Teach them the psychology of moving straight ahead on the chessboard so they can learn the psychology of leadership in real life-by moving straight ahead and not wavering to the left or right. In other words, if they waiver to the left or right on the chessboard, then they waiver to the left or right in real life. Teach novice’s that the way they move their pieces on the chessboard-is the same way they make their decisions and moves in real life. Forget those symbols and provide an explanation instead. This will also, make the advanced chess player’s game more efficient because of the increased competition for your new system of teaching novice players without using the more complex system of teaching (NK4 to …). Having different explanation’s like the one’s I just gave, will teach novice’s how to be more competitive and provide a more respectable challenge to the more mature and advanced chess players. Teach beginner’s how to play “defense and offense” at the same time because many novice’s play “too much defense or too much offense.” That’s not good because there has to be a balance…move quickly into the opponent’s territory, but block out an opponent’s advance every now and then “if necessary.” Sometimes an opponent’s move towards your territory is not a threat, but meant to appear as a threat in order to get you to take attention away from advancing towards them, so you can start playing more defense and that simply takes the pressure off the opponent and allow them to put more pressure on you. There should be a box to check which will provide an explanation on how to better one’s chess game…for example: teach beginner’s how to keep their moves towards the middle, and advance their pieces faster in an opponent’s territory to put pressure on them before they put pressure on you. Your feedback is welcome – comment on this post to share your thoughts. Got any multiplayer feature you just have to have? I’d love to hear it! This feature would require more time to implement, so we won’t do it unless you guys really really want it. One more complex chess multiplayer feature would allow you to choose from a list of on-going games and simply watch them unfolding. No one asked for this, but I thought I should bring it forward anyway. So, what do you think? A simple x seconds/move would be fine? Do you need advanced time control? Spectating Especially players on mobile devices, who connect from public areas, often are at a disadvantage, with moves needing up to several seconds to propagate (our servers are located in New York and they are fast, the latency is below 200ms on average, tested from US and Europe). Blitz-style game would still not be possible, due to network latency. My fear is that newcomers would have difficulties understanding a complex time control system (remember, SparkChess is an online chess game for everyone, children and adults, beginners and experts alike) and people won’t have the patience to stare at a screen for several minutes (online multiplayer is different from a real game where you can see your opponent). A more complex approach would be to use a time control system like 20 minutes per game with 30 seconds bonus per move. The easiest way to solve this is by allowing players to join different game ‘lobbies’ – say games at 30 seconds/move, 1 minute/move and 2 minutes/move. We’re also getting requests for faster-paced games, some people think 2 minutes per move is too much. Elo also doesn’t solve cheating.ĭo you have anything against implementing it? Timing Elo takes into account the probability of winning, but it’s more ‘opaque’ – more difficult for beginners to understand and calculate. The new system would not replace existing scores overnight, for a while they would run side-by-side. We’re strongly considering an Elo score, but one that would take into account more nuances other than win/lose/draw. Its main drawback is inflation – some players’ scores have exploded this year. It’s also possible to award points when the game ends abruptly (a player resigns or their connection is lost). We initially chose the existing system because it is simple, intuitive and predictable new players can understand it easily. Probably the most often requested feature is an Elo-style scoring system. We’re looking at some changes and additions and we’d like your feedback. Still, we’re constantly looking for ways to improve the game and the way you play with it. SparkChess 7 has been rock solid for the past year, with an uptime of 99.98% and almost all feedback from you is positive.
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