If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.
Policy / Politique
The fee for tournament organizers advertising on ChessTalk is $20/event or $100/yearly unlimited for the year.
Les frais d'inscription des organisateurs de tournoi sur ChessTalk sont de 20 $/événement ou de 100 $/année illimitée.
You can etransfer to Henry Lam at chesstalkforum at gmail dot com
Transfér à Henry Lam à chesstalkforum@gmail.com
Dark Knight / Le Chevalier Noir
General Guidelines
---- Nous avons besoin d'un traduction français!
Some Basics
1. Under Board "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQs) there are 3 sections dealing with General Forum Usage, User Profile Features, and Reading and Posting Messages. These deal with everything from Avatars to Your Notifications. Most general technical questions are covered there. Here is a link to the FAQs. https://forum.chesstalk.com/help
2. Consider using the SEARCH button if you are looking for information. You may find your question has already been answered in a previous thread.
3. If you've looked for an answer to a question, and not found one, then you should consider asking your question in a new thread. For example, there have already been questions and discussion regarding: how to do chess diagrams (FENs); crosstables that line up properly; and the numerous little “glitches” that every new site will have.
4. Read pinned or sticky threads, like this one, if they look important. This applies especially to newcomers.
5. Read the thread you're posting in before you post. There are a variety of ways to look at a thread. These are covered under “Display Modes”.
6. Thread titles: please provide some details in your thread title. This is useful for a number of reasons. It helps ChessTalk members to quickly skim the threads. It prevents duplication of threads. And so on.
7. Unnecessary thread proliferation (e.g., deliberately creating a new thread that duplicates existing discussion) is discouraged. Look to see if a thread on your topic may have already been started and, if so, consider adding your contribution to the pre-existing thread. However, starting new threads to explore side-issues that are not relevant to the original subject is strongly encouraged. A single thread on the Canadian Open, with hundreds of posts on multiple sub-topics, is no better than a dozen threads on the Open covering only a few topics. Use your good judgment when starting a new thread.
8. If and/or when sub-forums are created, please make sure to create threads in the proper place.
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
10. Try to give your own opinions, not simply those copied and pasted from reviews or opinions of your friends.
Unacceptable behavior and warnings
11. In registering here at ChessTalk please note that the same or similar rules apply here as applied at the previous Boardhost message board. In particular, the following content is not permitted to appear in any messages:
* Racism
* Hatred
* Harassment
* Adult content
* Obscene material
* Nudity or pornography
* Material that infringes intellectual property or other proprietary rights of any party
* Material the posting of which is tortious or violates a contractual or fiduciary obligation you or we owe to another party
* Piracy, hacking, viruses, worms, or warez
* Spam
* Any illegal content
* unapproved Commercial banner advertisements or revenue-generating links
* Any link to or any images from a site containing any material outlined in these restrictions
* Any material deemed offensive or inappropriate by the Board staff
12. Users are welcome to challenge other points of view and opinions, but should do so respectfully. Personal attacks on others will not be tolerated. Posts and threads with unacceptable content can be closed or deleted altogether. Furthermore, a range of sanctions are possible - from a simple warning to a temporary or even a permanent banning from ChessTalk.
Helping to Moderate
13. 'Report' links (an exclamation mark inside a triangle) can be found in many places throughout the board. These links allow users to alert the board staff to anything which is offensive, objectionable or illegal. Please consider using this feature if the need arises.
Advice for free
14. You should exercise the same caution with Private Messages as you would with any public posting.
Jean Im shocked. Dont you play speed chess anymore?
Yes I do at my own cost. But it does not give speed chess any more news or intrinsic value and significance.
What would you think about a great painter being given 5 minutes to do his painting ?
Or a piano contest where speed would be a primary criteria for judging ?
Yes I do at my own cost. But it does not give speed chess any more news or intrinsic value and significance.
Once again, Jean attempts to force his views on everyone and turn us all into passive copies of each other, none of us thinking for ourselves. And he uses subtly persuasive -- but totally wrong -- arguments.
What would you think about a great painter being given 5 minutes to do his painting ?
