Games and tournaments: projects, declarations, negotiations, voting, organizing, playing

Project process (that is possible on this blog) from creating to making it alive. Steps.

1. Create a game and/or tournament project. Useful questions to yourself - write out, check out - what do you like, what do you want?

2. Declare your projects. Write down your preferences and show them to us.

3. Negotiations. Talk about your project to others: Read what others like, want, need, prefer, think...

4. Voting. Find out community choices(preferences) within your project (within your project limits and even beyond them). (You can ask certain questions(as yes/no questions) in this blog and wait for answers, and count/analyze positive, negative or nonnegative answers.)

5. Choice. Choose one project of many possible variants, with your knowledge of community opinions(choices, ideas).

6. Organize. Prepare the project to be living. For example, find the best playing time, schedule, and announce it publicly.

7. You can use my blog:
A. As forum creating projects, getting various types of help.
B. As a project declaration board.
C. As a project discussion forum.
D. As a voting board.
E. As a certain source of knowledge and ideas.

8. Play! :)
Are your project is intended for playing?
The Project created and arranged?
Then let's play. :)

My two special offers

First offer: training

Let's play in "training mode".
Rules.
Offer "takeback"*, give "moretime"*, accept "takeback"* whenever you want.
Offer or accept to "adjourn"* the game if you like to continue the game next time.
Or simply refuse to accept "takeback"* if you want to end the game. Recommendations: "set noescape off", "set autoflag off".

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Second offer: semi-correspondence

Let's play semi-correspondence (e.g. chess).
Example.
Game: Wild fr.
Time control: 45 minutes +180 seconds(after every move).
Game is scheduled to restart every 24 hours from last game restart,
and is adjourned(adjourn)* at every 10-th move.
Would we accept these regulations or would you like to make your own special offer?
When we could start playing? Recommendation: "set noescape off".

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*Terms: takeback, moretime, adjourn are FICS commands.

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If you want to find a player for training or semi-correspondence, write about it here in comment box.

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Examples:
Ex.1: "I want to play chess in training mode with time control 15 15 (15 minutes and 15 seconds after every move) this weekend.

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Ex. 2: "Seek chess, in training mode, 15 15, this weekend".

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Ex. 3: "Next week I Seek wild fr(Fisher Random), semi-corr., 60 300, with 10 move adjourn and 24 hours restart.

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Ex. 4: "I am searching to play Fisher Random chess next week. Time control: 60 minutes plus 300 seconds after every move. Game is adjourned after every 10 moves. Game restarted after 24 hours starting with the first move."

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By the way, you can subscribe comments to your email, and newest comments are seen left top of this blog in section "COMMENTS", below "ABOUT ME", next to "LABELS".

2012 STCBunch Championship

I signed up for "2012 STCBunch Championship on FICS" Internet tournament.
Event link: http://stcbunch.net/news.php
Information copied from the site:
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News
2012 STCBunch Championship on FICS
Author: blkmagic Posted at 09/11/12 - 10:07 PM
Registration for the 2012 STCBunch Championship is now open. The event will be a 7 round swiss with 60 30 time controls. Players will be split into the Championship Group, >=1650, and the Challenger Group, <1650. Registration will close at 1900 server time on Sun Sep 30. The event will start on Tue Oct 02, 2012. Please read the rules before registering.
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Amazing computer chess game: find combinations!

The diagram includes nice one or more chess combinations. Find it! :)

If you have no chess game viewer, you can overview this game in the ficsgames.org database, here is the link:
http://www.ficsgames.org/cgi-bin/show.cgi?ID=314458288

[Event "FICS rated blitz game"]
[Site "FICS freechess.org"]
[FICSGamesDBGameNo "314458288"]
[White "Singularity(C)"]
[Black "BigMomma(C)"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
[Date "2012-09-16"]
[Time "04:27:00"]
[Duration "0:02:52"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:00.000"]
[BlackClock "0:03:00.000"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[LongResult "Game drawn by repetition"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Nb5 Bc6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. Rd1 a5 15. h4 f6 16. h5 a4 17. h6 g6 18. Rh4 Qd8 19. Be2 Na6 20. Kf1 Qe7 21. Kg1 e5 22. c5 Nxc5 23. Rb4 Rab8 24. Bb5 Rfd8 25. Bc4+ Ne6 26. f4 exf4 27. exf4 b5 28. Ba2 Kh8 29. Re1 Rb6 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxe6 dxe6 32. Nxf5 Qf7 33. Rg4 exf5 34. Rg7 Qh5 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Qg3+ Qg4 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rxg4 fxg4 40. Qc7 Rd1+ 41. Kh2 Rb7 42. Qxc6 Rdd7 43. Qxf6+ Kh7 44. Kg3 Rd5 45. Kxg4 Rbd7 46. Kh4 R5d6 47. Qf5+ Kxh6 48. Qxb5 Rd4+ 49. g4 R7d5 50. Qc6+ Rd6 51. Qf3 Kg7 52. b4 axb3 53. Qxb3 Rh6+ 54. Kg3 Rhd6 55. Qb7+ Kf6 56. Qc8 Ke7 57. Qc5 Rd5 58. Qa7+ Kd8 59. Qb8+ Kd7 60. Qb7+ Kd8 61. Qb4 Rd3+ 62. Kh4 R3d4 63. Qb8+ Ke7 64. Qc7+ Rd7 65. Qe5+ Kf8 66. Qf6+ Ke8 67. Qc6 Kd8 68. Kh5 Rh7+ 69. Kg6 Rhd7 70. Qb6+ Kc8 71. Qc5+ Kb7 72. g5 R7d5 73. Qe7+ Rd7 74. Qe3 R7d5 75. Kh5 Rd2 76. Kh6 Rh2+ 77. Kg7 Rg2 78. Qb3+ Kc6 79. Qc4+ Kd6 80. Qa6+ Ke7 81. Qb7+ Kd6 82. Qb4+ Kd7 83. Qa4+ Kc7 84. Qa7+ Kc6 85. Qa8+ Kd6 86. Qd8+ Ke6 87. Qg8+ Kd6 88. Qf8+ Kc7 89. Qf4+ Kd8 90. g6 Rdg5 91. Qd6+ Ke8 92. Qe6+ Kd8 93. Qf6+ Ke8 94. Qc6+ Kd8 95. Qb6+ Kc8 96. Qa6+ Kd7 97. Qa4+ Kc7 98. Qc4+ Kd8 99. Qd3+ Kc8 100. Qc3+ Kd8 101. Qd4+ Kc8 102. Qc4+ Kd8 103. Qg8+ Kd7 104. Qf7+ Kd8 105. Qf6+ Ke8 106. Qf8+ Kd7 107. Qf7+ Kd8 108. Qf6+ {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

Puzzle2: a sad rook

Black starts and wins

Played on: FICS.
Answer found: when I was playing.
My color: black.
Time control: 5+0.
Date: Sept 10, 2012.

