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Blocking doesn't work for anonymous, but in anonymous you don't know who your opponents are so there's no point in blocking. I would say that it remains this way otherwise people will block pros on purpose so that only noobs will be in the anonymous game, and it makes rating farms easier. Btw I got blocked by the user, come on why! This means I can't post on that thread so I have to create a new thread. We should make blocking not affect posting on the blocking user's thread

there are a lot of reasons of why it would be useful, my main reasons are: 1. as i like playing variants that you have to wait a lot of time for people to join, you would be more motivated to stay on the page and not going to do something else and abort the game when it starts 2. you can ask/explain to other people how a variant works, or also explanations about the standard game that beginners could ask, like "why my opponent stalemated and won?" etc

I would like to start off this post by stating that I am very glad that the rating system has been updated to have last place lose the most points. I was not at all surprised that players voted the solo rating system out as it was widely disliked. People understand the importance of having last place lose the most points as an incentive to play the best you can and not get the least points. Also the satisfying feeling you get after taking out an opponent and avoiding the big rating loss of last place. That being said, I still very much dislike the fact that 2nd and 3rd lose equally. I understand the rationale for why 2nd place was no longer awarded + points. People taking the lazy route and ending the game early to get 2nd and a 1st place winner throwing away pieces to usually their opposite or whoever helped them get 1st ( a pretty scummy thing to do to cheat someone out of a hard fought 2nd place victory even if it was well intentioned to reward someone for helping you get 1st ) etc. But I will list what I see are the important reasons for there being a difference between 2nd and 3rd place. 1. As far as I am concerned if you earn more points, you played better and should be rewarded accordingly. That is taken away if ANY place loses equally. 2. People need incentives to stay in the game as long as possible. I have posted before about a handful of games that I have had where I hemorrhaged material early on in the game, but managed to stay alive with only 1 or 2 pieces left and was able to be an asset to my opposite ( or it could be your right or left opponent as well) and managed to pull out a 2nd place victory. There was no path to 1st save a series of unlikely blunders from the other players, but there is a path to 2nd with the right play. 3. Related to point 2 is that there does come a point in the endgame with 3 players left where 1st is no longer possible for 1 or 2 players, but they can get 2nd by teaming up at the right time with the player who will win. One of the key factors in 4PC is mutual benefit. If 2nd and 3rd lose equally, that is lost. On the issue of how to dole out the 2nd and 3rd rating points if awarding + points for 2nd is permanently off the table, then why not have 2nd lose 0 or only 2-3 rating points and have 3rd lose 4-5 if 2nd is 0 or 7-8 rating points if 2nd is 2-3? So those are my thoughts I would like to hear all of yours. The bottom line is that I really HATE the idea of any place losing equally. It leaves me with a very unsatisfied feeling.

if there is solo why does in ffa there is a loss for second place?

Hey guys! Just wanted to see if anyone would consider the idea of making the solo rating system a playable option. Both scoring systems would have the same rating, but there would be two different options. I think that some people have suggested this and I hope the idea is employed, since many people prefer solo.

Just wanted to post about the change I have noticed in the rating system. Comment and let's work to keep it. PS here is a game that illustrates that if you refuse to give 2nd + points AT LEAST have a difference between 2nd and 3rd. https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/32003608/245/1 UPDATE What happened? I played a game earlier https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/32330180/187/3 where there was a difference between 2nd and 3rd. Did I imagine that or have the rating systems been changed around?

there are so many topics about FFA points where somebody say it should be with all the points to the winner and small difference for other places, and others saying there should be significant difference between 2nd 3rd and 4th. so why not bring back the separation between solo and FFA? they are totally different games to me, each one is good at his own way, and they should have separated ratings

Where can I find the leaderboards?

I have finally figured " if you can't beat 'em, join 'em. " I have started to play opposites, when I'm not fighting for my own life, & a couple of the basic traps in the opening , and you know what, The game is actually more fun this way. Know wonder you like it so much. Double team is only cheating when you deliberately leave pieces en prise with no loss of time or material to pursue a 3rd player. Pay attention newbies and those under 2000 , ( which I am no longer one of ) a certain amount of double team occurs naturally , but can be played within the framework of the rules. I bet you never thought you'd hear that from me , did ya ? Double

https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/31904494

I am known for making bad puzzles and I am sorry for that, but here is one that almost happend during the game if yellow didn't have check on me(blue). Take a moment to find mate in 2 (teams puzzle) (blue to play) 1. h2-h3 .. b7-c7 .. i13-i12 .. m8-l82. Qg1-j4 .. b9-c9 .. h13-h11 .. m11-k113. Ne1-f3 .. Ba6xBi14 .. Qh14xBi14 .. m6-l64. e2-e4 .. Qa8-b7 .. Qi14xQb7+ .. m5-k55. Qj4-h6 .. Na5xQb7 .. Nj14-k12 .. Rn11-l116. Qh6-i7 .. b11-d11 .. Nk12-m11 .. Rl11xNm117. Qi7xRm11 .. Ra11-c11 .. Ne14-d12 .. Nn10-l98. Qm11-n11 .. c9-d9 .. Rk14-h14 .. Nn5-l49. k2-k4 .. Rc11-c8 .. Nd12-b11 .. Nl4-k610. Nj1-h2 .. Rc8-i8 .. Rh14-h12 .. Nk6-j411. i2-i3

