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Our system does not allow the same person to play themselves on the same user name.

ChessCube does recognize draws - according to the Fide rules.

I think where your frustration comes in is that it will not automatically award the draw. If you have K v K, K+B v K, K+N v K, K+N+N v K, etc, you have to, at that point click on the draw button and then the system will automatically award the draw.

In some cases, e.g. K+N v K+B, according to Fide, this is not an automatic draw, as the K+B can be mated by the K+N. Some servers such as ICC will treat this as a draw. There is a view that ChessCube rules should be closer to ICC and PlayChess in this regard and not use the FIDE rules. This is something we are considering.

Another adjustment could be that certain drawn configurations, as mentioned above, should automatically be drawn - rather than waiting for players to hit the Draw button.

Hi WickedLeser, Thanks for your email. We are already working on this concept - but we will add your comprehensive notes to our current system requirements.

On your concerns:

Q. Would this feature slow ChessCube down?
A. No - this type of service (should we ever offer it) would be run on an independent server and would not impact ChessCube at all.

Q. By which criteria the lecturers would be evaluate, should they ask for an amount of money?
A. That would be up to the lecturers - they should be able to charge for their lectures or offer free lectures.

Q. Would there be a maximum or minimum amount that lecturers can ask for lectures.
A. Again that should be up to the lecturers. It could be a free market where they ask for anything or nothing.

Q. Which time frame will be used for the scheduled lectures
A. The lecturers should be able to set any time (using GMT).

Q. How many people can attend a lecture and who will determine the amount of people?
A. This should be set by the lecturer from 1 to unlimited.

Q. What the difficulty levels of the lectures would be, beginner- advance?
A. Again this should be up to lecturers.

Q. How many lessons will be given and can there be more than one lesson given at the same time?
A. That would be up to the lecturers. They can have as many lessons as they like and there could be as many lectures at the same time as lecturers prepared to lecture.

Hi Frustrated,

90% of the features in version 3 are based on improving the scalability of the system; lowering latency; and preventing disconnects.

The only major new feature change is the addition of Chess960. – Mark Levitt, on September 17, 2008 06:48

ChessCube Version 3 is coming 23rd September. They bring a picture because its built and being tested and almost ready to go. Its a really big shift and improvement.

We will be adding similar functionality – Mark Levitt, on August 23, 2008 12:16

The interface maximizes space. It is geared to provide a much better space experience - especially for 1024 x 768. The reason why there is space below the board in this example is that a chessboard is also sized around width. In a higher resolution that space will be filled by a larger board.

There is a new way to maximize space usage now (top right). Also there is a new feature to 'pop out' of the browser (like YouTube) that will create even more space.

Room chat tabs at the bottom really cleans up the Interface and avoids clashing at the top. Its different though and will take some getting used to. – Mark Levitt, on August 23, 2008 03:03