Puzzle1: one painful move; check it twice

Black starts and wins

One correct move and all problems solved!
Played on: FICS.
Anwer found: when I was playing, but a few moves later.
My color: black.
Time control: 45+45.
Date: May 27, 2012.

FICS formula and logic

FICS formula supports Boolean algebra.
[ a ⇒ b ] ⇔ [ (¬a) ∨ b ] ⇔ [ (¬a) ∨ (b ∧ a) ]
In this case the rightmost expression lets us better understand the leftmost.
Example: FICS formula !chess | etime>=15 is equivalent to !chess | (chess & etime>=15). From the right(colored in green) formula is clear what the left(and right) formula will do - It will make you accessible to all !chess boards' seek advertisements(ads), plus, chess board ads those etime is equal or more then 15.

Links:
Table_of_logic_symbols, Logical_connective, Propositional_logic, Boolean_algebra_(structure), Two-element_Boolean_algebra.

Preparing to play chess (openings)

1. Moves
If you are going to play first move X( e.g. 1. e4), it is best to know (remember) at least one move ahead, - to know what you will respond to any of possible 20 moves (including all opponent moves that looks "foolish").
If you are playing 1. e4. It is good to know what to respond after all these moves: 1. e4 a6, 1. e4 a5, 1. e4 Na6, 1. e4 b6, 1. e4 b5, 1. e4 c6, 1. e4 c5, 1. e4 Nc6,..., 1. e4 h6, 1. e4 h5, 1. e4 Nh6.
For example if you are going to play 1.e4 to black move 1...e5, you might prepare at least one move, let's say - 2. Nf3.
2. Plans
The other side of your improved game is plan. The plan is what you are thinking by making certain moves. Moves can be "bad", but if you are thinking(or having plans), then you will achieve something. The more plans you have and the more moves satisfy them, the bigger chances that any one of your most acceptable(or realistic) plans will be successful. 3. Evaluations
The third part of the game are evaluations(or expectations, feelings etc. ).
What do you expect from what has happened? How do you feel in this position? What(and why) do you like and what you don't like in the position. Answers to these questions might help you to improve your plans and sequences of moves.
4. Experience
The more you know, the more objects you can put in your plans and the more accurate positional measures(evaluations) you can take. So you can put ending objects(to plan ending)in your calculations even in the opening.

chess 1. b3

1. b3
1. b3 e5
1. b3 Nf6
1. b3 d5
1. b3 d6
1. b3 c5
1. b3 f5
1. b3 b5
1. b3 b6
Handke, Florian b. 1982, German grand master.
Petrosian, Tigran L. b. 1984, Armenian grand master.

[White "Handke,F"][Black "Villegas,P"] 1. b3 d6 2. Bb2 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nbd2 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nh5 8. g3 e5 9. O-O

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Jablonski,N"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7 9. d3 f5 10. Nbd2 Bd7 11. g3

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Bok,B"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. a3 d6 5. e3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 h6 9. b4 a6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Bf3 Rb8 12. Ne2 Nh7 13. O-O

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Rapport,R"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3 Qe7

9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. d3 Qe8 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. b4 Qg6 15. g3

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Gauglitz,G"] 1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5 Qb6 6. c4 Bd7 7. O-O

a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Na3 e6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nac4 Qd8 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. b4 Bd6

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Lentrodt,T"] 1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. c4 c5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Nbd2 Nc6

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[White "Handke,F"][Black "Skinke,K"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qb6 7. Ba4 g6 8. Nc3 Rd8 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Na4 Qb5

12. c4 dxc4 13. bxc4 Qb7 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Nxc5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxc6 Rd3 18. Qb4 a5 19. Nxa5 Bxb2 20. Qb5+ Qd7 21. Qb8+ Qd8 22. Qxb2 O-O

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[White "Petrosian,TL"][Black "Grigoryan,Av"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d6 4. Nf3 f5 5. d4 e4 6. d5 Nce7 7. Ng5 Nxd5 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Qxd5 Nh6 10. Ne6 Qd7 11. Nxf8 Rxf8

12. Qd4 cxb5 13. Qxg7 Ng4 14. h3 Qxg7 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. hxg4 Rxg7 17. Nc3 b4 18. Nb5 fxg4 19. Nxd6+ Kf8 20. O-O-O a5

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[White "Petrosian,TL"][Black "Kravtsiv,M"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Na3 e4 6. f4 a6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nc4 O-O

9. Ne2 a5 10. a4 Bb4 11. h3 Nd7 12. Nd4 Nb6 13. Nxb6 cxb6 14. O-O Qh4

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[White "Short,N"][Black "Almasi,Z"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. Be2 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. d3 O-O

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[White "McShane,L"][Black "Jones,G"] 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. f4 Bg4 10. Qe1 Rad8

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[White "Short,N"][Black "Wells,P"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 a6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nf6

8. Nbd2 Rc8 9. c4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Nf3 O-O

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[White "Short,N"][Black "Smeets,J"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Ne5 Rc8 1/2-1/2

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[White "Smirin,I"][Black "Gupta,Ab"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. Nc3 Bb7 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 Rc8 11. b4 c5

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[White "Nakamura,Hi"][Black "Perkovich,Kyle A"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 h6 8. c4 O-O 9. Nc3

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[White "Sokolov,Ivan"][Black "Smeets,J"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. e3 a6 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. d3 Nf6

8. Ne5 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Nd7 11. O-O g6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. c4 Bg7 14. Qg3 O-O

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[White "Nakamura,Hi"][Black "Simonian,H"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 c5 8. e4 d5 9. Nbd2 d4 10. Ne1 Nc6

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Chess problems

• Goal: make a position-problem. Conditions:
  1. Change real position (as little as possible, e.g. by removing, adding, transposing pieces) so that it would become a solvable:
     tactical
     checkmate
     stalemate
     draw by repetition
     etc
     problem.
  2. Publish these problems somewhere, e.g. post it in "problem makers" tournaments, your blogs, ebooks, or just place it in my blog comment-box, or send me by email: A. Position(e.g. fen code, (bmp) image) and problem; B. Well described problem.
  3. Your Top Ten selected positions might fight in "problem makers" tournaments where selected and all people groups will vote for them and find out the winner.

