Erik from Chess.com here. Ask me almost anything!

    Without giving away any "Top Secret" information,   Can you show us a picture of this monstroscity server--V3..?    Show us the one where Staff and IT are all standing around scratching their heads, pointing to things, holding their notepads, with question marks over their heads  Maybe it will qualify for my "Pets" thread...

can u play with me? if i win, u give me a free premium membership Note: iam former world champion tal

      WHY DID YOU KIDNAP KBOYER?  WE WANT HER BACK!!                                        http://www.chess.com/forum/view/off-topic/sneak-preview-from-elenin-studioshellipv2-lives-coming-this-fall?page=39      POST 775

      Any truth to the rumor that V3 will offer 2 new features?                                                                                                                              COSPLAY                                                                                                                             AND DANCING LESSONS

Hi Friend, can we conduct Online-FIDE rated tournaments for players who cannot participate in Over-the-board rated tournaments, taking example of the recent Online Women's Chess Tournament.

Can we award Premium Membership for one week/month/year for the players who win a couple of Chess.com Online/Live Tournaments?

Yes pleasr

Thanks for lending an ear Erik.

My question is will v3 record my "thematic games (predetermined starting positions)" played in the "my games" database of Game Explorer?

Hi Erik!

I see Simon Williams is playing on a new chess board, looks slightly more like the lichess setup. How can I acess the new board?

Another silly technical question, everytime I start a new game my chess board is insanely tiny and I have to click the "simple board" button to get it to full screen. Please Help

Hi Erik,

PLease tell me how can I become a top blogger?

Erik, can you please offer more control features in open team match challenges, in the specs please.

Have been asking for this for 2 years now

For example, when we create an open team match seek we want to be able to restrict which teams can accept and which can't by putting in a group size perimeter. E.g. Only groups that have between 1000 and 1500 members can accept. Or 50-100, or 3000-5000 etc etc.

Snall groups don't want giant groups accepting their open seeks to avoid suicide matches, and vice versa is pointless.

chess_kebabs wrote:

Erik, can you please offer more control features in open team match challenges, in the specs please.

Have been asking for this for 2 years now

For example, when we create an open team match seek we want to be able to restrict which teams can accept and which can't by putting in a group size perimeter. E.g. Only groups that have between 1000 and 1500 members can accept. Or 50-100, or 3000-5000 etc etc.

Snall groups don't want giant groups accepting their open seeks to avoid suicide matches, and vice versa is pointless.

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That would be a nice Feature....then we won't have to send allot of challenges to small teams that don't respond or refuse....if we could pick a team size, then all the teams of that size that want to play can see it....nice suggestion Babs....

Also why can't free members be super admin?

In Team VC, could one person be designated the moderator of the team and be able to see votes before he votes? That way he could stop knuckleheads from voting for an obvious trap.

Great idea!

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@OP: Thank you for granting us the opportunity to ask you questions. 

My first question pertains to a small, cosmetic issue. Why are draws listed at the end of a W-L-D record? For example, player statistics read something like, "152 W/ 87 L / 19 D," and tournament standings render players' records as, e.g., 20-7-2, with draws at the end. I am so accustomed to seeing draws in the middle that I regularly need to remind myself that the latter player, above, drew two games and not seven. Could draws be moved to the middle instead?

My second question again relates to draws. Over-the-board tournaments generally require that players keep a written record of their moves as they make them, including all draw offers extended. We, as players, can record when draw offers are made ourselves in the Notes section of any correspondence game, but I think that an automatic recording of all draw offers in the Move List would be convenient, as well as consistent with official practice.

Also, players in Live Chess don't have time, especially during Blitz or Bullet games, to record draw offers themselves. Having them recorded in the Move List automatically would be very nice.

 Already exist on v3 and the app.

You can challenge people in your friends list already. You just have to be in Live at the same time and issue your challenge then. 

I do like V3, but the only thing is live chess. I like to play opponent's between -50 and +200 points of me. That way, I learn more. But, now the only options are -100+100, -200+200 and -50+50. I don't mind waiting for a match that suits me, and I like the freedom of choosing my own rating range.