If 1st = 3 wins, 2nd = -0.5, how did 2nd get +10 in this game? Also, can we help Justin find a new hobby? https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/31572412/611/1

Some players clearly lack of fair-play spirit, have no sportmanship. For instance: - betraying the opp in the 1st stage FFA for any reason (finishing then 3rd in most cases, but they don't care), - targeting some particular player, specifically the opp', simply because he is much higher rated, in order to make him finish 4th on purpose and to have the Schadenfreude to see him losing 30, 40 points, - resigning on purpose just before someone eats your Q and gets 9 pts that he deserved, - resigning on purpose just before the certain mate, in order to create thus a zombie king and to prevent the winning player from having 20 points and quite often from winning the game he was clearly winning, - eating as much pieces of someone with no strategic advantage (once someone realises he won't win), just in order to make him lose (by revenge), - failing to take an obvious mate in 1, making the opp to lose his Q, on purpose, - throwing on purpose in the 2nd stage FFA to some other player, playing for 2nd and wanting another specific player to be 3rd (kingmaking), - resigning on purpose in order to avoid for the CLEARLY winning player to win, seeing that he needs just 1 or 2 points to win (another case of kingmaking: one makes on purpose some player win rather than some other who clearly deserved the victory taking into account the game and his moves, etc.). I haven't played a lot of games where all the players were above 2500-2600, so cannot say, but in the 2200-2500 area such behaviours are unfortunately common. I think it's very damageable for our nice hobby.

I am of course pretty aware that 95% (or more) of FFA players simply do not feel the game and don't know some basics (like https://www.chess.com/clubs/forum/view/basic-ffa-aspects), etc. Strong players of course must be able to adapt, even when playing with 1800 or 2200 players, etc. (It's difficult though, and quite often I lose because I basically fail to adapt to some incompetent players in front who don't understand how to play FFA and make lose themselves and myself; I'm trying to learn how to deal with that issue...). But what I personally HATE, that's when some 2100-2400 idiots who are totally against any cooperation, then throw the game totally to someone else, just in order to "punish" me to have played FFA normally. What is revealing, that's their opinion/attitude/mentality/thoughts about FFA, which is pure misconception. For instance, a 2357 player has just made me 2nd in Solo, offering the game basically to another player. 30 minutes waste for me! And it's not my "paranoiac interpretation", but pure truth, here are the comments from the guy in the chat: (I've translated from Portuguese and eliminated some sexual insults that he put): keep the second ### play team, idiot you don't know how to play ffa ### no pay you have to play team for that play by the rules, idiot don't be a coward That shows BTW a clear rating inflation; some 2-3 years ago it was INIMAGINABLE for a 2300+ player a) to ignore that openly and stupidly the best strategy, b) to feel "cheated" if someone cooperates and to say that it does not comply with the rules (which is obviously false). This particular incompetent player will later certainly either progress to 2500+ (after he will have understood how FFA is to be played actually) or will remain at 2350 or below. (As for politeness, it's unlikely he will change - at 33 years age, people don't change anymore).

https://www.chess.com/variants/4-player-chess/game/31776462 please refund this rating\ i worked all night to get this if anyone help me

Does anyone else have connection issues when playing 4 player? I have good internet connection, and then all of a sudden i'm no longer connected to my internet. It only happens when playing 4 player chess, and does not occur with any other website I visit nor if i'm playing the standard game, to it seems like it may be an issue with 4 player chess? I've tried switching to Chrome, etc. It's super frustrating when i'm in a good game and then suddenly i'm disconnected. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks all. I love the 4 player option. Great game so far.

Some players clearly lack of fair-play spirit, have no sportmanship. For instance: - betraying the opp in the 1st stage FFA for any reason (finishing then 3rd in most cases, but they don't care), - targeting some particular player, specifically the opp', simply because he is much higher rated, in order to make him finish 4th on purpose and to have the Schadenfreude to see him losing 30, 40 points, - resigning on purpose just before someone eats your Q and gets 9 pts that he deserved, - resigning on purpose just before the certain mate, in order to create thus a zombie king and to prevent the winning player from having 20 points and quite often from winning the game he was clearly winning,