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• Goal: black starts and gets draw.
  Conditions:
  A. White is two pawns up(no more material advantage);
  B. If initial position has queens or rooks, exclude those initial positions where black can achieve draw by using only perpetual checks.

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Temporary collection of openings

1. e4 g5

Unrated, 10m+15s 1. e4 g5 2. d4 h6 3. f4 e6 4. fxg5 hxg5 5. Qg4 Be7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qxg5 Nxe4 8. Qe5 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Qf4 Nh5 11. Qe4 d5 12. Qe3 Bh4+

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4

Unrated, 10m+15s 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. Nc3 c6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e6 8. Rg1 g6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bg7 12. Nd6+ Kf8 13. Rg3 Qa5+ 14. c3 Qb6 15. Qe2 Nf6 16. Rf3 Nh5 17. Bg5

1.d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5

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1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 Be6

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 Be6 4. Qb3 Qc8 5. cxd5 Bd7 6. e4 e5 7. f4 Bd6 8. Qg3 Kf8 9. fxe5 Be7 10. d4 Qd8 11. Nf3 c6 12. d6 1-0

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Unrated or unregistered games

Lots of people offer unrated and/or unregistered games.
It is OK.
Unrated games can be used for easy training: opening experimentation, etc. .
This is because usually people play unrated games more relaxed so freeing more imagination: "no rating will be changed, I can do what I want".
Unrated people are like kings - "not damaged by signs" - always "newborn", always with full undamaged dignity - always free like God - "I am not a slave of the game - I am playing now, I may not play after a moment, I may not play for a moment, I may not play for ever..."
Such freedom gives for a game more art qualities. Player can feel much more like an artist(creator, living creature) and much less like a machine(a piece of material with no moral feelings). And just imagine if we play a game with no time regulations out of Internet box...:D And let's give to this game some beautiful silence...

How to easier help a FICS user?

Not all questions TD Sibylle can answer.
It is sometimes good reformulate users question so that Sibylle could understand.
So the scheme can be depicted like this:
User's complex question --> my simplified question to Sibylle -->
--> Sibylle's answer --> copy of the answer to user(s)

How to find an opponent?

I-st method

1. Somewhere in the Internet announce:
   
   1. Your possible and preferable playing schedule.
   2. Your possible and preferable game types.
   3. Your opening variations (or few thirst moves) you would like to play(try, analyze...).
2. "shout", "cshout", "tell [channel e.g.:90/101]" something like this:
   I seek 90mins +30secs chess, rated, now or at scheduled time, with set or not set opening variation, please read my finger note 10 before any offer.
   And do(seek)so, from time to time until you'll have optimal opponent choice.
3. view users of channels:
   inch 90
inch 101
4. finger [user in a channel]
5. Contact a user:
   i. tell [user] "something"
   ii. tell [user] "Would you like to play time control xx yy game z? If yes, please read MY PREFERENCES -finger note 10.

There is how I set my finger note 10
(This too long to publish in FICS):
set 10 TO MY OPPONENTS
i. Opponent agrees that he will not make any questions, like "are you still there?", during the game. I have time on the clock and I can think until the end of it. If you are disappointed (or you think, you can be disappointed) about my thinking time, please do not start playing with me or just put me in "noplay" list.
ii. Opponent uses something like "ping [user]" command if some technical questions arise.
iii. Opponent proposes adjournment (best scenario) if he/she can't normally finish a game, otherwise - disconnects (worst scenario).
iv. We will play during game, neither talk, neither argue.
v. After the game we can discuss about it or anything else, if you like. We can even schedule a rematch or other game.
vi. You very well know that lack of respect to your opponent is clearly an abuse. And anything stronger abusive will surely reported to server admins.
vii. Be 100% sure that will be no tiny of argument with any kind (technical or psychological) of abuser. It simply will be reported to the server administration.
viii. Do not use playing programs at any game stage - it will be detected by various methods.
ix. Any abusive behavior does not worth its risk.
This short variant is FICS text length acceptable:
set 10 TO MY OPPONENTS: 1. My time zone: PDT+10. 2. We can schedule our matches/analysis. 3. We can play various game types/opening variations. i. Do not ask me to play faster(If there is time control). If you do not like time control that is offered, choose another. ii. We will play during the game, neither talk, neither argue. iii. If there are problems: offer to adjourn or simply disconnect. iv. Do not use playing programs at any game stage - it will be detected by various methods. v. WARNING: Any abusive behavior does not worth its risk.
D. If opponent agrees with your preferences, than:
match [opponent]
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More about channels:
90 - STC_Bunch - http://stcbunch.net/
101 - Team Leagua - http://teamleague.org/index.php

2. Propose your seek and preferences in "STC Bunch Discussion Board"

The most frequently used (system) aliases (in FICS)

What is your the most frequently used (system) aliases (in FICS)[FUA]?
Help page on system aliases: http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/system_alias.html
My FUA are shown here in this table:

