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   1 .question.
   2   Where should I start?
   3 .answer.
   4   The "Variants" menu on top contains the list of all playable games.
   5   If you know what you want, the "prefix" filter might be useful.
   6   Then, read the rules, and optionally watch an example game or play a game
   7   against the computer. Keep in mind that the "engine" is generally quite weak.
   8   It's here for illustration and learning purpose only.
   9
  10 .question.
  11   The bot is too weak! Where should I continue?
  12 .answer
  13   | I'm glad you ask. Since I believe that a place is more fun with nice people
  14   | around, the next step is to play against humans.
  15   | Go to main "Hall" (upper left menu), and first look if a live or
  16   | correspondance challenge interests you. If yes just click on it. Challenges
  17   | highlighted in orange are targeted: someone wants to play against you,
  18   | specifically, optionally from a custom starting position.
  19   | If there aren't any interesting challenge, then click on "New game" in the
  20   | upper right corner. Select a variant, and
  21   ul
  22     li.
  23       Adjust the cadence: format is
  24       'main time + increment' with default units minutes and seconds.
  25       If the main time is given in days then the game is considered by
  26       correspondance.
  27     li.
  28       Select the randomness level: 'deterministic' always show the same setup,
  29       the one you are generally used to.
  30   | You can also click on "Who's there" and select a player to
  31   | challenge. The "memorize" checkbox allows to store the challenge settings
  32   | to re-issue it in one click later.
  33
  34 .question.
  35   I'm bored of being anonymous, I want a name!
  36 .answer.
  37   Very good idea: click on "Login" in the upper right corner, and then switch
  38   to the registration view (using the link appearing in dark red).
  39   Only a username and an email are required.
  40   Once signed up, you should log in within the next 24 hours or your 'account'
  41   will be deleted (you can re-do this process anytime later of course).
  42   This will also allow you to play correspondance games.
  43   Note: the authentication is passwordless, as most websites should be.
  44
  45 .question.
  46   How can I talk to my opponent? Ask rematch?
  47 .answer.
  48   Just click on the Chat icon on top. It turns purple when new messages arrive.
  49   After the game ends, the Swords icon next to it is the rematch button:
  50   it turns green when you receive a rematch offer.
  51
  52 .question.
  53   I made a bad move, I want to take it back!
  54 .answer
  55   | It's not possible for now. However, there is a way to continue the game:
  56   ol
  57     li Click on the Analyze button, and go back just before the bad move.
  58     li Copy the FEN displayed below the board (the weird long string).
  59     li.
  60       Go to main Hall, open "New game" window, select your opponent,
  61       and then paste the FEN in the appropriate field.
  62
  63 .question.
  64   I'm streaming a game, and would like to use arrows and circles.
  65 .answer.
  66   A right click on a square draws a purple circle inside, and a second right
  67   click erases it.
  68   'Drag and drop' with the right mouse button from a square to another to draw
  69   a purple arrow. Click anywhere with the left mouse button to erase all
  70   drawings.
  71
  72 .question.
  73   I want to start from a custom position!
  74 .answer.
  75   If the desired position is on a board on the website, just click on the
  76   Analyze button (microscope icon), and then copy the string appearing
  77   below the board. If the position is in your mind or on a physical board,
  78   then you can either try to understand the FEN format by trials and errors
  79   from the Analysis mode, or ask me - using the Contact form or on Discord.
  80   By the way, FEN are required to post in the "Problems" menu as well.
  81
  82 .question.
  83   I want a rating! I want tournaments! I want a new poney!
  84 .answer.
  85   In my experience, caring about a rating only complicate your life,
  86   so there won't be any around here. There probably won't be any tournaments
  87   support on the website, but some may be organized anyway. Do the pairings
  88   somewhere else and ask people to challenge each other.
  89
  90 .question.
  91   You said "Problems" menu? What's that?
  92 .answer.
  93   An area where you can upload interesting positions, which could be studies,
  94   (self-)mate in 3 and so on. For the moment there is no support for proof
  95   games, but you could still provide the final diagram to let people search.
  96   Start by looking at the existing problems, and try to solve them :-)
  97
  98 .question.
  99   I'm in Hall but cannot see my games!
 100 .answer.
 101   Your games are gathered in "My games" menu on top.
 102   If a game is highlighted in orange, then it's your turn: click on it and
 103   play! You can have as many running games as you like in either live or
 104   correspondance.
 105
 106 .question.
 107   Clocks in live games sometimes freeze.
 108 .answer
 109   | The clocks in live games follow a non-standard logic - but sounded, I
 110   | believe :-)
 111   ul
 112     li.
 113       If you play a move and then quit the game, your clock will be
 114       frozen at its current state until you come back in the game. After his move
 115       your opponent will see your clock stopped; he could decide to abort or
 116       resign, or
 117     li.
 118       If your opponent also quits the game after playing, then the time is
 119       just frozen - and you can decide to continue it later.
 120   | The rational behind this is that you don't know what the opponent played,
 121   | so your clock shouldn't be running. Ans it also allows to take a break in
 122   | long live games, like maybe 1h30 + 30s.
 123
 124 .question.
 125   I bookmarked a fascinating game, but the URL no longer works.
 126 .answer
 127   | Live games are stored locally, on browsers only.
 128   | If you are only an observer, your browser doesn't even store it, so later
 129   | the game won't be reachable if the players and all observers leave the game.
 130   | Consequently, the right way to go is
 131   ol
 132     li Download the game (see the icon on the right),
 133     li Import it using the button in "Imported games" tab in "My Games" menu.
 134
 135 .question.
 136   I cleaned the website data, and all my live games are gone!
 137 .answer.
 138   They are stored in your browser's database.
 139   You just erased it, so the games are gone :-)
 140   More flexible cleaning can be achieved: removing cookies is harmless (you'll
 141   just need to re-login), as well as removing local storage data (your
 142   preferences about board color and sounds will be reset). But touching
 143   'IndexedDB' will remove all local games.
 144
 145 .question.
 146   But I would like to remove this specific game, and this one too!
 147 .answer.
 148   Click on the game result area from "My Games" listings, and confirm deletion.
 149   If the game is running this will abort it first.
 150   Note that correspondance games deleted by only one player are still
 151   reachable: they are just hidden for you.
 152
 153 .question.
 154   I've a question not answered here!
 155 .answer.
 156   If the answer isn't 42 (are you really sure?), then use the contact form,
 157   or ask on Discord :-)
 158   See the links in the website footer.