tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post5659286899535312757..comments2023-10-30T06:02:04.878-07:00Comments on Ian Simpson on Chess: Update on changes to format of openings articles at my Gambiteers Guild siteIan Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-52530520701738227332014-04-23T18:23:54.041-07:002014-04-23T18:23:54.041-07:00As far as readability goes I don't have a pref...As far as readability goes I don't have a preference for embedding or external articles.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-72599248877897066492014-04-22T13:34:50.181-07:002014-04-22T13:34:50.181-07:00Apologies for the frequent deliberation on what to...Apologies for the frequent deliberation on what to do!<br />I've had some more feedback on this and for now have decided to stick with the "embedding games into the page" format, but try to re-arrange the distribution of openings articles so that there is one set of replayable games per page (as I was concerned that it could become tricky to navigate if there were, say, three sets of replayable java games on one page). The Scandinavian gambits page now reflects this, with its introductory page and then separate pages for the Icelandic and Portuguese variations and third-move alternatives.Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-16660992263140519182014-04-22T11:12:35.814-07:002014-04-22T11:12:35.814-07:00Looking over Dennis Monokroussos's "Chess...Looking over Dennis Monokroussos's "Chess Mind" blog, I see that he prefers to link to his ChessBase-generated articles externally, rather than embedding them into his blog. On my machine, the external articles come out more clear and readable (larger font size in particular) but I'm not sure if that is the case for others. I've tried out ChessBase's "One click publishing" option for the 3.c4 e6 article as well:<br />http://www.viewchess.com/cbreader/2014/4/22/Game32334998.html<br />I'm wondering at present whether it is more "readable" for viewers to embed the articles directly into my website or would I be better off linking externally as Dennis does in his blog.Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-34841929612301402572014-04-22T11:08:33.743-07:002014-04-22T11:08:33.743-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-19595219258242087412014-04-22T10:42:57.401-07:002014-04-22T10:42:57.401-07:00If by Scandinavian format you mean this:
http://tw...If by Scandinavian format you mean this:<br />http://tws27.50webs.com/chess/scandinavian/scandinavian.htm<br />I think, upon reflection, that format suffered from a similar problem to the "really long notes" issue that you describe with ChessBase. I tried to address this problem by providing links/anchors between the sub-variations, but it didn't work as well as I had hoped. For this reason, I've replaced those articles with ChessBase format ones:<br />http://tws27.weebly.com/scandinavian-gambits.html<br />I am still yet to add the third piece relating to 3.Nf3, 3.Bb5+ etc. which I think is pretty important, so I hope to put one up pretty soon.<br /><br />I agree re. splitting up the Esserman/Triviakov games- I suspect that the ChessBase format, more than the others that I've tried so far, calls for a more "split" coverage with a larger number of games/lines, to address the "long notes" problem, but since it is quite easy to split games up within ChessBase itself that shouldn't be much of an issue.Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-67674751186412670732014-04-22T05:39:41.616-07:002014-04-22T05:39:41.616-07:00The format of the Esserman game looks good too; be...The format of the Esserman game looks good too; better than the Scandinavian format. I intended to write a comment on the latter as well, but had problems with formulating exactly what I disliked.<br />The big danger of the Chessbase format is that it invites reeeaaallly long notes, which can makes stuff unreadable. But a little practice should be sufficient. For you it should be easy to split off the Hedke-Tiviakov game for instance, something I recommend.<br />Dennis Monokroussos also uses Chessbase. He is generally satisfied with it, though several months ago it didn't work properly. The problems are solved though. So even if CB-servers becoming unavailable in the future it's safe to assume that those problems will be temporary until the company goes bankrupt or something.MNbnoreply@blogger.com