alias	function	description
a	accept $@	Short form of accept
.	tell . $@	Sends tell to last player you sent a tell to
,	tell , $@	Sends tell to channel you lastly told
!	shout $@	Short form of shout command
?	help $@	Displays basic help files
*	kibitz $@	Used for kibitz during games
#	whisper $@	Used for whisper during games
+	addlist $@	add an item to a list
-	sublist $@	Remove an item from a list
=	showlist $@	Display contents of a list
in	inchannel $@	Shows a list of channels you are in.
exl	examine $m -1	enters examine mode with your last history game
fop	finger $o $@	Shows finger note of your last oponent
f.	finger $. $@	Shows finger notes of user you last sent a tell too
f	finger $@	shows finger notes of a user (relpaced by "$@")
hi	history $@	Displays history of a user (relpaced by "$@")
ho	history $o	Displays history of your last oponent
rping	xtell ROBOadmin! Ping [user]	Used to check users current ping time
^	cshout $@	Used to make a cshout
:	it $@	Alternate to I or it.
ss	set shout 1	my alias that lets to here shouts
ss0	set shout 0	my alias that lets to not here shouts
ct	set chanoff 0	My alias in order to set FICS to listen to channel tells
ct0	set chanoff 1	My alias in order to set FICS to not listen to channel tells
ts	td set tshout on	my alias in order to set FICS to hear t-shouts
ts0	td set tshout off	my alias in order to set FICS to not hear t-shouts
tl	alias tl xtell teamleague $@	Now I just have to use "tl" to issue a teamleague command
ee	set seek 1	My alias. It turns showing seeks on
ee0	set seek 0	My alias. It turns showing seeks off
cs	set cshout 1	My alias. It turns showing chouts on
cs0	set cshout 0	My alias. It turns showing chouts off
set tell 0	set tell 0	No alias yet. This command stops showing guest tells to you and this way ensures that you will not get (more) abusive tells from guest users.
lcs	tell $o Join LCS! It is free! Have fun and improve your game! Advertise yourself, your needs/preferences and find your best ever playing/training partner! More info: "finger antiseptic".	My alias in Promotion of LCS with "tells" to my opponents
lcss	$@ Join LCS! It is free! Have fun and improve your game! Advertise yourself, your needs/preferences and find your best ever playing/training partner! More info: "finger antiseptic".	My alias. It is like lcs, but this one uses only tell/shout text. I'll decide where text will be sent: or as "shout"/"cshout", or as tell/xtell to channel/individual. Usage examples: "lcss t [user]": "lcss t antiseptic" or "lcss xt antiseptic": "lcss xt [user]", "lcss t [channel]": "lcss t 90" or "lcss xt 90": "lcss xt [channel]", "lcss !", "lcss :", "lcss it"
t0	tell $m You are talking to yourself.	Direct "tell" to yoursel and test the tell
gg	getgame f	Gets a game using formula
ww	seek fr f	seek fr f
w4	seek w4 f	seek w4 f
w5	seek w5 f	seek w5 f
zh	seek zh f	seek zh f
1111111	222222	33333333
1111111	222222	33333333
1111111	222222	33333333
tn	td next	my alias for command "td next"

help on FICS alias: http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/alias.html

How to set up an alias?
Type in main FICS console "alias", space, alias name, space, command that will be used when typed alias name and pressed "enter".
Let's say you want to say your last opponent "Good game" by typing only two letters gg.
To set up this alias type in main FICS console:
alias gg tell +o Good game
Press "enter", and your alias is set up! NOW YOU CAN TYPE gg an press "enter", AND YOUR LAST OPPONENT WILL GET A TELL "Good game".

FICS chlog

FICS chlog command can be as entertaining as informative. :)
The result was made at about Sat Apr 14, 23:58 EETDST 2012(local time).
More smiles and more happiness, people! :)

xtell chlog show 50 -t 120
(told chLog)
:chLog(TD):
:Channel 50 log for the last 120 minutes:
:[12:07:00] GroveL: nox aurumque is haunting
:[12:08:25] GroveL: wild chords
:[12:08:59] GroveL: almost psychedelic
:[12:12:19] irWietje: does anyone know any blind chess players on fics, i seem to remember there was actually one, but forgot about his nick
:[12:13:55] LaoTzu: blindbpaulsen
:[12:14:24] LaoTzu: he doesn't play here that often. nobody is rated high enuf for him here
:[12:14:31] SeasCommander: there's a command that lists all of them
:[12:15:06] SeasCommander: There's at least like 20 blind players
:[12:16:13] chaostheory(TM): you can list blindfold accounts with "=blind", but a list of actually blind players doesn't exist ofcourse
:[12:18:35] LaoTzu: lol, i didn't know grovel had a blind account
:[12:20:18] irWietje: someone just solved my question: Introspection is actually a blind player
:[12:22:42] DawnParker: 9 wins in a row! Can anyone stop the meanest girl in chess..DAwn Parker! bye yall!
:[13:07:06] Gorgonian: no id love to have his bank account numbers, just to say i have them go ahead
:[13:07:11] Gorgonian: mistell
:[13:07:21] tjradd: niiiiiiiice
:[13:48:51] antiseptic: "tell Sibylle how are you?" /(answer):I do not have an answer for this question/ :)

Favorite FICS bots

FICS has lots of "TD's"(bots), by no offense to other TDs, I selected some(especially because I want to know them more, then I know now):

Bots(or TD's)	Description
chLog	Channel Logger
notesBot	search user finger notes
ObserveBot	observing games according to your preferences
puzzlebot	puzzles
Sibylle	Answers to questions about FICS
statbot	statistics
RelayInfo	Being used to provided users the Current Relay Schedule
tbot	monitors FICS tournaments
WatchBot	stores comments made during the game
wildBot	play additional wild variants
?	?

I have some help on 22 FICS bots in my help page: http://antiseptic-freechess.blogspot.com/p/help.html
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What is your favorite FICS bot?

Favorite FICS commands

moretime [seconds]
takeback [halfmoves]

Who would not like to have a move back in a long game after unintentional move when game just started(and all players have plenty of time)?..

Also it is nice to get each other more time, especially, when both players have similar digits in there clocks and the players enjoy the game, or situation is really complicated and pleases to be solved.

[The list is not finished. Any suggestions for useful and more notable(then generally it is) commands? ]

Lithuanian FICS channel?

FICS user Maras (FM) says:
+ch 237 to connect to Lithuanian channel.
More offers?

One technical idea how to make Fischer Random chess more popular on FISC

To establish (automatic or manual or both) initial countdown game starter(s).
Thirst suggestions in 50-th FICS channel(Sat Apr 14, 17:25 EETDST 2012):
antiseptic(50):How I suggest to make wild fr play more frequent? It is to
adopt an initial countdown, i.e. before game, to start countdown (e.g. 15 second) so players would be sure that they are "thinking", and not aborting the game.
(Explanations will be published later on.)

FICS stats, games, seek, filtering, and formula

For more info read previous posts or FICS help files.

Wanted game ---> user or game statistics
|
|
V
Game seek statistics
|
-|--------------> formula. Search or filtering means and methods.
?formula
gstat
ustat,
games /BLSwxz #or  games /b  games /s  games /l
sought all
sought
seek f #1 My first most wanted seek proposal
[*wait some time]
seek [time][increment][board][OP][f] #2 My second most wanted seek proposal. OP - Other Parameters.
[*wait some time]
seek [time][increment][board][OP][f] #3 My third most wanted seek proposal.
[*wait some time]
getgame f

*When waiting do e.g.

