Chess.com is awful.

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briansladovich
Phantom_of_the_Opera wrote:

I can't even use it to prepare for OTB chess!  even players rated up above 1700 play stupid junk like 1. h3 and just stupid Openings in general.  what a mess.  what is this site good for?

huh, yeah
What is it good for
Absolutely nothing
Uh-huh!! 

keshavdsingh2905
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RoobieRoo

Agreed chess dot com is just beastly I say!

BlunderLots
StupidGM wrote:
 

"Sound opening principles."  Okay:

1.  Control the center

2.  Develop your pieces

3.  Protect your king

4.  Gain space

Just how far is that supposed to carry a player?  

Done well, it should carry a player into a playable (hopefully winning, but at the very least equal) middle-game, with clear positional goals and/or tactical targets in mind.

Spacebux
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:

I just tested a plugin on Chrome and the pages all are loading in 2 seconds or faster on v3. I'll have to test on FF later.

 

I was able to get a short test in and while FF was a little slower than Chrome it was under 3 seconds on all loads.

Which plugin are you using?

Which page(s) are you loading?

Did you clear cache before each access attempt?

Did the page fully render or just download the data?  I would imagine the plugin only measures data download times, not javascript processing / display time as well.

Brendan_UK
Phantom_of_the_Opera wrote:

I can't even use it to prepare for OTB chess!  even players rated up above 1700 play stupid junk like 1. h3 and just stupid Openings in general.  what a mess.  what is this site good for?

Hello Phantom, we're really sorry that you lost your game to your opponent who used the "stupid junk" 1. h3 move.

Reminds me of a similar complaint, "Basically I am playing chess openings at the 1800 level but my opponents don't understand them so play stupid moves that makes me lose".

Please feel free to use the tissues kindly donated at the bottom of p.2 #40, to wipe away your middle class problem wink.png (Don't blame this website).

Martin_Stahl
Spacebux wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Martin_Stahl wrote:

I just tested a plugin on Chrome and the pages all are loading in 2 seconds or faster on v3. I'll have to test on FF later.

 

I was able to get a short test in and while FF was a little slower than Chrome it was under 3 seconds on all loads.

Which plugin are you using?

Which page(s) are you loading?

Did you clear cache before each access attempt?

Did the page fully render or just download the data?  I would imagine the plugin only measures data download times, not javascript processing / display time as well.

 

I'll have to post when I get back to my computer but the page was fully loaded and usable. Can't guarantee all Javascript processing was completed. Would have to check the plugin documentation to see what processing is included.

nimzomalaysian

Here are the page load times - V2 vs V3.

[1] Page - chess.com/forum 

  1. V3- 3.50 seconds
  2. V2- 1.14 seconds

[2] Page - chess.com/home

  1. V3- 2.88 seconds
  2. V2- 2.89 seconds (surprise!)

[3] Page - chess.com/live

  1. V3- 7.98 seconds
  2. V2- 5.22 seconds

[4] Page - chess.com/tactics

  1. V3- 2.94 seconds
  2. V2- 1.94 seconds

Though it's clear that V2 is still a little faster than V3, what our pal @Spacebux is mentioning here sounds more like a client side problem.

PS. Just went back to V2 for testing purposes after a long time and I must admit I still like the old site better. The nostalgia has hit me hard.

 

u216751
BronsteinPawn wrote:YOU DON'T SAY?"
 

That was a note on Andres' profile page.. Turns out he's a new kid on the block and eleven, and how he addressed his comment and the crassness of others here it was mis-taken, not to mention one particular idiot that loves trolling me, his taunt as to why I pasted such before knowing he just a child, eleven.

taunter..

Bonsai_Dragon

Chess.com rocks. For you Malaysians...chess.com rocks lah!

BronsteinPawn
Bonsai_Dragon escribió:

Chess.com rocks. For you Malaysians...chess.com rocks lah!

Unnecessary racist comment. Stop being mean. Thanks. Greetings.

JuergenWerner
Learn the Duras...
captnding123

raspberries

u216751

boysenberries

BronsteinPawn

null

u216751

lol

 

BronsteinPawn wrote on my notes:
wut? Im confused, when did we meet? 1 Min. Ago

Bonsai_Dragon
BronsteinPawn wrote:
Bonsai_Dragon escribió:

Chess.com rocks. For you Malaysians...chess.com rocks lah!

Unnecessary racist comment. Stop being mean. Thanks. Greetings.

Please point out the racist comment. Having spent some time in Malaysia, I am curious just what you considered to be racist? Was it calling people from Malaysia Malaysians or was it the use of the common Malaysian slang expression, lah?

I'm guessing you have no idea what you're talking about and this is a lame attempt at trying to incite.  

Move along bronstein.....come back with something worth reading.  

Aidenh32
StupidGM wrote 

You want to have fun and beat weak players with surprise moves.

I want to become the first 3000+ rated FIDE player.  To me, THAT is fun.

 

no chance.

Aidenh32

Also, to respond to the topic of the actual thread, I think chess.com is great!

ThePEPSIChallenge

2nd that

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