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Is the CV Gameroom mailing list working?[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 07:02 PM UTC:
Hello fellow Chess Variants lovers!

I'm interested in playing a few games, after a few years absence from
online play.

I submitted a few open public Game Courier invitations, but have not
received any email from the CV Gameroom mailing list about my games, or
about any other of the games currently waiting for opponents.

When I check the CV Gameroom mailing list yahoo site (below), it appears
that the last message was in 2015.

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/cvgameroom/info

Is the CV Gameroom mailing list working?

Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Mar 15, 2016 09:49 PM UTC:
Fergus,

I sent a test email to the Mailing List and it responded well (you should
have got the test email as well).

My test message is now the first email showing in the 2016 message history
for the Mailing list.

Perhaps you have an emailing issue with Chess Courier in the routines that
do the invite portion.

Is the email address you use to send emails from Chess Courier to the Yahoo
Mailing List a member of the mailing list?

How to see all the pieces in a piece set?[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Sat, Mar 19, 2016 10:43 PM UTC:
I'm trying to edit the settings for a game in Game Courier.

I can no longer see all the pieces available in an entire piece set within
the Game Courier edit screen.

How can I see the pieces available (and their mnemonics) now? 

Where do I have to go to see all the pieces available in the Alfaerie set?

Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Mar 20, 2016 12:16 AM UTC:
I don't have that box checked.

I'm starting from scratch from the chess preset:

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?submit=Edit

Jose Carrillo wrote on Mon, Mar 21, 2016 01:21 PM UTC:
I used a different computer and Internet Explorer (IE11), and I was able to
see them. Thanks.

Problems with Makruk[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Apr 6, 2016 02:25 AM UTC:
Fergus,

I started the game below today, and the game ended immediately after my
opponent make his first move.

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Makruk+%28Thai+chess%29&log=j_carrillo_vii-sundowner62-2016-94-504

Additionally, the page I had created on Makruk is gone:

http://play.chessvariants.com/makruk-thai-chess

Seems something is wrong with Makruk... ;-(

Makruk (Thai chess). Play the traditional Chess variant of Thailand on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
📝Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Apr 6, 2016 03:21 PM UTC:
Ah! Thanks Fergus.

Problems with Makruk[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Wed, Apr 6, 2016 03:23 PM UTC:
Just as an additional piece of information Fergus...

This problem happened to me when I sent my opponent directly the invitation
(versus a public invitation for anyone to accept).

I don't know if this has anything to do with the bug.

Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Apr 7, 2016 08:42 AM UTC:
Thanks Fergus.

I'll try again.

Jose

Game ending before starting[Subject Thread] [Add Response]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Apr 7, 2016 11:20 AM UTC:
Fergus,

Another one. I accepted Carlos Cetina's invitation to the Fischer Random
Chess game below, and as soon as the random position was set, I lost the
game, without even playing my first move.

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Fischer+Random+Chess&log=sissa-cvgameroom-2016-89-680

Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Apr 8, 2016 01:49 AM UTC:
Thanks Fergus.

Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Jun 24, 2016 10:44 PM UTC:

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Makruk+%28Thai+chess%29&log=j_carrillo_vii-cvgameroom-2016-109-074

Fergus,

There is something wrong with the clock on this game. It's not over yet, but because the clock has a negative number for the time left, Game Courier is thinking it's over.

 

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Sat, Jun 25, 2016 05:45 PM UTC:

OK. Thanks Fergus for confirming that Darren ran out of time, and that's why the game ended.

In this case then, shouldn't I receive an email saying that my opponent has run out of time?

Thanks.

 

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Jun 30, 2016 12:58 AM UTC:

Fergus,

Below is a sample email from Game Courier when a player resigns.

One cannot tell who resigned (difficult to tell, when one is playing many games of the same type), see the comments of one's opponent when he/she resigned, nor there is a link to the game just finished so that one can review it.

Is this an oversight?

Thanks.

= = =

From: "play@chessvariants.com" <play@chessvariants.com>
To: xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2016 8:30 AM
Subject: Turkish Checkers: 22... resign


This game has finished. Come back to Game Courier to start or join another game.


The play@chessvariants.com address is used by Game Courier to send email without revealing the email addresses of players. Do not reply to this address. It does not receive email.

