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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 10, 2018 18:08:44 GMT
Yes and no. Centaur play is but a sub-group of computer chess, which means that many of its topics aren't specific to this forum. Just off the top pf my head, the following ones wouldn't be of specific interest to centaur players: - Clone wars.
- Hyper-bullet games and related engine tuning.
- Programming.
That's not to say that you can't be searching for information on any of those topics, but there's already other forums around to find out about them. So what would be the use for such a goal-limited forum? Basically to fill the void left. Ten years ago, the "Rybka Forum" was the de facto place for "Freestyle" talk, but once Rajlich left the house, it slowly stopped being so. More recently, infinitychess.freeforums.org/portal.php (self-appointed home) stopped working. Currently, discussions are scattered, so here's a place to glue them together. As a side note: I'm only providing a template, other players should fill it with content. My role aims to be reactive, supportive at most.
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Post by medusa on Jul 10, 2018 18:53:33 GMT
Sad to say that the freeforums hosting site was sold to another company which did not transfer over most of the site to theirs so I let the account expire
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 10, 2018 19:32:43 GMT
No host is perfect, this one for example, has nice graphic options, but offers no way to view games or positions. On the other hand, with ProBoards, I'm confident that long-term service is guaranteed.
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Post by medusa on Jul 10, 2018 19:49:38 GMT
You should be able to display re-playable games and positions via the BBcode or via the Embed option.
I have the details on how somewhere, I will let you know when I find them.
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 10, 2018 19:54:25 GMT
That would be cool. I stay tuned.
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Post by medusa on Jul 12, 2018 8:55:34 GMT
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 12, 2018 11:43:22 GMT
Yes, I know about that one, but it doesn't seem to be easy to implement for the differently abled (programming wise). There's a guide for phpBB, but BBCode is harder to figure out with ProBoards. You'd probably need to create a plugin.
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Post by Ozymandias on Jul 13, 2018 6:57:12 GMT
In the meantime, I saw this site promoted at the MZ Chess Forum: [Event "F/S Return Match"] [Site "Belgrade, Serbia JUG"] [Date "1992.11.4"] [Round "29"] [White "Fischer, Robert J."] [Black "Spassky, Boris V."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteELO "?"] [BlackELO "?"] Note: don't use the "add image to post" button, for some reason, that gives the thumbnail.
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