1. analysis with stats, e.g. gstat , ustat ;


2. analysis with: "games /bslBLSwxz", "games [first letters of user name]"


3. analysis with: "sought all", "sought"


4. adjust formula


5. observe a game with: observe /bslBLSwxz


6. analyze games or g. stats with: games /bsBlwLuxSez


7. overview users(for analysis or challenges) with: "who [o][r][f][a][R][U][s][b][w][z][L][S][B][A][l][t][v][n][#i#j]" Example: to find players available for challenges.


8. just wait


9. other things, e.g. listen to music, have a dinner...

[o]: Only open players.
[r]: Only players for rated matches.
[f]: Only free players (not playing a game).
[a]: Only available players (open & free).
[R]: Only registered players.
[U]: Only unregistered players.
[#i#j]: Only a portion of the who list; #j divides the list into j segments;
[A]: Lists players alphabetically.
[l]: Same as above but without rating/game info. [lower case "L"]

FORMAT OF DISPLAY
[t]: Terse. [this is the default]
[v]: Verbose.
[n]: Win-loss record.

My chess opening study

I. Opening choice may depend on your:

1. Experience
2. Opponent qualities
3. Qualities
4. Clock settings
5. Analysis objects, scientific investigations
6. Playing media
7. Playing event
8. Moods
9. Other factors

So in broader sense, there are no "bad" openings, only just underestimations. But our intelligent sense of humor let's us fairly name some openings as sharp as "crazy opening", "fools opening", or so. But deliberate usage or exploit there weakness, at some point might be effective. So this kind of database at certain situations might be useful, as well. And that is because certain playing conditions during the game determine difference between "winning" and "loosing". The faster the game and the less experience of players, the more chaos in the game is predictable.
And isn't it fairly to name "all openings" with only one descriptive name "Chaos opening"?
II. My chess opening study experience is not deep and broad. This work is an aim to reach a higher level in this area too.
III. Chess openings.
1. f4
1. f3
Blackmar–Diemer Gambit 1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3
Openings for white.
1.e4 e6
1.e4 c6
1.e4 e5
1.e4 Nf6
1.e4 c5
1.e4 Nc6
1.e4 g6
1.e4 b6
1.e4 d6
Openings for black
1.e4 e6
1.e3 *?
1.d4 Nf6
1.d3 *?
1.c4 Nf6
1.c3 *?
1.f4 d5
1.f3 *?
1.b3 *?
1.b4 *?
1.g3 *?
1.g4 *?
1.Nf3 *?
1.Nc3 *?
1.Nh3 *?
1.Na3 *?
1.a4 *?
1.a3 *?
1.h4 *?
1.h3 *?

FICS formula

Abstract.

This article is based on FICS help file http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/formula.html
Formulas are very useful to filter users in all ways:
1. Filtering seeks in main console,
(only if seek is set to 1:    set seek 1     )
2. Filtering seeks and using sought command.
3. Filtering games automatically and immediately, using getgame f command. This command loads game board automatically if users seek fits your formula(probably the oldest seek is priority).
Some tips. Formula can have so called "f-variables", named from f1 to f9.
Formula variables can look like this: "1","2", "1minutes", "120", "time", "ratingdiff", or so, but they can be formulas itself, e.g. "time>2", "ratingdiff>-300". Usually "f-variables" are(or looks like) less complex then formulas. Not all logically correct "f-variables" does their job. The more complex variable is, the less possible that you will get the results you want(it just might be, that only a part of your variable will be accomplished). As I discovered, it is best thing, that "f-variables" are of only one type, e.g. variable setting:
set f1 ( (time=2) & (inc=0) ) | ( (time=1) & (inc<=1) ) | ( (time=0) & (inc<= 12) ) is well taken, because clock setting type (time and inc(increment))is used.
But some parts, including "rated", of such a complex "f-variable":
( (time=2)&(inc=0) )& !atomic & !losers & !computer & rated & ( rating > (myrating - 150) )
on my computer was ignored. That's why it is best your formula variables to have somewhere written.

Fast seek formulas

seek 5 0 u 2000-4000
To ask for some color is better just "seek" with certain color
: seek white f
Other formulas
set form time=10 & inc>=5 & inc<=15 & f1 & chess
set form etime<3 & f1 & chess
set form (etime<3 | (!chess & etime<=10)) & f1

set formula chess & unrated & time>1 & time<=3 & inc=0 & white
set formula (chess & unrated & time>1 & time<=3 & inc=0) | (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse & rated & etime>=2 & etime<=4)
set formula (chess & rated & etime>2 & time<=5 & inc<=5) | (chess & unrated & time>1 & time<=3 & inc=0) | (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse & rated & etime>=2 & etime<=4)
set formula (chess & rated & etime>2 & time<=5 & inc<=5) | (chess & unrated & time>1 & time<=3 & inc=0 & white) | (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse & rated & etime>=2 & etime<=4)
set formula (chess & rated & etime>2 & time<=5 & inc<=5) | (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse & rated & etime>=2 & etime<=4)

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In those two formulas, second parts, where denoted "rated" and "unrated", does not work.
set formula ((chess & time>1)|((board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse) & inc=0)) & ((time<=5 & etime>2 & inc<=5 & rated)|(time<=3 & etime>2 & inc<=3 & unrated & white))
set formula ((chess & ratingdiff>-100)|((board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse) & ratingdiff>-200)) & ((time<=5 & etime>2 & inc<=5 & rated)|(time<=3 & etime>2 & inc<=3 & unrated & white))

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set formula (time<=5 & etime>2 & inc<=5 & rated)|(time<=3 & etime>2 & inc<=3 & unrated & white)
set formula (time<=5 & inc<=5 & rated)|(time<=3 & inc<=3 & unrated & white) set formula time<=3 & inc=0 & white & unrated
set formula (((board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse) & (etime<=5)&(etime>=3)|(chess & (etime<=24)&(etime>=16)))&(ratingdiff>-200 | assessloss>=-4))|(unrated & etime>=7) & !abuser & registered
set formula (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse|chess) & !abuser & rated & ratingdiff>-100 & time=3 & inc=0
set formula chess & !abuser & rated & ratingdiff>-100 & time=3 & inc<3
set formula chess & !computer & !abuser & rated & ratingdiff>-400 & etime>45 & noescape=0
set formula category(wild)& board(4) & !computer & rated & ratingdiff>-150 & (etime>2)&(etime<6)
set formula chess & ( ratingdiff > -200 ) & time = 1 & rated & !abuser
set formula (!chess | (chess & etime>=20)) & !computer & rated
set formula !computer & rated & etime>1
set formula !computer & chess & rated & etime >= 15
set formula !computer & (!chess | (chess & etime >= 20))
set formula !computer & (!chess | (chess & etime >= 20))& registered
set formula !computer & (!chess | (chess & etime >= 20))& rated
set formula provisional & rated
set formula estimated & rated
set formula rd >= 80 & rated

