Re: ECF Online County Championship
Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:54 pm
My player on board 13 won his game by normal means after ten minutes : will that result be scrubbed?
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It really shouldn't affect the principles - there's loads of online service/games which manage enormous levels of reliability and chess is much simpler than many of them.Jon Underwood wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:35 pmI do too as I appreciate a lot of work has gone into this, but it will reinforce the view that the internet is for blitz.
It was very different.
Internet is still for the birds. That is not intended as a sexist comment.Jon Underwood wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:35 pmI do too as I appreciate a lot of work has gone into this, but it will reinforce the view that the internet is for blitz.
John Upham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:54 pmMy player on board 13 won his game by normal means after ten minutes : will that result be scrubbed?
The arbiters have been informed that games completed normally will be eligible for ECF Online Rating if the result has been duly submitted. We have been asked to pass on to the Controller the results which we have received, which I have done with those sent to me.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:34 pmI started my game just after 7:20 pm and it went fine i.e. I won
So what actually failed? Was it a coincidence, or is it that the chess.com server cannot cope with (no of teams)*(players per team)/2 games starting simultaneously.David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:36 amThe arbiters have been informed that games completed normally will be eligible for ECF Online Rating if the result has been duly submitted. W
Neither.Roger de Coverly wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:43 amSo what actually failed? Was it a coincidence, or is it that the chess.com server cannot cope with (no of teams)*(players per team)/2 games starting simultaneously.
Who we pass our results to?David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:36 amThe arbiters have been informed that games completed normally will be eligible for ECF Online Rating if the result has been duly submitted. We have been asked to pass on to the Controller the results which we have received, which I have done with those sent to me.
My captain is submitting my game to the Controller, Mark Murrell; not sure if that is correct, but Mark emailed the captains as followsNick Burrows wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 9:41 amWho we pass our results to?David Sedgwick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:36 amThe arbiters have been informed that games completed normally will be eligible for ECF Online Rating if the result has been duly submitted. We have been asked to pass on to the Controller the results which we have received, which I have done with those sent to me.
Your players who were fortunate enough to play a game through to its chess conclusion (as opposed to server or directed conclusion or abandonment ) have played an ECF rated game under competition conditions. If those players wish to have their game submitted for rating they should do this through you. The URL will be required or the pgn.
Ok, but I'm not seeing why I should be slightly bothered about an ECF online rating TBHDavid Sedgwick wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 12:36 amJohn Upham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:54 pmMy player on board 13 won his game by normal means after ten minutes : will that result be scrubbed?The arbiters have been informed that games completed normally will be eligible for ECF Online Rating if the result has been duly submitted. We have been asked to pass on to the Controller the results which we have received, which I have done with those sent to me.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:34 pmI started my game just after 7:20 pm and it went fine i.e. I won
It feels a bit tricky somehow if the teams are likely to - as you'd expect - change quite substantially in terms of who's playing in them.Mick Norris wrote: ↑Sun Jun 14, 2020 10:24 amWhy can't the result count, even if most of the rest of the match has to be played at a later date?
My best guess would have to be that their architecture etc was set up when online chess really was unimportant fluff and so there either wasn't thought, and/or budget, put into doing things 'properly' for relatively serious chess.John Upham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:19 pmHad Chess.com implemented GSLB or some form of server load balancing then a server being rebooted would have gone unnoticed.
Perhaps the TAs responsible for the architecture will consider this ? Perhaps chess.com do not have any Technical Architects?