Live Chess... BAD!

Submitted by FM paolodm on Mon, 02/23/2009 at 10:38pm.

My opinion of live chess has changed for the worse! I got into a position where it wouldn't allow me to move my rook... even if it was a legal move!

The chess.com guys have a lot of work to do.

» posted in paolodm's Blog
 

Comments:

by Dauntless07 - 2 months ago
Shepherdsville, Ky United States
Member Since: Jan 2008
Member Points: 71

"PLEASE READ! DO NOT USE LIVE CHESS unless you understand that it is still a work-in-progress. You MAY be disconnected randomly. You MAY experience lag. You WILL be disappointed if you expect anything else. For the BEST EXPERIENCE on Live Chess we recommend that you use Firefox 3, Safari 3, or Chrome. Internet Explorer browser does not perform well in Live Chess. Seriously, try Firefox 3!

We are working really hard on making Live Chess as fast, stable, and amazing as possible. In the mean time, please be patient - thanks!"

-chess.com live chess warning

So yeah, I don't really worry about my rating on live chess (I think it's around 1000 due to bugs) I just focus on keeping my chess.com rating high, (1434) or even take it higherWink Things I do like about live chess include being able to play, well, live. I don't have to wait a day for the other person to move, and sometimes I like doing that.

by ferhat13 - 8 months ago
izmir Turkey
Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 4

one of the worse thing in live chess is,when you play and accidentaly your connection was gone you lose the game.for example you have time and after connecting you cant follow your game.

by pahol - 8 months ago
Cebu City Philippines
Member Since: Dec 2008
Member Points: 7

It is disgusting and frustrating to lose games with a better position or a decisive material advantage by just being disconnected abruptly (intentionally? or not i dont know). I began to suspect that some players have some kind of a software or hardware that can do this.

by iliosis - 8 months ago
Pskov Russia
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 1112

Thats why I play Online Chess, no glitches.

by Mimchi - 8 months ago
United States
Member Since: Jan 2009
Member Points: 176

thats happened to me alot too....tell me when ur on livechess id like to play u

by frenchplay - 8 months ago
United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 3

my opinion is that wut got me playing is chess club and it stinks when you cant move sometimes.YellYell

by heavyop - 8 months ago
Seattle United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 264

Besides, its common knowledge that Live Chess has a few bugs to work out and that the staff is working very hard to fix it

by psilohead - 8 months ago
South Dakota United States
Member Since: Feb 2009
Member Points: 67

dude you gotta post the game for everyone to see... otherwise we have to take your word for it that it was a legal move.

 

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