That has been asked before and erik had some commments. I'll see if I can find that and link it.
I don't recall the reason for sure but I think it has something to do with some thematic positions being better for one side and that would skew statistics, but I could be way off.
That has been asked before and erik had some commments. I'll see if I can find that and link it.
I don't recall the reason for sure but I think it has something to do with some thematic positions being better for one side and that would skew statistics, but I could be way off.
My rebuttal is that if someone enters a thematic position, they have chosen to make specific moves, even if those first few moves are not played out on the chessboard.
But, alas, it seems that I'm not drawing much support from other members in this issue, so I guess it is what it is. I am disappointed, though, that out of the (probably) hundreds of thematic games I've played, I'm unable to pull them up and see what answers work best for me (and why) in certain positions. I find this loss of data disappointing.
Too bad we can't possibly come up with some sort of compromise; such as a dropdown in the "Master Games/My Games/Other Player" menu that may include "Thematic Games"?
I'll stop whining now and move on to playing chess.
I completely forgot about this topic.
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/community/erik-from-chess-com-here-ask-me-almost-anything?page=14
Post 262.
I got the bright idea to play several thematic games and use the Explorer to record and help me determine how well or poorly I do vs. certain positions. What I found out is this:
When a game is a thematic game (starting at a fixed position), the Game Explorer is not pulling these games up. So, for example, you take part in a "King's Gambit" tournament; not a one of those "King's Gambit" games will be pulled up for later reference in Game Explorer; thus your performance stats aren't shown either.
This came as a real disappointment to me; as I wanted to see what moves I was making vs. book openings that were effective for me; and which ones weren't. With all of those thematic games I have played, that's a lot of information unavailable!
So, I'd like to see these thematic games show up in the Explorer.
I've tried many a thematic game; writing the first ones off as flukes; but i am unable to pull up any thematic game in Game Explorer; yet I can download the PGN of the first game I ever completed on chess.com back in 2012 and by retracing the moves tit for tat, pull it up (which is great, by the way).
So, my questions: