Just a note on some updates to the new Caissa Correspondence Chess Games area:
 
- The Annotation Function is complete! You can annotate (make notes on) individual moves in all your chess games. Just choose the Annotate tab above the board. You can annotate your current move as well as any previous move. The annotations are saved with the move and the game. Once the game is finished the annotations will be available in your Scorebook (upcoming).
 
- New Board options! In the Corr Chess Game Configuration you can now choose a pre-designed green-and-cream color board, just like the very popular vinyl boards. But that's not all. We have also made available a "color picker" which allows you to make a board with virtually any color that exists. You can choose a color for the dark squares, light squares and border. Use the color picker tool, or if you are familiar with hexadecimal representation of colors you can enter those directly. If you want to create your board this way, make sure you choose the "Solid colors" radio button in addition to the actual colors.
 
- On the game board screen, we have made one button more prominent and added a new button. In the upper right of the screen, the "View game list" button is more prominent. Clicking on this button brings up a scrollable mini-list of all your current games. That way you can easily scroll through current game positions, as well as jump directly to a particular game without going back to the My Games screen.
 
We have also added a "Next game" button so that if you are on a game where you do not yet want to make a move, you can press this button to forward to the next game in your list.
 
- We've added keyboard functionality to the game board screen. Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll through the moves of a game. Use "Home" and "End" to jump to the beginning or end of a game. Use "Delete" to flip the board. Use "Page Down" and "Page Up" to move to your next or previous game. Use "Insert" to activate the Game List. Within the Game List, use the arrow keys to scroll through the list and press the "Enter" key to load a chosen game.
 
In the coming days we will be introducing a new feature to Caissa's Web--video tutorials on how to use the site. One of the first tutorials will be a comprehensive review of all the great new features of the Correspondence Chess Games area of Caissa.

greetings..... it's wayne mcnally , your friendly macintosh user.
 
 
Well...... using the latest Safari browser, OS X ( of course) - on the new interface
 
I could NOT watch a game. It would not load.
 
 
thanks - wayne mcnally

> - We've added keyboard functionality to the game board screen. Use
> the arrow keys on your keyboard to scroll through the moves of a game.
> Use "Home" and "End" to jump to the beginning or
> end of a game. Use "Delete" to flip the board. Use "
> Page Down" and "Page Up" to move to your next or
> previous game. Use "Insert" to activate the Game List.
> Within the Game List, use the arrow keys to scroll through the list
> and press the "Enter" key to load a chosen game.
 
There's an annoying bug with this functionality - it hijacks the keyboard while you're in the "chat to send with move" box!
 
And while at it, what about a keyboard interface for making your move?

> There's an annoying bug with this functionality - it hijacks the
> keyboard while you're in the "chat to send with move" box!
 
This is fixed.

wayne, I assume you are referring to watching live games as they are being played? If so we will test with the Mac and try to determine the cause of the problem.

Add one more update to the list-
 
- Corr Game rematch option. When a corr game ends, we have added a "Rematch" checkbox. When you check that and acknowledge the game ending, a Corr Game challenge will be automatically sent to your opponent from that game. You can make it the best 2 out of 3!

Uh, the rematch option doesn't seem to work. I've tried using it at least twice, and each time it hasn't appeared in my outgoing challenges.

This is definitely working for me. Maybe it has something to do with the way the game ends? Next time you end a game and send a rematch, make a note of how the game ends (resign etc), and the opponent.

It's just happened again.
 
White: smjg
Black: Kotelnik
Game: Corr Chess960
Result: 0-1 (checkmate)
 
Has it ever failed for you? I don't think it's ever worked for me. So something's strange. Database corruption?

I logged in to your account and played a few games with AdminBrian, checkmating both ways and sending a rematch challenge. Everything worked correctly from your side and AdminBrian's side. You can see the declined challenges in your Corr Challenge area. So it seems to working correctly. I have never had it not work for me.
 
PS. Sorry if you got a bunch of email notifys!

Strange. I'll try it again next time and see what happens.
 
Just to clarify, which browsers do you routinely test Caissa in? (Does the rematch challenge facility make use of any client-side code?)

We use the latest versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox. Let us know what browser you are using and we will try to test with that.

Hi, I had two games going against one opponent. He/she went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. Just yesterday I was forfeited in both games.

Hi George
 
Did you make a move after your opponent went on vacation? I took a look at both games and it was your move in both games. Your opponent going on vacation doesn't stop your clock, you still need to either make your move or go on vacation yourself.
 
pazuzu

Hi Don, how is everything :) Thank you for solving the mystery. I did not realize it was my move because of the auto-reload thingie. Will remember for the future. I hope all is well. Happy Halloween.
G.

Glad I could help.:) Everything is going fine here, at least enough that I can't complain too much. How are things in NY? Um, you are still in NY?
 
pazuzu

Yes, I am still in NY :) Have not moved yet. Same apartment, same job as last time. Summer was uneventful. I went hiking once... It's good to see you still active after so many have left. I'll look for you in chat one of these days.
Til later,
G.

So I offer a draw in a corr. game as there will be no resolution, but in the next game I am significantly ahead however the game is "lost" in a draw as the draw checkbox doesn't reset after the game move is sent.

> So I offer a draw in a corr. game as there will be no resolution, but
> in the next game I am significantly ahead however the game is "
> lost" in a draw as the draw checkbox doesn't reset after the game
> move is sent.
 
This bug is fixed. Thanks for the report.