Fast sought filtering formulas

set formula board(fr)&board(4)&board(3)
set formula !board(0)&!board(1)&board(2)&!board(5)
set formula noescape = 0
set formula noescape = 1
set formula provisional
set formula !provisional
set formula estimated
set formula !estimated
set formula estimated | provisional
set formula !estimated | !provisional
set formula estimated | provisional & registered
set formula estimated | provisional & registered & !computer
set formula !estimated | !provisional & registered
set formula !estimated | !provisional & registered & !computer
set formula estimated | provisional & rated
set formula rd < 80
set formula rd >= 80
set formula rd >= 80 & registered
set formula timeseal
set formula !timeseal
set formula private
set formula !private
set formula untimed
set formula !untimed
set formula time<=5
set formula (time<=15)&(time>5)
set formula (time<=15)&(time>=5)
set formula time>15
set formula etime<=5
set formula (etime<=15)&(etime>5)
set formula (etime<=15)&(etime>=5)
set formula etime>15
set formula (etime <= 20)&(time < 10)
set formula (etime <= 20)&(time > 10)
set formula inc>0
set formula inc>0 & unrated
set formula inc>0 & rated & rating >= myrating
set formula inc>0 & rated & rating <= myrating
set formula rating >= myrating
set formula rating <= myrating
set formula rated
set formula unrated
set formula rated & rating >= myrating
set formula rated & rating <= myrating
set formula registered
set formula !registered
set formula registered & rating <= myrating
set formula chess
set formula !chess
set formula chess & rated
set formula !chess & rated
set formula chess & rated & time<=5
set formula !chess & rated & time<=5
set formula chess & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula !chess & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula chess & rated & (time>15)
set formula !chess & rated & (time>15)
set formula chess & rating >= myrating
set formula chess & rating <= myrating
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15)
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15)
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15)
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15)
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15)
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set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc < 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc < 10
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc < 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc < 10
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc < 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc < 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc < 10
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set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc >= 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & time<=5 & inc >= 10
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc >= 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>5)& (time<=15) & inc >= 10
set formula chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc >= 10
set formula chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating >= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc >= 10
set formula !chess & rating <= myrating & rated & (time>15) & inc >= 10
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set formula lightning
set formula lightning & rating >= myrating
set formula lightning & rating <= myrating
set formula lightning & rated
set formula lightning & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula lightning & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula blitz
set formula blitz & rating >= myrating
set formula blitz & rating <= myrating
set formula blitz & rated
set formula blitz & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula blitz & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula standard
set formula standard & rating >= myrating
set formula standard & rating <= myrating
set formula standard & rated
set formula standard & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula standard & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula wild
set formula wild & rating >= myrating
set formula wild & rating <= myrating
set formula wild & rated
set formula wild & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula wild & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula crazyhouse
set formula crazyhouse & rating >= myrating
set formula crazyhouse & rating <= myrating
set formula crazyhouse & rated
set formula crazyhouse & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula crazyhouse & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula suicide
set formula suicide & rating >= myrating
set formula suicide & rating <= myrating
set formula suicide & rated
set formula suicide & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula suicide & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula losers
set formula losers & rating >= myrating
set formula losers & rating <= myrating
set formula losers & rated
set formula losers & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula losers & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula atomic
set formula atomic & rating >= myrating
set formula atomic & rating <= myrating
set formula bughouse
set formula bughouse & rating >= myrating
set formula bughouse & rating <= myrating
set formula bughouse|crazyhouse & rating >= myrating
set formula bughouse|crazyhouse & rating <= myrating
set formula bughouse|crazyhouse & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula bughouse|crazyhouse & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse
set formula wild|crazyhouse & rating >= myrating
set formula wild|crazyhouse & rating <= myrating
set formula wild|crazyhouse & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula suicide|losers
set formula suicide|losers & rating >= myrating
set formula suicide|losers & rating <= myrating
set formula suicide|losers & rated
set formula suicide|losers & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula suicide|losers & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide & rating >= myrating
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide & rating <= myrating
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula wild|crazyhouse|suicide & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula losers|atomic
set formula losers|atomic & rating >= myrating
set formula losers|atomic & rating <= myrating
set formula losers|atomic & rated
set formula losers|atomic & rating >= myrating & rated
set formula losers|atomic & rating <= myrating & rated
set formula assesswin<=10
set formula assesswin>10
set formula assessloss>-5
set formula assessloss<=-5
set formula assessdraw<0
set formula assessdraw=0
set formula assessdraw>0
set formula assessdraw<=0
set formula maxtime(40) <= 2*10minutes
set formula maxtime(10) <= 3minutes
set formula (maxtime(10) >= 3minutes)& (maxtime(10) <= 10minutes)
set formula maxtime(10) >= 10minutes

My FICS (complex, using variables) formulas

........................variables-4...............................
set f1 ratingdiff>-200 & !abuser
set f2 assessloss>=-4 & !abuser
set f3 rd < 20 & !abuser
set f4 etime<=5 & etime>=3 & (board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse)
set f5 etime>=16 & etime<=24 & chess
set f6 ((f1|f2) & (f4|f5))|(unrated & etime>=7)
set f7 etime>=3 & etime<=5 & f1 & chess
set f8 etime>=1 & etime<=2 & f1 & chess

set form !chess | etime>10
........................variables-3...............................
set f1 ((board(fr)|board(4)|board(3)|crazyhouse) & (etime<=5)&(etime>=3)
set f2 chess & (etime<=24)&(etime>=16)
set f3 ratingdiff>-200
set f4 assessloss>=-4
set f5 ((f3|f4) & (f1|f2))|(unrated & etime>=7) & !abuser
set Formula f5


........................variables-2...............................
f1: 2 #time+
f2: 31 #rd+
f3: 50 #rating+
f4: 2 #asseswin+
f5: chess & ((rd > (175-f2+0))|(rd < (f2+0))) & (rating < (myrating+f3 + 0))
\ & (etime > (f1+0))&(etime < (f1 + 4 + 0)) & (assesswin >=(f4+0))
f6: wild & (assesswin >= f4+1) & (etime > f1-1) & (etime < f1+8)
f7: crazyhouse & (etime >= f1+1) & (etime < f1+9) & (inc<11)
f8: suicide & (etime >= f1+2) & (etime < f1+10) & (inc<6)
f9: (losers|atomic) & (etime >= f1+1) & (etime < f1+8)


