New Features & Fixes - May 3 2009

thematic games - should be fixed in the next 48 hours.

tactics trainer passed/failed colors - go to that page and hit control+F5, it is fixed.

This site just gets better and better. Love your first attempt at 3D. Can't believe I guessed it right. you guys deserve a nice chill in the Seychelles for your effort

I see that they are already fixed!  Thanks so much, and great job with this update.  Keep up the good work :)

Apologies if this has been covered already.

I'm confused by the changes to the Analysis Board.  If my memory serves we didn't used to get our chosen moves showing in the Moves tab?  We do now & this is good but there seems to be some impenetrable reasoning behind whether or not you can replay your chosen line.  Sometimes when you go back to the current position the moves from your most recent line are showing and you can replay, sometimes only the moves up to the current positon are there. 

Is there some method to this or is it a bug?  I'll wait to see if there's any reply to this & if not I'll post it as a bug. 

Great to see the site continue to progress though.

I'm joining the gratitude team.

Erik, the Chess.com team behind you - I am amazed by the new improvements (especially the videos), and I am inspired by the way in which you run this site.

I think there's lots to learn from how bussiness is done at Chess.com.

Can I take a moment to say that I really dislike the animated peice movement?  Is there any way to turn it off?

The empire strikes back. The Sky is the limit!!

Please please PLEASE!  It is really herky-jerky, it's horrible.

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but regarding the new mobile chess:

1) game analysis doesn't show the entire board (using BB Curve)

2) game analysis requires me to move first (meaning I move twice before moving my opponent)

3) first hilighted option on the game analysis menu is 'resign'... I'd hate to lose a game that way

which animation?

i know :) but where - online chess? diagrams? tactics trainer? or everywhere?

 Are you kidding me? i love that animated piece movement!

and now im thinking of getting diamond instead of premium.. because diamond offers so much more and premium has limited!

In the forums is where I noticed it, specifically on the daily puzzle.

 Puzzles (solution), when people show there games on forums :), just thought i add a few

I don't know if this setting is something that I have control over, but I think that it speaks to a broader issue I've raised in the past:  I think that every board on chess.com, whether in the forums or during game-play, should conform to my preferences -- not those of the poster.  I'm constantly confronted with boards in the forums that just don't fit my screen (particularly once the move comments pop-down).

(OK, I know... I can't help but lobby a little since the opportunity presents itself)

I'd like an option for this too. In fact, it would be nice to just set my board, pieces etc. system wide so that everything on chess.com meets my settings.

I've noticed it in Game Explorer, Computer Analysis (of a finished game), and the Analysis Board.  All very distracting.

Also, the Analysis Board appears to have broken.  I will follow a line of play, then hit "Current" to return to the current position... and my line is gone.  I'm just at the current position with no moves made.

I'll third that - consistent look across the whole site would be awesome.

Hmmm... the "moving" piece is nice but is choppy, not smooth. Is it just me? Having said that...

An already awesome site gets, well, awesome-er!   Unheard of! 

Thank you, Erik and the crew at chess.com -- the site that made me play and enjoy chess again after more than 2 decades.

Hey!  The analysis board Details tab now dynamically keeps track of changes in material on the board as you play out your fantasies.

That's great!