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During a teams game some of the pieces disappeared. At least half of them disappeared. It happened when I played a move. Then when I play my next move the piece doesn't move where I want it to; it just stays on it's square and the next player's clock starts. They recieve the move I played, but on my board the piece hasn't moved at all! The same happens to their pieces: they move but I don't receive their moves. They have no problems. All I see is clocks running down. So in total there are two BUGS: 1. Disappearing pieces 2. Not recieving moves (the pieces are stuck on their squares after some random pieces disappear)

@aanuj96, showed me a not usual opening. We won in 5 moves. Because red was passive. Well ... yellow also could play better Blue: @aanuj96 Green: me [Variant "Teams"]1. h2-h3 .. b10-d10 .. g13-g12 .. m8-l82. Nj1-i3 .. Ba9-c11 .. Qh14-f12 .. Nn5-l63. e2-e3 .. Na10-c9 .. Qf12-g11 .. Qn8-m84. Ne1-f3 .. Nc9-e10 .. Qg11-g4 .. Qm8xh13+5. Bi1xb8 .. Ne10-f12+ .. # The first non-standard move. First I thought that it is an @aanuj96's gambit. With this idea: Yellow queen eats the pawn and then we attack yellow queen to win a tempo. But when yellow queen targeted blue pawn and was ready for a light breakfast ... @aanuj96 protected the pawn. So, it is not a gambit. Now the pawn is protected, but bishop's position is strange. The 3rd move of this opening. Blue pony jumps to c9. Yellow and read were relaxed. Yellow queen attacked blue bishop (so the bishop was a bait for the queen actually, that is why it was placed to that square), red developed his pony. So, the blue pony made a multi-purpose move: 1. Protects blue bishop. 2. Attacks yellow queen. 3. Can check yellow king next move. Yellow queen runs away. Green queen checks yellow king: Red can not help yellow at this moment. He attacks blue queen, but ... the blue pony checkmates yellow king. 4 Player Chess is not a game where you can play relaxed.

i have found that some songs can be helpful such as this song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07spb387Opc

What is the point of that little comic book dialogue box that comes up and says "No One Won"? Is there ever a context where it isn't a bug? Considering there is always a winner in 4 player, what was the point of even programming that in? I'm just curious about this mystery....

The main problem of low rated players in 4PC chess: They always (or almost always) hurry. The game allows to think for 10 seconds per move. But they spend 1-2 seconds and make a move. And then ... they say "sorry" to their teammate when he/she shows a much better move. This is a problem of most 1300 .. 1800 players.

@Ec_96 just quit the teams game three before it even started and lost me 70 rating points. This has to stop! If somebody times out or resigns on the first move in teams, can't you just change it so the teammate doesn't lose any points and the opposing team doesn't get any points? This issue is horrible.

So upon my return to chess.com 2 days ago, I have played many interesting games partnering with Toni, Caius, Andrew, and Stefano. In this video, Toni is featured: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIUNKUQTqBk&feature=youtu.be Starting at 30:00, Toni and I have two games in which we are losing by the middlegame but come back in the endgame. Enjoy!

Is there any way for me to fix this? I can't even watch a game now, I see one move and then it freezes.

Hi, looks like there is a bug with people getting matched for games once they hit the 3000 rating; according to valger, he had the search running for 3 hours on his computer in the background with not getting games; seems like rezacz stopped right after 3000 as well, I'm guessing due to the same issue. This bug probably hasn't come up before until a few folks have hit these new ceilings. Thanks for adding it to the list and keeping it in mind.