---formulas-2---
set formula (f5|f6|f7|f8|f9) & rated

...................variables-1...............................
f1: 2
f2: 40
f3: 50
f4: chess & ((rd >(175-f2))|(rd < f2)) & (rating<(myrating+f3)) &
(etime>f1)&(etime<(f1 + 4))
---formulas-1---
set formula f4 & rated & (assesswin>=2)

........................variables0...............................
f1: (chess & (etime > 3) & inc > 0) | (!chess & (etime > 1))
f2: ( (time=2) & (inc=0) ) | ( (time=1) & (inc<=1) ) | ( (time=0) & (inc<=
12) )
f3: ratingdiff > -150
f4: (assesswin <= 10)& (assesswin >= 2)
f5: (assessloss => -4)& (assessloss <= -1)& !computer
f6: (rd <25) & !computer
f7: maxtime(10)
f8: (f7 >= 2*8minutes) & (f7 <= 2*10minutes)
f9: 1500
---formulas0---

........................variables1...............................

set f1 (chess & (etime > 3) & inc > 0) | (!chess & (etime > 1))
set f2 ((time = 2) & (inc=0))|((time=1) &(inc <=1))|((time=0)&(inc<=12))
set f3 ratingdiff > -150
---formulas1---
set formula f2 & rated & !chess & !computer

........................variables2...............................
set f3 rating > (myrating - 150)
---formulas2---

Idea: LCS!

LCS - Little Chess Space.
It is a practice of systematic playing, learning, and having a good time.
Imagine a group of amateur players who wants to raise there level of there games and at the same time to spend time joyfully.
What would they have to do?
First, players should discover the weakest places in there game.
Is it opening, middle-game, or endgame?
Is it planning, combinations, tactics or strategy?
Is there strongly felt difficulties in realization of positional or material advantage?
Is there a lack of experience of analysis, playing long or correspondence games?
Is there a lack of motivation?
Once players founds out the keys to the better play and gets together, they can teach each other (proving there truths in the game or analysis practice).
Game or analysis is a learning and getting better and better process.
If you can feel better, is it not the best motivation fact of the playing(learning) process?
Better "moves" (in chess board and in life board), better motivated communities gives us better opportunities in analysis, games, feelings,..., life.
So join us!
Let's get back to the game issues.
Two main problems in the game is: begging and the end (opening(debut) and ending(endgame)). How to simply solve these problems?
Simple answer: take object after object, analyze it and use in practice.
There are plenty of objects, and I do not want to spend all the time in analysis and various unnecessary games(by computer or so), what to do? How to choose objects?
The best choice is to choose exactly what you need at that moment.
If you want to drink, you are going for something liquid and/or edible, if you find difficulties in getting it and you can ask for help, you are describing a problem and the description message(tell) to someone who can understand you and somehow help you. So what we found out now? How to achieve best results through the shortest time of period?
We now that there are:
1. Things that I and only I (by myself) can do better.
2. Things that we (and only we) together can do better.
3. Things that I could do by my self, but I will not (a: they are not necessary b: they are too difficult c: a+b), but I would do it in company with others(to get the important satisfaction for my motivation).
Also very important question is:
How to find the right person for the right problem?
The answer is: knowledge what you need and the knowledge where and how to search.
So there should be some descriptions, criteria, databases, and search engines.
We have developed computers and software, also we have some useful brains in our heads. So what else we need? We need some time and health to accomplish our targets.
If we do have, so let's do it.
Let's get back to the game.
Let's answer to more personal questions:

Chess openings:

1. You play them?
2. You do not play them?
3. You know plenty of them?..
4. You don't know any of them?..
5. You would like to discover the right-fit-to-you opening?
6. List openings you know worst(but you'd like to know about them more) and openings you know best.

Answers A,B,C... will describe my, your, other player needs and qualities.
At some point I could help you, and at some point you could help me.
Imagine we have a big database of subjects with there pluses and minuses, and we can easily search through it with other criteria(like possible playing or analysis time, age, language, living place, gender etc.), and contact each other... Yes! It would be some kind of dream.
But we can do the same thing through the longer period of time communicating in blogs, chats, personal messages, forums etc. .
Imagine, you create your database, I create my database, and both databases can be joined: dA + dB = dC. So now we can really do more than ever before(and much easier than ever before)!
So let's do it.

My FICS tournaments

tell mamer finger [player]
td finger [player]
Below is my (as FICS user(antiseptic))examples of the (two upper) commands usage. I have played 28 tournaments on FICS, 6 times I was first, three times - second, and four times - third.
So let's enter the command and get the results:
tell mamer finger antiseptic
same as
td finger antiseptic
(told mamer)
:Statistics for antiseptic, who is online:

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:|   Variant   | Trny | Wins | Loss | Draw | Total | 1sts | 2nds | 3rds |
:|-------------|------|------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|
:| Blitz:      |   14 |   25 |   22 |    0 |    47 |    2 |    2 |    2 |
:| Standard:   |    2 |    3 |    2 |    0 |     5 |    0 |    1 |    1 |
:| Lightning:  |    2 |   10 |    3 |    1 |    14 |    1 |    0 |    1 |
:| Wild:       |   10 |   24 |   19 |    0 |    43 |    3 |    0 |    0 |
:| Other:      |    0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |     0 |    0 |    0 |    0 |
:|-------------|------|------|------|------|-------|------|------|------|
:| Total:      |   28 |   62 |   46 |    1 |   109 |    6 |    3 |    4 |
:+----------------------------------------------------------------------+

FICS ECO

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__I. Introduction ..
__II. Preferences ..
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I. Introduction

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__A. Chess studies and playing using ECO codes..
__B. Early accepted moves sequence..............
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A. Playing using ECO codes
Using match command and eco code.
match [user] eco [eco code], examples:
match Kasparov eco a99.07
match Kasparov eco a99.14
B. Early accepted moves sequence.
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__B1. Setup mode....
__B2. Examine mode..
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B1. Setup mode - the mode before "examine mode". If we need other than usual chess starting position, we are entering "setup mode". Otherwise, we just use "examine mode"(B2)
Using bsetup.
bsetup start
Set up a position. The help of it: http://www.freechess.org/Help/HelpFiles/bsetup.html Or simply write down FEN code of piece placement like this:
bsetup fen rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR
When set up is completed, write down:
bsetup done [and press enter to enter to examine mode.]

