Rapport / Jobava ... and a few of the young chinese are so much more enjoyful to watch.
lol, while his games are interesting like watching a painting dry, he won't be remembered a Picasso of chess... hell, even Drawjakin is an attacking-master compared to him...
Anand is another disappointment, instead of fighting for his place in next years tour (3rd was possible for him...) he simply refused playing... let's just hope So or Caruana are the next opponents of Carlsen.
Anand is another disappointment, instead of fighting for his place in next years tour (3rd was possible for him...) he simply refused playing... let's just hope So or Caruana are the next opponents of Carlsen.
Also have an option to turn the arrows off. Hehe all these requests.
Excellent, thank you so much, now I can paste the pgn to Aquarium :-)
Btw., I sent you an email with my merida piece set, maybe you want to use it (I exported it to 80x80 pngs)
Btw., I sent you an email with my merida piece set, maybe you want to use it (I exported it to 80x80 pngs)
I didn't receive anything yet, but sometimes things get a bit delayed :-) I don't really control the chess set myself, though; I'm just using chessboard.js and whatever it provides. (I'm quite happy with the current set, at any rate.) Perhaps I should add more sets as an easter egg if you click ten times on f7 or something :-)
You would just need to replace the graphics in http://analysis.sesse.net/img/chesspieces/wikipedia/
I'll attach the pieces here (the svg archive is for the original files, the pngs in the merida.tar.gz are what you want)
I hope you agree that they look a bit more aesthetically pleasing, yet similar enough to the piece set you currently use :-)
I'll attach the pieces here (the svg archive is for the original files, the pngs in the merida.tar.gz are what you want)
I hope you agree that they look a bit more aesthetically pleasing, yet similar enough to the piece set you currently use :-)
I too made my own pieces, but they are bmp and I made them for thief and I don't think they'd be to everyone's liking. Look like this. Been meaning to make them svg but I the last time I tried I didn't like any of the free programs I found.
I originally gave them horizontal and vertical symmetry, but then I couldn't tell which way the board was oriented at a glance. Also it's difficult to get such symmetry for the knight and king and have it still 'translate' as such.
I originally gave them horizontal and vertical symmetry, but then I couldn't tell which way the board was oriented at a glance. Also it's difficult to get such symmetry for the knight and king and have it still 'translate' as such.
well, these pieces are based on the Merida piece set by Armando Hernandez Marroquin, so basically they were converted to svg (by Dadi?) in the early Aquarium days and then I did the following:
1) adding colour gradients
2) simplifying the paths and modifying the shapes slightly
3) heavily changing the rook design and changing the queens a little bit, modifying the white pawns to look as nice as the black ones
So I basically just modified the work by Armando Hernandez Marroquin who did a great job, especially with his beautiful knights :-)
(see https://marcelk.net/chess/pieces/ for the original theme at the bottom)
1) adding colour gradients
2) simplifying the paths and modifying the shapes slightly
3) heavily changing the rook design and changing the queens a little bit, modifying the white pawns to look as nice as the black ones
So I basically just modified the work by Armando Hernandez Marroquin who did a great job, especially with his beautiful knights :-)
(see https://marcelk.net/chess/pieces/ for the original theme at the bottom)
Ahh, Meridia looks pretty good, but I really like the alpha as well.
cburnett FTW!
I agree, these are probably the nicest fonts.
Sadly, the pretty lame 11th game wouldn't have looked like a SuperGM-game in either of those... , yet i got a near heart-attack when sesse missed Qc8+ before c4 and it was shown a mate in 8 first...
, yet i got a near heart-attack when sesse missed Qc8+ before c4 and it was shown a mate in 8 first...
FWIW, the television broadcast actually showed it like that, and I didn't catch the correction when it arrived (people around me were talking loudly at the moment). From what I heard, Chessbomb showed the same at the time (although I don't transcribe from Chessbomb).
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I think this is a problem of the organizers and not yours :-) They should simply provide a pgn.
I assume you haven't been living under a rock and know Agon's attitude towards streaming moves online right?
In general, getting moves as a small site is hard. I've had tournaments provide me with a live PGN feed once or twice; most of the time, tournament organizers don't even bother responding when I ask. (Case in point: Qatar 2016, aka blitz/rapid world championships, haven't answered me back.)
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In general, getting moves as a small site is hard. I've had tournaments provide me with a live PGN feed once or twice; most of the time, tournament organizers don't even bother responding when I ask. (Case in point: Qatar 2016, aka blitz/rapid world championships, haven't answered me back.)
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Sure, I know about it :-) and I strongly disagree with their reasoning.
I remember that when people used only the DGT transmission software one could look for the pgn in the website's source code for the pgn. It is also interesting to see how small the percentage of websites stating the pgn is on http://theweekinchess.com/live .
Maybe I should try to figure out the url for the pgn of the world championship - it may be hidden, but there will be one :-)
I remember that when people used only the DGT transmission software one could look for the pgn in the website's source code for the pgn. It is also interesting to see how small the percentage of websites stating the pgn is on http://theweekinchess.com/live .
Maybe I should try to figure out the url for the pgn of the world championship - it may be hidden, but there will be one :-)
ok, maybe it is too hard to guess, can't figure out any pgn url unfortunately :-) one needs to write a software to read the position from a live transmission board ;-)
I know where to get a PGN feed from. But given Agon's stance, this feels the safest.
I hope that it doesn't go to blitz…
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I hope that it doesn't go to blitz…
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not to speak of a nice armageddon time scramble ;-) at least they get an increment even there (this is unusual, right?)
They get increment only after move 60. I think that's a good tradeoff.
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yes, but I always thought that this winning on time was included in the argmageddon idea with the 5/4 minutes. With this format black has an even bigger advantage, since it's more difficult to lose on time.
It prevents white from just stalling to win a drawn position. Armageddon games that actually go to move 60 with an uncertain result are rare.
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I remember the Socko Foisor incident where only a video could prove a lying arbiter wrong who asked Socko to show him a possible win in K+N against K+N just to say afterwards that he doesn't know what the last position was and decided it to be a draw. She had to go to the appeals committee and the arbiter was pretty rude, also to Iweta being there as support.
ah and of cause this beautiful game https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNQjXHjRkNQ , but this may be prior to move 60 ;-)
ok, first two games drawn and magnus disappointed his fans by not finding the obvious mate in 51 :-) maybe there will be blitz, I would like to see the world championship decided by a blundered piece ;-) like carlsen - nakamura :-)
> ok, first two games drawn and magnus disappointed his fans by not finding the obvious mate in 51 :-)
Actually he disappointed because he behaved like a spoiled brat after his loss in game 8 (he didn't talk to the Norwegian blonde after game 9 as well...) and the very uninspired classical-play... a new low point in WCH-history.
well, we are used to that from Magnus.
:-), with his strengh of play he simply can afford it, yet as Seirawan pointed out: Fischer would have played down to spare kings in such a game 12. But enough of chess... do you think Naka (just see his smile!) had a serious date with Irina?
I think he's married to Marie de Rosa.
That's about the best picture I've ever seen of Krush though.
That's about the best picture I've ever seen of Krush though.
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