About 5 minutes into FFA game, when game froze, then ended. Might've been related to server maintenance... After game ended, the screen flashed through 3 different "result" screens. Almost amusing (if not so frustrating for sacking my 100 rating points): 1: 2: 3:

We write many unpleasant words to chess.com team (about the 4 Player Chess bugs, inconveniences, slow development etc.) and it makes a feeling that all is bad. I offer to say thanks and other good words to chess.com team in this topic (when they deserve it). Yesterday they made at least 2 good things: - The rating changes in Teams are mild now. - There is an indication of Teams and FFA games in the Top Games list. Thanks for this.

see i don't mind if you resign because you have an absolutely horrible teammate its when you resign because your teammate does'nt do what you tell them cause i got in a game of teams and my teammate resigned because for example i would'nt sacrifice my queen to save his rook he wanted me to make all of the saving sacrifices i think because he thought he was so much better but with the rook example both the queen and the rook would have been captured no matter what we did

When someone invites a teammate the invited player should hear a sound. Now there is a notification, but it can appear when a player does not look at the board.

Congrats to @rezacz . He is the first 4PC Teams player with 3000+ rating (3005 today). Well done!

http://www.smartbridge6.nine.ch/.4pcp/4pc.html Update Feb 7: Unfortunatlely I can no longer host on smartbridge6, the page is offline. Working on a different solution. copy/paste "games": 1. h2-h4 .. b7-d7 .. g13-g11 .. m8-k82. h4-h5 .. d7-e7 .. g11-g10 .. k8-j83. h5-h6 .. e7-f7 .. g10-g9 .. j8-i84. h6-h7 .. f7-g7 .. g9-g8 .. i8-h85. h7-h9 .. g7-h7 .. g8-g7 .. h8-g86. h9-h10 .. h7-i7 .. g7-g6 .. g8-f87. h10-h11 .. i7-j7 .. g6-g5 .. f8-e88. h11-h12 .. j7-k7 .. g5-g4 .. e8-d89. h12xi13 .. k7-l7 .. g4-g3 .. d8-c810. i13xQh14 .. l7xm6 .. g3xf2 .. c8xb911. Kh1-m13 .. m6xKn7 .. f2xQg1 .. b9xKa8 copy/paste positions: yP2yP1gPgKgN1rP4/yP2yP1gR3rP4/yP2yQ1gP3rQ4/yPyNyKyN1gPgPgP1rK4/yP2yR1gB3rB4/yB2yB1gR3rB4/yP2yR1gNgQgB1rNrRrPrR1/14/3bR4bRbPrN3/3bB3bNgP1bP3/3bB3bP2rP3/3bP3bN2rP3/3bP3rPrPgPgP3/3bPbKbQ2bPrP2bP1

... what's happening in this FFA (non-teams) game. You might need to translate.

there's really been problems with people that resign as soon as they can in teams (i call them tea-baggers) and i know that if they resign three times in a row they get banned for three hours from the 4 player chess but the big matter is that it brings down the rank on their teammate but then sometimes ive been games where these tea-baggers just let their time run out and i think that if on your first move if you let your time run out it should'nt bring down the teammates rank and also if you resign as it should'nt bring down your teammates rank just yours and also the time technique wastes even the opponents time to because the games no fun

I thought it is just a coincidence. Now I am sure it is not: 1. You click [New Game] button and wait for long time. The server can not find opponents (and teammates) for you. You click [Cancel]. Then click [New Game] again and appear in a new game after 1 second. It happened many times. So, it can not be a coincidence. It is some error in the matchmaking system. So, if the game does not start in 1 minute, just Cancel and then New Game again! Do not waste your time waiting. 2. You click [New Game] button and wait for long time. The server can not find opponents (and teammates) for you. You click [Cancel] and ... a new game starts and you appear in that new game. It also happened many times. I can not prove this, but it does happen. Is it a bug? A feature? A coincidence?

Another Idea about Teams match is shuffling the colors of pieces between teams one for ed: red king will have yellow queen sitting next to him or maybe bishops and rooks. This will make game more tactical.

i think that people should sometimes post when they will be playing team chess so that people can request them if there's a certain person they want to play with so if you don't mind you can sometimes post the date and time you will be on then please post what state you live in so that we can get your timezone