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Can we prevent people from voting down already closed posts?
TL;DR: No, we can't.
We can only encourage people not to downvote duplicate questions just because they're duplicate; they can serve as a signpost if people are searching for keywords not mentioned in ...
GlorfindelMod
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How to change PGN Viewer board orientation to perspective of side not-to-move?
If you want to view the game from black's perspective, you can add the tag [StartFlipped "1"] to the pgn headers. Similarly, if you want to force white to be on the bottom even though black is moving ...
AndrewMod
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The case for expanding the scope of Chess.SE
Allow for chess puzzles on this site.
I think it would be a good idea to expand chess.SE's scope so as to include problem chess. The chess world contains not just people playing chess face to face ...
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Changing the Chess Stack Exchange logo
Many small sites are awaiting design (not just Chess), and when the site gets a design, it will get a snazzy icon (like Worldbuilding) among other design features.
For the time being, the site uses ...
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Why doesn't the replayer work on Meta?
Well, it does now. :D Thanks to a note from Glorfindel, you'll find that the replayer has now been activated on Chess Meta so, enjoy!
Thanks to Yaakov for actually making the necessary changes for ...
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The case for expanding the scope of Chess.SE
I agree with you an the intent of growing chess.SE, but further down I would like to make a point against the inclusion of chess problems/puzzles on this site - conditionally at least.
As always: Feel ...
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The case for expanding the scope of Chess.SE
It's fine.
Don't let Stack Exchange guilt-trip you into thinking that there is something wrong with a site with fewer than 10 questions/day. Maybe it's bad from their point of view, because they want ...
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Universal style suggestion - use figurine algebraic and bold chess moves
Make chess moves bold
This is a personal preference. Other users can, if they wish, follow this guidance of yours. Using bold requires extra effort so in a world where many posts have typos I wouldn'...
Brian TowersMod
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New badge format for Chess.SE?
This is currently only done for sites which have a custom design. For sites with the plain Beta design, only the site logo can be changed.
Coincidence or not, new custom designs are currently being ...
GlorfindelMod
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How about a chess program in the chat rooms?
I can think of three reasons why:
Stack Exchange's primary purpose is to be a network of Q&A sites. All features, including chat, support this purpose. I don't see how adding a playing arena ...
GlorfindelMod
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The case for expanding the scope of Chess.SE
Chess problems are already on-topic according to the help center,
Questions that have to do primarily with chess in its standard form
are on-topic here. This includes questions about theory, ...
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Why doesn't the replayer work on Meta?
Because we (the ♦ moderator team) haven't asked for it yet. I was planning to do so, but then 'other things' happened and I decided not to bother the Community Managers right now.
It would be ...
GlorfindelMod
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Copying from the PGN viewer
On the right side of the bar above the PGN player diagram is a down arrow/triangle. It is a menu with options to:
Copy Game
Copy Position
Copy Start Position
It is a floating box, so it doesn't ...
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The case for expanding the scope of Chess.SE
I'm adding this answer just to keep track of the changes. As of August 2019, the site is no longer in beta, and Stack Exchange (or, at least, one employee) seems to acknowledge that the 10 questions/...
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Playing chess games on Chess Stack Exchange
Technically, yes. But that's not what Chess Stack Exchange aims to be:
Chess Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for serious players and enthusiasts of chess. It's built and run by you as ...
GlorfindelMod
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Questions Tagged Puzzles - Bounty Immediately
This is not possible, and I doubt the company would enable it. It's simply not what bounties are meant for:
When should I place a bounty?
In order to get good answers, you have to put effort into the ...
GlorfindelMod
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Board in mobile app
As a workaround, you can open the post in the browser (it's an option in the More link in the Android app and the Share link in the iOS app),
and (if necessary) scroll down to the bottom to switch ...
GlorfindelMod
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UI for making chessboards
It may be hard to type, but it is a worldwide standard, and most (commercial) chess programs support the FEN notation, so you can easily import/export positions from and to Stack Exchange.
I agree ...
GlorfindelMod
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Chess diagrams and games in app
No, this is not possible. Of the many site-specific post formatting features, only MathJax is enabled in the Stack Exchange app. The reason for this is probably that it's lots of work, so they did it ...
GlorfindelMod
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Rating displayed on site
Perhaps this could be a feature in the "expandable usercard" section of the site. I'm no expert on the coding/work required, but perhaps we could implement the expandable usercard for users with ...
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Follow questions in RSS
There seems to be no direct link to it on the homepage or the questions page, but https://chess.stackexchange.com/feeds seems to be what you're looking for; it's an RSS version of the Newest Questions ...
GlorfindelMod
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Uploading .pgn files to chess.SE
A PGN is a text file. You can just open it in any text file viewer and copy the content to the site.
A practical problem is that uploads are currently only possible for images: they go to imgur.com, ...
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Creation age of a post
The homepage sorts on activity ("last handling") by default, but the list of questions has the option to sort on newest questions as well, and it shows the "created" attribute you'...
GlorfindelMod
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How to disable Winter Bash?
If you have a uBlock-compatible ad blocker, you can add the following rule:
##.icon-winterbash
to permanently hide the icon.
If you use uBlock origin, you can simply right-click the element and ...
GlorfindelMod
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Proposal: replace current PGN viewer
While an upgraded replayer is a nice idea, my concern is coding out things such dummy pawns (How likely is it that a non-orthodox promotion is optimal?), moving into check, null moves, etc. Doing so ...
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Proposal: replace current PGN viewer
While moving away from what may be abandonware would be a good thing I think there is not enough information here to decide if the upsides outweigh the negatives. Information on, for example,
What is ...
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Bounty on the question
From the Help Center, emphasis mine:
If you see a question that has not gotten a satisfactory answer, a bounty may help attract more attention and more answers.
A bounty is not a guarantee you'll ...
GlorfindelMod
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How do you hide links within a few words or a phrase?
Based on your recent answer, it seems you want to add a link description. You can use the link markdown like
[Demonstration](https://www.apronus.com/chess/pgnviewer/?m=...
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Castling notation in replayer
There was a pull request for this on GitHub, but it was not accepted based on the reasoning that O-O is the common and “correct” notation.
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We need a "play" button in the replayer chessboard
You don't have to press a button 100 times to play through 50 moves.
You can use the scroll button on the mouse to move rapidly forwards and backwards through the game. This is much better than a "...
Brian TowersMod
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