B2. Examine mode. During "examine mode".
Using examine .
examine
examine b chess
If your opponent observing the examined game, then:
mexamine [your opponent]
And after every move enter:
commit
(If not entered,- moves are a temporary subvariation and are not saved for later examination.)
Also you can enter other information, examples are names, clocks times.
wname [whites player name]
example: wname Kasparov
bname [blacks player name]
example: bname Karpov
wclock [hh:mm:ss],bclock [hh:mm:ss],
examples are 1 hour 30 minutes 30 seconds to both black and white:
wclock 01:30:30 ,and, bclock 01:30:30.
To start clocks write:
unpause
To stop them:
pause
If you have set up your clock times and unpause'd them, and if you mexamine'd your observer, you and your "observer" can play the game as any usual game with the exceptions:
1. The finished or unfinished game will not be entered to "history" files.
2. Server will not rate it.
3. You must save it (or it will be permanently lost) manually using commands :
mailmoves [game number]
or
jsave [place in journal] [game number]
4. You must enter "commit" after every permanent game move to confirm that the move is in main variation and is not "just thinking" or "examination of the current position". Commit'ing, you confirm that analysis at this point of the game is over.
More information on FICS website help files.

II. My preferences

A. Games.
1) Chess. For white: 1.f4, 1.e4, 1.d4, 1.c4;
2) Chess. For black: 1.e4 c5.
B. Analysis methods.
1) With human partner on-line(e.g. on FICS)
2) With human partner off-line by email.
3) Using chess datebases.
4) Using chess program (e.g. playing against chess engine on-line/off-line).

FICS finger 2

Finger of antiseptic

On for: 5 hrs, 7 mins Idle: 0 secs

          rating     RD      win    loss    draw   total   best
Blitz      1610     52.1      37      22       1      60   1615 (26-Mar-2012)
Standard   1809    120.6       8       3       0      11
Lightning  1738     78.9      16       7       2      25   1738 (13-Mar-2012)
Wild       1844     38.2      56      65       7     128   1884 (15-Mar-2012)
Bughouse   1476    189.7       6       5       0      11
Crazyhouse 1592     75.8       9      15       0      24   1593 (14-Mar-2012)
Suicide    1515     69.7      15      24       0      39   1529 (16-Mar-2012)
Losers     1668     76.7      11      44       0      55   1676 (19-Mar-2012)
Atomic     1570     57.6      30      47       2      79   1671 (13-Mar-2012)

Timeseal 1 : On

1: LCS - Little Chess Space. Doesn't it sound great? :) What is it? It is a systematic playing, learning, and having a good time, practice. You can join. Write me! More info in my blog will be later.
2: Organizing creative and exciting "Wild tournaments". Want to join? Write me. Join FICS channel 107
3: My photo, my chess study, wild chess community, blog: http://antiseptic-Freechess.blogspot.com/
4: Challenge me in : w(0,1,2,3,4,5,8,8a,fr) chess variants, or tell(message) me about your intentions.
5: I seek for the most permanent Bughouse player! :}
6: Suggest a theme to discuss (e.g. in my blog).
7: I'm looking for wild chess(chess variant) communities. Please join me in, or you join us.
8: Challenge me in other (nonstandard) games. Check: "boards", then "boards misc" or "boards uwild". More info e.g.: "examine b misc full-power", "examine b uwild 11"
9: Also you can challenge me in various openings by its eco, e.g. enter "match antiseptic eco A24 5 0 w", check what it is: "examine b eco A24"
10: Suggest positions to play. We can play from positions even larger then this: " bsetup fen krr5/pbn5/pbn3P1/pqp2PPP/ppp2PQP/1p3NBP/5NBP/5RRK " , or even smaller then this: " bsetup fen kqr5/pbn5/ppp5/ppp3P1/1p3PPP/5PPP/5NBP/5RQK "

My FICS finger

My statistics and notes in FISC, this moment. If you would enter (in FICS console) "finger antiseptic", you wold get:

Finger of antiseptic

On for: 13 secs Idle: 0 secs

          rating     RD      win    loss    draw   total   best
Blitz      1556     68.6      18      15       0      33   1556 (20-Mar-2012)
Standard   1809    119.1       8       3       0      11
Lightning  1738     76.6      16       7       2      25   1738 (13-Mar-2012)
Wild       1859     45.5      38      41       5      84   1884 (15-Mar-2012)
Bughouse   1476    188.7       6       5       0      11
Crazyhouse 1593     80.8       7      13       0      20   1593 (14-Mar-2012)
Suicide    1515     67.1      15      24       0      39   1529 (16-Mar-2012)
Losers     1676     75.8      11      43       0      54   1676 (19-Mar-2012)
Atomic     1576     58.3      27      46       0      73   1671 (13-Mar-2012)

Timeseal 1 : On

1: Join FICS channel 107.
2: Organizing creative and exciting "Wild tournaments". Want to join? Write me.
3: My photo, wild chess community, blog: http://antiseptic-freechess.blogspot.com/
4: Challenge me in : w(0,1,2,3,4,5,8,8a,fr) chess variants, or tell(message) me about your intentions.
5: I seek for the most permanent Bughouse player! :}
6: Very interesting games are : losers, suicide, atomic.
7: I'm looking for wild chess(chess variant) communities. Please join me in, or you join us.
8: Challenge me in other (nonstandard) games. Check: "boards", then "boards misc" or "boards uwild". More info e.g.: "examine b misc full-power", "examine b uwild 11"
9: Also you can challenge me in various openings by its eco, e.g. enter "match antiseptic eco A24 5 0 w", but before, check what it is: "examine b eco A24"

About

This is me. :)
Points:
1. FICS(Free Internet Chess Server) wild chess players and community.
2. Notable wild chess games or analysis, playing or constructing, lone pairings or tournaments. Correspondence.
3. Discussions or meetings.
4. FICS usage help.
5. Other important themes or projects.
6. My handle in FICS is "antiseptic".
7. Games and statistics in FICS, you can find in www.ficsgames.com
8. WIKI: wiki/Free_Internet_Chess_Server
9. Best game selection.
10. Playing various standard chess openings(using eco codes).
11. Playing chess variants (other then ICC or FICS).