Jose Carrillo wrote on Fri, Jul 1, 2016 08:14 PM UTC:

Hi Fergus,

In my Petteia XXI game with erik below, there has been two captures (one for each side):

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Petteia+XXI&log=j_carrillo_vii-erik-2016-178-557

However in the Game Couries box of Captured Pieces it is only showing one piece captured.

Can you please review the logic for captured pieces? Thanks.

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Sat, Jul 2, 2016 08:36 PM UTC:Excellent ★★★★★

Thanks Fergus for fixing the captured pieces logic.


Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Jul 7, 2016 09:17 AM UTC:

Fergus, another opportunity for improvement.

When one of my opponents accepts an open invitation and chooses to be black, the I receive an email only with a subject but without any text or link to the game.

The subject alone doesn't even tell me that I'm white or that is my turn to play.

To play my first move, I have to go to my games to then find the game in question.

I forwarded you a sample email.

 

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Jul 21, 2016 06:54 PM UTC:

Hi Fergus.

I just started this game with Carlos Cetina:

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Modern+Capablanca+Random+Chess&log=j_carrillo_vii-cvgameroom-2016-201-107

He chose to be black, but on the email that I received there was no text or a link to the game to indicate that he had chosen black and that it was my turn to play.

I went to my CV games and found the link to the game there, showing that it was my turn.

When I tried to play my first move: P e2-e4 I got the error below:

lastmovenum = ; movenum = 0

WARNING: As a safety precaution, you cannot move and take back a move at the same time.

If you mean to take back a move, do that before you move. This will let you see the board accurately when you do move.

If you did not mean to take back a move, set the drop-down box with the history of your moves to the last move made.

Can you please check the code, it appears to have a couple of bugs?

Thanks.

Jose


Jose Carrillo wrote on Thu, Jul 21, 2016 11:19 PM UTC:

Thanks Fergus.

Yes, I was able to play my first move. Thanks.

How about the email that we receive when a challenge is accepted? Can it include the link to the game?

 

 

 

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Sun, Jul 24, 2016 01:33 PM UTC:

Thanks Fergus.

Cheers!

 


Chaturanga. The first known variant of chess. (8x8, Cells: 64) [All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Mon, Jul 25, 2016 09:54 AM UTC:
Here is a Game Courier preset that enforces the rules for Henry A. Davidson's 1949 version of Chaturanga.
 

Chaturanga. Oldest known form of chess. (Recognized!)[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Mon, Jul 25, 2016 10:53 AM UTC:

Hi Fergus,

Can you please add a link to this page to my preset for Davidson's Variation of Chaturanga?

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game%3DChaturanga+-+Davidson+Variation%26settings%3DAlfaerie

Thanks

 


Game Courier Logs. View the logs of games played on Game Courier.[All Comments] [Add Comment or Rating]
Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 12:08 AM UTC:

Fergus

My opponent just accepted a personal invitation to play the game below,

http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game=Chaturanga+-+Davidson+Variation&log=j_carrillo_vii-ramalam-2016-206-499

and this is the email I received from Game Courier.

No mention as to who is playing white or black, and no link to the game. Just an email with a subject line.

I found out when I searched the my games: the link to the game and that he chose to be white.

I don't know whether he received an email with instructions stating that it was his turn.

 

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: sundowner62
To: j_carrillo_vii
Sent: Monday, July 25, 2016 7:35 PM
Subject: darren paull accepts your invitation to play Chaturanga - Davidson Variation


Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 02:55 PM UTC:

Fergus,

I use yahoo mail.

I can see that there is a text attachment to the emailcalled: TEXT.txt, but I can't open it or download it.

Cheers,

Jose

 


Jose Carrillo wrote on Tue, Jul 26, 2016 03:04 PM UTC:

Fergus,

Update. I forwarded you the mail I received, and copied my gmail account.

I was able to open the attachment in the forwarded message (but not the original). Below are the contents of the attached text file:

I don't understand why am I getting the text as an attachement intead of just plain text.

= = =

darren paull has accepted your invitation to play Chaturanga - Davidson Variation and has chosen to move first as White. Please wait for your opponent's move before you make your own. If you wish to move as soon as you can after your opponent moves, you can go here and wait for your opponent's move:
 
http://play.chessvariants.com/pbm/play.php?game%3DChaturanga+-+Davidson+Variation%26log%3Dj_carrillo_vii-ramalam-2016-206-499%26userid%3Dj_carrillo_vii
 
 

 

 


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