Ideachess

Data	Giocatore	Messaggio
2012-09-09	SuperPAC	Mate in 15. Not too hard, but amusing. http://www.ideachess.com/problems/checkmate/15
2012-09-08	SuperPAC	Agreed, Datr. Just putting ideas out there. Ideachess is a fantastic site either way.
2012-09-08	Datr	I totally agree about the benefits of tagging. I see CT as a Jumbo Jet and ideachess as a glider. Personally I would prefer it to stay that way, what's the point in having two Jumbo jets. Ultimately it depends on what Zuril wants to create and I would support him whatever.
2012-09-08	SuperPAC	Datr: Didn't see the tactics min/max. However, in tactics practice, the user doesn't know what rating the problem is. It would be nice to know the problem's rating while working on it in practice mode. Also, yes, min/max ELO for practice mates would be great. Re: tactics tagging & your "CT clone" comment - I use ideachess more too because I like its interface better. However, the sites are very similar to each other so they will invariably be considered clones with or without one or two additional features. Tactics tagging on CT is one feature I really do appreciate because it helps me keep the basic tactical motifs in mind and then to look for them as I go through positions. Naming and identifying tactics types helps make players stronger and more efficient. The ultimate consideration of whether or not to add a feature should be: does it help players improve their chess? Tactics tagging does help, so I believe it should be included.
2012-09-08	Datr	Personally, I think the simplicity of ideachess is its strength, CT is all singing and all dancing and yet I use ideachess more. I wouldn't want ideachess to become a CT clone. Keep it simple and efficient would be my advice.
2012-09-08	Datr	SuperPAC: ELO Max Min already exists for tactical practice. Are you suggesting Mating Practices, which is currently Mate in 1, 2, 3 or 4 without ELO, has a max and min range also?
2012-09-08	SuperPAC	Also, the obvious request would be to implement a tagging system like the "other" chess site has, that defines common tactic types and allows users to tag problems according to tactic type. Recognizing tactics types can be a very helpful way for a player to organize and improve tactics thinking.
2012-09-08	SuperPAC	Another idea: allow users to choose a minimum and maximum ELO for practice problems.
2012-09-07	Datr	Zuril: Another thing CT does is provide the time, as well as the date, a comment is made.
2012-09-07	Datr	Yes, but some players will never get into the top 100. I think they should still know their position on the list, other wise it becomes elitist, which I don'y think is in the spirit if ideachess. The incentive for them would be to improve their grade and rise up the list. The RD restriction is fine because everyone can get on this list if the play enough.
2012-09-07	Zuril	Datr: it's an incentive to improve :-)
2012-09-07	Datr	Zuril: Just got into the top 100, I didn't like not being on the list!!
2012-09-07	Zuril	Datr: the scroll bar is displayed only if there are a lot of comments. It's not implemented in ELO mode, I will do it as soon as possible. Thank you for point out the tactics ranking and your suggestion for the fen in ELO mode!
2012-09-07	Datr	Zuril: Tactics Ranking is only showing the top 100 players with RD
2012-09-07	Datr	The scroll bar has appeared in some puzzles but not in all. Should this be happening?

2012-09-07	Datr	The FEN string is already in ELO mode when one presses the View Button, I think it would be nice for it to appear when one presses Solution, without having to go into View.
2012-09-07	SuperPAC	What about adding the FEN string in ELO mode?
2012-09-06	Zuril	Datr: it was easy to implement the scroll bar was difficult to have the idea :-)
2012-09-06	Datr	Zuril: The comment box and sliders appear to be working well. A good improvement.
2012-09-06	Datr	Repeating problems is Ok, but if they are repeated too soon then it could unrealistically inflate a player's grade, depending upon how good one's memory is. As I say, I sometimes fail problems that I have previously got correct, so I think it is ok to repeat all problems.
2012-09-06	Johangnorman	I believe the idea of repetition is important in training. I think a certain percentage (20 percent??) of the problems presented should be repeat ones. The repeat problems could of course mostly (or exclusively) come from the problems that were failed previously.
2012-09-06	Datr	Thanks for the FEN string. With regards to the Comments Box slider, in my perfect world the slider would show all the comments from the top to halfway down, then show all the comments again from halfway to the bottom. This would mean one could see the first comment immediately after the last one instead of having to slide all the way back, this is fine detail but would be great if possible.
2012-09-06	Zuril	By the way I've added the FEN string to the practice problems
2012-09-06	Zuril	Time ago I was using a chess engine internal to the applet but the performance was very poor so I've decided to not use it anymore in tactics problems. Now I think that the best way to test our ideas against a chess engine is to copy and paste the FEN position in our favorite external chess software.
2012-09-06	Zuril	Comments in an independent box is easy to do. It's more complicated to add the one move back button in the solution. I've put all in the to do list.
2012-09-06	SuperPAC	Zuril: The variation list is helpful, but it would also be great to be able to test the computer's response to tactical and mating problems. Like I said, many of the comments involve questions like "Why doesn't this work?" and it might be nice to allow players to test out their theories against the computer to see for themselves why their solution isn't good. Just a suggestion. By the way, thanks for an ingenious site!
2012-09-05	Datr	Another improvement would be to have the comments in an independent box. The idea is to be able to see the board at all times and see each comment next to the board, this isn't currently possible when there are a large number of comments, eg Check Mate Puzzle 1. Sliding the whole page puts the board out of view. It is important that the slider is able to view all the comments, keeping the board in view at ALL times. In CT when the comment slider is at the bottom, there are sometimes more comments below and one has to start sliding the page, this isn't good. The slider has to be set so that a small move creates a relative large comment move, so the the last comment is in view before the slider hits the bottom.
2012-09-05	Datr	Another simple improvement, which I think I have suggested previously, would be to have a one move step back on the board, currently one can move forward one move but only back to the very beginning.
2012-09-05	Zuril	For the what-if scenarios is not sufficient the last function added where if you point the mouse on the boldface move in the solution grid and leave there for 1 second you can see the partial variation list and its computer score? http://forum.ideachess.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=177
2012-09-05	Zuril	If I zoom the page with Chrome (CTRL and +, CTRL and -) the board become smaller but I miss the bottom row. I think there isn't a way to reduce the board except to increase the screen resolution.

Bacheca messaggi