Glitch with the Board and Pieces that Only Seemed to Start Over the Weekend!

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ThrillerFan

Please note - This is from an ongoing game.

DO NOT GIVE ANY CHESS ADVICE!!!   YOU GIVE CHESS ADVICE IN THIS POSITION AND YOU CAN DIE!

I am here to report a problem I have noticed since the weekend.  This is using Google Chrome, and one of the most basic settings for boards.  Notice how the pawn on a2 and the Queen on a5, along with the rest of the pieces on the a-file look "normal".

Then, as you work your way to the left, like say, the d-file, notice how the White Queen and White Bishop are "a little off center".

Then, as you work further, look at pieces like the Bishop on f3 or the Bishop on g7, or any of the Kingside pawns or Kings.  They are "severely off center".  The further left you go, the worse it is.

Is anybody else noticing this?

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ThrillerFan

Another weird observation.  What you see above consistently happens in my Correspondence games where I AM BLACK ONLY!

 

When I am WHITE, a different, but consistent problem occurs with all of my WHITE games.  Notice how the diagram in the first post, the further left you go, the more to the right the pieces are shoved.

 

Well, when I'm White, the further UP the board you go, the more the pieces are shoved off-center towards the BOTTOM of the Square, but Horizontally, they are all Centered, just like how as BLack, they are vertically centered!

 

It's a little harder to see this one, but look at the bottoms of the Rooks on the 8th rank versus the 1st rank Rooks.

 

AGAIN - ONGOING - IF YOU GIVE ADVICE ON THE POSITION, GO DIE AND ROT YOU KNOW WHERE!

 

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Waredude
The pieces all look fine to me. I did notice that the pieces were a little off though. I have had the same thing happen a few days ago.(placement problem)
Waredude
Maybe try sizing the board differently? Or you could try switching the theme and maybe switch it back.
ThrillerFan
Waredude wrote:
The pieces all look fine to me. I did notice that the pieces were a little off though. I have had the same thing happen a few days ago.(placement problem)

 

That's exactly what I'm saying.  The pieces are off center the further left you go in my games as Black, and the further up you go in my games as White.  The pieces themselves are all normal size.

 

Horizontal distortion as Black and Vertical distortion as White.

ThrillerFan
Waredude wrote:
Maybe try sizing the board differently? Or you could try switching the theme and maybe switch it back.

 

Nice idea, but it didn't work.  Changed it.  Saved it.  Changed it back.  Saved it.  Still distorted as I looked at the game where I'm Black.

ThrillerFan

Now that's weird.  I do nothing other than post message 6, and then go back to the game, and the pieces are centered properly.  This is going to be really bad if it is an intermittent problem.  Having been a Developer for 12 years and now a QA analyst for 8 years, let me tell you.  Intermittent problems are worse than something that fails every time!

Waredude
Weird indeed. 'Tis becoming quite peculiar.
shaun

Oh!  Awesome glitch!  @Thrillerfan, can you pass me the OS, Browser and Browser version you use in a personal message so I can try to recreate for our developers?