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In standalone games, if a player doesn't make their first move within some amount of time, the game is aborted. This is reasonable. In arena games, if a player doesn't make their first move within som…

I think there could be an argument for starting everyone at 1500 in a system where rating points were conserved -- e.g. if one player loses 10 points then the other must gain 10 points -- because this…

@Akarsh_2010, I went ahead and adjusted the time to something that might work better for you while still working reasonably well for most people in the States too, except for maybe Hawai‘ians. (It sho…

Yeah, that's a problem with having only one event. Perhaps I can run a Saturday event as well that is at a better time for people on the other side of the world, say at a 12-hour offset from this one?…

Hi @Rookitiki, I looked at that team and it is somewhat active but all its events seem to be team battles rather than Swiss-style tournaments. Might be still good for some folks though.

I've been a member of "Slow Chess League - Official" for some time but it seems they are no longer scheduling tournaments. This may be due to lack of turnout or for any other reason but in any case it…

It's true that the computer doesn't always play the most testing move, and that this probably isn't ideal, but as @StingerPuzzles says, "fixing" this would require more labor than it's reasonable to a…