960 Feature Request

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11th July 2009, 10:11pm
#1
by Gonnosuke
Southern California Germany
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2549

When creating a 960 challenge, it would be nice if we had the option to create a pair of games with the same starting position so both players have the opportunity to play white.  In head-to-head matches it's especially important because there are certain starting positions where white has a significant advantage.

Edit:

If any of the staff read this, I also think that the Game Type drop-down box shouldn't be hidden under Advanced Options.  If the drop-down was visible by default I suspect it would eliminate many of the "How do I play 960" forum posts.

11th July 2009, 10:20pm
#2
by Politicalmusic
Alabama United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 2454

I agree.  And is it me or does the conditional move not work on 960?  Everytime I try, my conditional board is about 3 to 4 moves behind the actual game.

11th July 2009, 10:22pm
#3
by Rael
Calgary Canada
Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 5084

That conditional move glitch happens to me too. I'm sure it's been reported.

11th July 2009, 10:25pm
#4
by WanderingWinder
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 812

I agree. I'd also like the ability to filter the challenges I accept based on seperate rating fields for regular chess and 960. Great job overall though, Chess.com staff

12th July 2009, 02:17am
#5
by Helldweller
Dallas United States
Member Since: Sep 2008
Member Points: 274

How do I participate in the 960 series?? ... I'm at a loss.. 

12th July 2009, 12:47pm
#6
by Gonnosuke
Southern California Germany
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2549
Helldweller wrote:

How do I participate in the 960 series?? ... I'm at a loss.. 


Under Advanced Options in the new game window, you'll see a drop-down box where you select the type of game you want to play.  Chess 960 is one of the options.  That's all there is to it.

12th July 2009, 01:38pm
#7
by NM ozzie_c_cobblepot
United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 3659

Instead of having the ability to create a white/black, there should be the ability to create with a specific seed instead of random. That way the rematch can be with specific colors with specific seed.

12th July 2009, 05:18pm
#8
by Gonnosuke
Southern California Germany
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2549
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

Instead of having the ability to create a white/black, there should be the ability to create with a specific seed instead of random. That way the rematch can be with specific colors with specific seed.


That would work too if the starting position # was visible somewhere.

12th July 2009, 05:25pm
#9
by bobobbob
Dallas, Texas United States
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 701
ozzie_c_cobblepot wrote:

Instead of having the ability to create a white/black, there should be the ability to create with a specific seed instead of random. That way the rematch can be with specific colors with specific seed.


Then you could prepare openings, which kinda ruins the point.

12th July 2009, 07:50pm
#10
by ichabod801
Maryland United States
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 703

I like the idea of being able to choose the position. It only ruins the point if you want it to, the default would still be random. You could set up N game matches using the same position. You could even set up some interesting theme tournaments.

12th July 2009, 08:03pm
#11
by WanderingWinder
United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 812
jamesjddongchess wrote:

But if 2 games happen at the same time, can't one person simply copy the other person's move?


Yes. That's a very old technique which allows anyone to be able to have even scores against even the strongest players in the world, but a) at least on this site, if that's a serious problem, you can probably use the time limits to deviate at some point and b) people playing for fun usually don't do that because you can't really hope for better than splitting the points

12th July 2009, 08:14pm
#12
by Gonnosuke
Southern California Germany
Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 2549
jamesjddongchess wrote:

But if 2 games happen at the same time, can't one person simply copy the other person's move?


It's also a reportable offense.  I'm not sure if it's spelled out in the rules or not but the staff have intervened in at least one case where this was attempted.

28th July 2009, 01:15pm
#13
by Runner
Ulm Germany
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 1039

Is it possible to play chess960-votechess?

 

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