What Hans Jung thinks, what I think, and what Jean thinks doesn't matter. What matters is whether enough people think it's great to turn it into something like a contest or a theater production or a TV show, and whether other people watching it think it's great. I think this is a worthy idea in today's TV market: take great painters of today and make them produce a painting in 5 minutes. Then have judges give them a score, and lowest score is eliminated. It could be called "Brush With Greatness". With a name and a concept like that, someone's going to make money from that idea. Who cares whether the paintings produced can compare to Mona Lisa or other great works? That's not the point. Relatively speaking, the paintings produced would be lacking in detail and refinement, but that doesn't mean that they would lack any artistic value at all. Art is a very subjective matter; some people see greatness (and will pay big money) for a painting that shows nothing but one side red and the other side blue. Wow, that actually happened, in Canada no less, in the late '80s or early '90s. Auctioned for millions.
Or a piano contest where speed would be a primary criteria for judging ?
Again, some people would like this idea. Make piano players play classical works at 10x their normal speed. Judges would judge them for errors and for presentation. Some people would say "Fantastic!"
Try again, Jean. Your attempts to homogenize chess shall not succeed because WE CAN THINK FOR OURSELVES. You can criticize others who don't think like you all you want, just like I could criticize those who attend pro bowling matches. But the world isn't about everyone being like you or like me.... it's about variety.
Only the rushing is heard...
Onward flies the bird.
I'm surprised at how many people are saying that blitz/bullet doesn't have much to do with skill. Ok I saw one post and then i logged in and couldn't find it! I play too much blitz/bullet myself, but it has a lot to do with chess skills. Now someone who is great at classical might not be good at blitz, but if your not good at chess you won't be good at blitz. Now take bullet chess. People seem to think (people who don't know much about chess that is) that it's who can move faster. That is to some extent is true when it's down to the wire with 4 seconds each it's better to just move and not bother taking material (unless it was in your premove). Now that isn't really chess, but if newer to chess player played me in bullet chess they could be as fast as they could possibly be and i'd still beat them, probably within the first 15 moves. Blitz is even more so skill, especially if it's increment. Of course there is the "streak" factor (if you play blitz you know what i'm talking about, if not let's just say that for some unknown reason winning come's in streaks as does losing. If you don't believe me look at the Aronian-Nakamura blitz match in St. Louis) which doesn't have anything to do with your skill but i would argue that blitz is skill, but you have to of course have good reflex's and quick thinking to be good at it. Now that i have successfully proved to myself that i can justify playing blitz cause it's mostly skill I have completed all that this post was for! (ok not really)
I'm surprised at how many people are saying that blitz/bullet doesn't have much to do with skill. Ok I saw one post and then i logged in and couldn't find it! I play too much blitz/bullet myself, but it has a lot to do with chess skills. Now someone who is great at classical might not be good at blitz, but if your not good at chess you won't be good at blitz. Now take bullet chess. People seem to think (people who don't know much about chess that is) that it's who can move faster. That is to some extent is true when it's down to the wire with 4 seconds each it's better to just move and not bother taking material (unless it was in your premove). Now that isn't really chess, but if newer to chess player played me in bullet chess they could be as fast as they could possibly be and i'd still beat them, probably within the first 15 moves. Blitz is even more so skill, especially if it's increment. Of course there is the "streak" factor (if you play blitz you know what i'm talking about, if not let's just say that for some unknown reason winning come's in streaks as does losing. If you don't believe me look at the Aronian-Nakamura blitz match in St. Louis) which doesn't have anything to do with your skill but i would argue that blitz is skill, but you have to of course have good reflex's and quick thinking to be good at it. Now that i have successfully proved to myself that i can justify playing blitz cause it's mostly skill I have completed all that this post was for! (ok not really)
For some reason, I found this post extremely funny. Completely off-point and rambling - I'm not even sure what I just read.
For some reason, I found this post extremely funny. Completely off-point and rambling - I'm not even sure what I just read.
10/10 troll.
The rest of this thread is just stupid.
If I had to guess, I'd say that bullet probably doesn't help for those who are borderline ADHD. This can then lead to strange results when these guys write down their thoughts...
I have been accused of being many things but a troll is not one of them. Rambling and off point yes, but I don't get how it's a troll post.
Not only that, but Kevin's post, at least the part that "The rest of this thread is just stupid.", runs contrary to Forum Guidelines:
Debate
9. Give an opinion and back it up with a reason. Throwaway comments such as "Game X pwnz because my friend and I think so!" could be considered pointless at best, and inflammatory at worst.
Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. Murphy's law, by Edward A. Murphy Jr., USAF, Aerospace Engineer
Tweet
Comment