Thank you everyone for your suggestions up to this point! Also, thank you to those members who contributed to creating and maintaining this list (specifically paul211 and artfizz)!
I feel so spoiled.
this is just a list :) lots of things on there will get done and some won't. i have to prioritize by impact to maximum number of users and by resource hours.
Impressive list.
Here's another minor possibility: I notice a few people are using my "Fly a Kite" theme. I hadn't expected anybody else to use it (the photographs are of two of my sons flying hang gliders) and am pleased somebody else liked it.
Is it possible to add a feature so that if we click on a theme we can see who else is using it?
I have been watching the Wishlist ever since its inception long ago, and it's nice to know that Erik and the great members of the site have kept a close eye on it and haven't lost focus on the things that the members want, regardless of if/when it can be done. How cool is it the WE know what the FOUNDER of this site KNOWS what WE want and is trying his best to provide it? It would be so easy for Erik to separate our wishes from his development and occasionally toss us a bone (and keep us in the dark), but the very fact that he has his ear to the ground and is constantly listening and communicating with us is service that you will not find at any other chess site. Period.
Completely agree with knightnothorse. Like the Chess.com records idea. Sounds good to me.
One thing I would like to suggest is to add analysis to the game of the day matches so that users can learn more from them.
Great site Erik and staff. Thank You.
I will love coaching mode. That may very well be the best thing on that list. Thanks Erik and the staff! They deserve some sleep! :)
Could there also be a "play from this position" option against other Chess.com members? It could work if they want to work on certain endgames, or do chess excersizes that are impossible to reach in the course of a game?
How about swiss pairing for tournaments?
Are we able to access our @chess.com emails using external applications such as outlook express, or thunderbird? (Not just those apps in particular, was giving examples. I'd love to now if it can be used at all outside of chess.com)
Vote chess : display (on vote chess main page) if it is white or black to play.
That was a long list!
It would be nice to see "best win" stats, also in blitz (live).
Moon..:)!
Is there a way to include something like "Positional play Trainer"?
Does "chess variants" include Capablanca Chess?
positional play trainer = Chess Mentor! :)
variants... an enormous scary project :)
photoray-- see here for email setup--
http://support.chess.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=181&nav=0
ah a nice long Bucket list
I agree. I was just reading on wikipedia that there are over 2000 variants! I suppose the easiest ones to tackle first would be the ones where only the initial position is different (i.e. Chess 960) but where the rules remain the same. I figure the last one (if ever!!) would be something where there is a different shape of board, different rules for captures (i.e. pieces transforming, etc...) because that would be a mountain of programming. Chess 960 would be rad though...
Is this what you mean by scary?
What about group matches? ie: 1 seed plays 1seed, 5th seed plays other 5th seed
Charles
Perhaps I need to upgrade my membership for this, but I would like it if the Game Explorer had more games in it that included blunders or simply poor moves in the early game, and how to identify and exploit them. The Master level games are fantastic, but tend not to include very many actually bad moves.